: • . FrI STZ eepe.-O4al,ly .shocked by the fact that losses in men which ran into.'::. 1.12" ci .r. d va tili;i4siaide ' as ...it STALINGRAD, did not make the slightest impreiiiion, :H-IlTse.L.**. 4 ■• v.,,■ ZEITZLEB; Yearned within those short weeks to recognize • HITLER' s• • : x '..- to :'',e • . . • . . and . to hate. and despise . him because of his Personal char —s,- . , q. .:0":pf,12,4t.X8 .4)1.4 ,3'6hC..was., not yet thinking about the overthrowing of the FUEMEA'. Heratthet4c74,iis,idelije'cl-It his .duty, 'dome what ram, to remain at his Post.. 'fii',:aiii:BSC:i ..3:t'aiIity' of the Collapse was . painfully clear to him and to the ()fel-. ko, Cor:E.I .:9±.'0.110,Pers:-.4:onS] , Sea. . They continued to work out of a sense .of dUty; , ' ,e..nd.,..withOu'Veinyi,hope '41ommtunc) i .. itt.:Oita'thie ' ..impression to Admiral CANARIS; the ,decision *VP/ ,..»,,;;"' vAti .. - -,.. . . . • • —, VIELE1 reache d , . ..t.toi,/ ,;.41 o 'tEITZL 1.3Bdt. the plans. . A .,1X- .4,.4%;•:, • -let) :141.1`'4:• l'.....'.%::.':. ' . , ' ....Intt: 'et ..egir,s'skifIxthe4,.y.ear 1943, particularly in the fall and winterithe, M '• i '11q1::?14iii:P.i,t0;ii, li I T I, 71 ,' . ripened: There were various .idese.":.9,e'',-ta . 't,hei,,-;$ '344.001.44,41,Y,i,lr, =0..p.2 . . .For a long time it was hoped . that 4.4.:..ropo-tz:4..i, i4114441.7.4.Vg .,i,Pne•.'0±" HITLER i s so-called' "visits to theifiorit",..,.' , ITLER ! e.:,tVisits'usually carried him only as •-,11!^ ' 3.'.:' ' ' , , • . i fir. as . ,,,121:4i;dOU 'q,iii to.i:; a e well as at 4.rri,y oGroup SOUTH preparations '11' ' .<strong>for</strong> , .waiti in did'r:' not 'come co pass, because HITLER 'O'Ould,::ne.ii Ti 41;,,,:41,O).'.12e.kee. visit to l'. the front', Thus the decieion::Wee:i,:gridi477.,,,,k,„.6:,,,, ., 4.21g441.iaut,:,the : overthrow of HITLER, and if possibl.e.,led,lith1/4,A.A.V,i,i'.:' , v. ■ r.) , ,,...c.,A. . 11,04ii.,,,,41,46i..,,: .:51.eteriV.on 7 . , I had ocoasiOn to ,t_ speak to thei--fdllowing- lef.:4„\aol„.:ealv „.prisOners, like myself:: OBST VON OANNPT,g.P.4,-:;06*-ein7-;k:'•i_ SION744.5:B11043, 7.11G;:.: MAJ VON•HASSELT, eon of the 11P-... diplomat, and MAJ44 ?,ai.,f;,, t,.„.0.,.:,ri,e, - f , d. :ii;4' i.. ‘a.reh,a3,., ' T hese ise • thre e officers . wore, apprehended:140), • w- I . 0 vf. 8,3 rereltlirp-4.,d';gi,,Ve,:isadetailed ad cpunt of the ilingr attempted 'ekeeUtion.?tta.,_ ."k4Vo'ii ..-i:,:,::p'art of the story, as far as I can VON reali;*:Tii swkiii-..,, , -- , E.1, 8 ••••:.tole: . .- "- • • , . T OF,,MBERG, as :0 of S:to the Commander of tho ReplaceMent.:. %•?:e;,.FT.I.STRFA.:1 liq,t;O: give an account on the Thip.i state'-. ..6f ..:,the ',.: ../..epiirt'yreis to 1 be • delivered as part of ..( 'the...''66.7.C.11ed:=,,: L4,GEB.E3pRECHUNG)....in ' tpel, ,,O0ip which HITLER, KEITEL, JODI4:1EIZZL:Efl,;' .e.irs. took ,,, ., part daily. Often' HIMi ,07 .v.ILER , and occasionally .xma e:vpKki3ikriV.,-.:,..7;STAUFF.WBGi:had ..*.if ,i • no control over t 1..9.., 14*4,613..e...',.:::On the des thp:app0A4t11.14,ik;N ignated day STAUFFENBEG . fdiF,; . fle.w.'iin:}48;;944, ,....t,i ::. to •;,,,' • ..",' ..AV li4er-fit '(:)F.UE1-LtiF4/1.;,:Hq:•at. Lotrzitrp .:1,a,st mfrsW ,. t''''' 1' • ''.-:".,-; :,: %:- V • , .! • : • 7 • .. , • Prussia.' . He had alkle:rg ,ilith--1114a, •large, , ,..t..,4-. CY r 4,••• 1... t'.:,-.'''4''..,,A,0'! It EwgraRhe ,' .<strong>for</strong>':;.his ri0Ort, and also a briefoase with.. eistrpng C'4' ,p 1510 o7:f..4f:t3i,4arriving :;!tt . the :: . ore FUEHRER ererieeN.