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x) OBSTLT GRAF VON KIELMANNSEGG, 0 of S in tho Operations Soo, OKH. Confined
nor me in Coll No 12 for six weeks, thon roloasod becauso of insuffioiont ovi -
donce. Is supposed to have connand of an armd rogt now.
xi) GULT SPEIDEL, 0 of S, 0BERBTFTHL6HABER WTST, under RUNDSTEDT and KLUGE.
Detained only for a very fow days. I mot him again later in tho KUESTRIN For -
tress.
xii) My personal friond,PRINZ P,RNST AUGUST VON HANNOVER. Is supposed to have boon
rclolsod subsoquontly. Ho is probably with his parents in BLikZENBURG/HARZ.
xlii) The two personal adjutants of GENOBST ZEITZLER, OBSTLT SMEND and tho other,
whoso namo is unknown to mo. SMEND was to be hanged or shot lator.
There woro 32 Small single coils in all,ancrduring my stay at tho prison mpst
of thorn wore continuously occupiod. As soon as one occupant was hangod anothor
was brought in.
About. 200 to 300 persons wero hold in the lirison of the Criminal Court in MOA -
BIT, BERLIN. All of thoso wore confined beecvaso of participation in tho 20 July.
incident. Among those 200 persons woro numerous other officers, mombers of tho
Foroigh Offidor economists, merchants, intolloctuals. .1nother prison was located
in FNIMSTENBERG. In all the largor citios the jails woro filled with similar
porsonalitios. Those woro all somehow involved, or suspected of having bon involved
in thb 20 July affair. GENOBST ZMTZLER was probably also apprehondod.
His wheroaboUts aro unknown to mo. BERLIN lawyer, whoso name has escaped me,
was asked for adviCo by my wifo. This lawyer, who wus woll informed on thoso
mattors, told my wife that in his estimation about 5, 2000persons had been arrested
in connection with the 20 July incidont".
VIII. FORTRESS OF KUESTRIN
"On 24 Nov I was transferred from '„,ie RUA Prison to the KUESTRIN Fortress.
Here the 3CHLOSSKASERNE was designated as a concentration camp for politically
unreliable officers. 'There were about 25 persons in KUESTRIN among whom I recall
the following:
i) GEN DER KAV VON ESEBEOX; last assignment: Acting OG in VIENNA;
ii) GTNLT SINZIGER, Commandant of VITrNA;
iii) GTNMAJ VON STUELPNAGTL, Siegfried, discharged. Last assignment: Commandant
of STETTIN.
iv)
GTNLT SPEIDTL, 0 of S, OB WEST;
v) MM VON HASSELT;
vi) MAJ VON KLUGE, son of the Field Marshal;
v%i) OBSTLT HOEPPNER;
HPTM VON PAULUS, son of the Field
tx) OBST CANNSTEINx Commandant of the
Marshal;
Cav School, BROMBERG.
When the Russians stood before the
fortress of KUESTRIN was evacuated in
in utter rashness. I myself was able
gates of KUSSTRIN on 30 Jan 45, the
panic, and many of the prisoners released
to go home. The fate of the other officers
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