-.40I.would . .Hq,STAUFF'DIButgl,deeia-ted'.i'iliii7-; .,$:,,,;•, have to go into the donferenca room t;o,,lay.:Oizt'..::. .:,■.., !DM BM .14,i,.. hm **At, -4.. rapḥhis4i;:evy%;:pi.,,v.:,,,i,Ș.1%,..U, IT,.ENB ER. G. :'heid the opportunity, immediately..,be<strong>for</strong>e-, COnfte 4/10 +04:-,re. t.,..04g0..f!...13..1gt0,iiritci,:.:t.:Iiii "edinf . „tab,le erenee rooM. He' spread his atotthe:;yiewSof:,;thet'floOr;:,: lie/loath the table was obstraCted.% miaPP;'‘pl.r.e:".'1.0''n''rFr5rzil 1-m Under 3ici . 9. kwa , ;it:p.:1404f In v. r.0..,..t is::0,a, 0,i4{4::6 t • • , ,...1 ,4•FIA■4 ri 6,14:i 81 .1:1_,1 he,.•ple.oad the briefcase with the ..explosiVe" ''.ht-x-74P)''an rMR.:14W,?--..,ig4f0',..,...::., .::'...:-. .. . . ... , S. inc:erth. i-t6ation'.i 4plifer.enCea usually . .. TwaIsti'A'ti'ḍ:. lasted several hours, .and ' STA,UFF ...., Ihe report-i.,:itWas not noticeable that he loft the egofkt/i.#6.6nterenCe::,y '.F.LTEHEI.I . .,WithoU.t:waiting <strong>for</strong> 4P11.511: the explosion he...fle.4.3idie pc *laa.:tirenVlioilkieCCte,Qtli ive . ;;;I ik;.., , , - , . ,,.):,; OLBRIOHT . that the assaesination j' ' viiis,!iocOnl-,;;*,
GENOBSZ .BE0kGENOBS T BEON then said, substantially, "I aci not sufficiently , I ■• • • : ,:‘ in<strong>for</strong>Medgaiding tho details of the situation in the Army Group NORTH. Howovor,;:::H.':' ';• ... .,- -, " . I:esigii4n000ho following diroctions <strong>for</strong> the further conduct of tho strugglo - Take":.CarothatArmy Group NORTH under no circumstances be out off and lose oon- . tact ,),With-. ; t4oREIOH. If nocossary the Army Group front must be withdrawn towards ".:'.. list Priiieialith those words the conversation ended. It can be assumod that GEkOBSTOON",:fiGEN.DER.07 OLBRIOHT, and OBST VON STAUFFENBERG.gave numorous or- . der -SAAP4rOCtives in the same vein. Thus it was oasy <strong>for</strong> the SD later / to grab' IllAWF011ta4O:of:all officers connocted with the case, since through . tho un-;:'- 0,' ,i,,,. cAlz: • • • aP.P 0.13.4: the attomptod assassination practically all the cards wore on .. !tiIiii.:.=',t0k4I,d4.4;,:,•' , :••••■•,t.. ,',...,A=Nic. nȯ.--tmnaro w-.-'d;many officors who woro not immodirtoly approhondod, thoir norvos, 8 :tra.141.0 d 1pr .:pontal uncortainty, bought and found death on tho front or through , .:. , Bi.4400T11,0wasftho case of OBST VON VOSS, 0 of S I Army Group Oontbr,and pre' ibli51.ySs' 9 t:11734:.yoN KOEHNV and HPTM Helmut p inVIT of BRANDWBURG Div. SoMo Of,-..,.:,!,k,g7 .'.. -fiSo:etp 14 :i.*I:ri4 :0i . MAJ VON HAGSELT, ara of tho opinion that a high poroontage of the ACii:.P officers involved in the plot woroVdeized by the SD and that porhaps only onoH:...:J'- 4 .i fifth-Werolift; I personally know of only ono, GENLT VON ROST, 0 of 8, III Corps' 1- in,MIJINhe was definitoly involved in the preparations <strong>for</strong> the eoup. UntiA..' .recentlYhPas'OG HOOH-UND DEUTS0H --;71 Div on the Eastern front ) EAST of :II3MNA.' .., ,At:first instrumental in the plans <strong>for</strong> the ovorthrow of HITLZR, he'latol .get celd ,. foot" and stopped aside". . ' 72- . • 'n::%.-"..; ',. ,-, ' , '.:,,•,''• ,r, -,1...1-' - ■ . . ,7t „Ism:PR isofq ;:.- BERLIN •i ! ':,,ty .."177-77 • 7"7"--" .. Alp • , •;, 4 . A .,•: ,..,Onklipp;t1nLwas arrested by the SD, thrown into the AS11;1 Prison, 13.711LIN, , ALBTIA:011,014§§E) and shackled. The prison coils wore located along two cOrri4i& . 'ders141thd:7411ar.: I was confinod to Coll No 13 from 1 Sopt to 24 Nov: 30 sin -glOXceI1evWerociccupiod. In this SD prison I saw the following persons, somo.of • ••••■• • • -Whticamie'40knew personally, and others whom I knew only by sight. ••• :• •
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