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NAZI WAR CRIMES MṀOSUREACT<br />
2001. DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BY<br />
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -<br />
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NAZI WAR CRINESOISCLOSUREACT<br />
DATE 2001 2007<br />
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Ref No SAIC/19<br />
24 May 45<br />
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- SEVENTH ARMY INTERROG;ITION CENTER :Init:<br />
, • .-..; : :..1;APO:.758. . ' . '' 1U.:7 A 1 . litLY. :Date: 2 , May 19 .-<br />
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. ..-..,• •- .: OF PEACE<br />
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HOFER .; Frant o . OGRUF (Lt Gen) NSKK, GAULEITER and:REICHSSTATTHALTER of : .,<br />
1.1`yrol, - VorniNitpet,g, HOFER I s career is a typical example Of dUccess under .<br />
i:WeAa.00,4,Vellimbr.,i,. 1:11ebrose': from modest!. beginnings . to ..heights ..of :power.:.at:tain-,<br />
able4144. i.fil,I.3. VOTalitarian . state:' -Clearly seeing where .his advantages. Ivy<br />
he joitill'AttitOWAUBtriv,iabitinch:i p the Nazi . Party ' . in :.1931 , and •:. when i ,t4e: I or gan4:<br />
=-Eigiiiita.T0flii.WettiSdught :I reflike .:'iq-G Germany, where 7 he jOined- in.,plotting-,<br />
thi.411-iltiirS,A44OHL1JSS1 ::,}taving.i lieefi , 'Placed ; id charge 'Of elections .f or.,,Aus.r... 7.1<br />
tri.pfaxgetiiii.a.g . 4. :/ Gpx...n.latnY ,,.hia.,Wor'.-. may be considered :one . of the sicontributing<br />
asi9FS" TS ;t. A- Plaii .t."si.icCeSii n.in 193. . He Was rewarded with -the':<br />
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aa 46 to 444* .:Wr6,01(t.tividw . ii' . .:.oi,.: .,..-:,; i.I.,....,:. . . % ...., .-...i.1'..i.:. 1.';.i .-):...1,..:..4<br />
4 ,t41:19FER,AletrOlhel. otfircel 'of': REICHS,STATTRALTER. *(Governor) .: Of ; Tyrol ,,-.2.Vorarl-T<br />
1:,<strong>for</strong>er(irtt.41.44S4!0.0tite:eirice?Sep ..14.11 7:fgfterl.MITBSOLINI 's .. fall: he:i .ws.s::.thel head<br />
c‘fTe....13tactelit t 14.1141±.tiery, government and: had absolute .authority., in :ithis6ar*tes..-<br />
The,:kraf collect dtittikatae.ft: to,,i4the..) PUCE ..weret,to<br />
.taxes,. ` pay.: his : .c• tfic$.:a2:0 ,<br />
and.. dOntribute .10,000,000,000 LIRE to the : German war' ef<strong>for</strong>t monthlyt...i.t.ApproXj.mately<br />
. 40,000 .,000 LIRE of this sum was appropriated by HOFER, suPposedly • '<br />
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<strong>for</strong> the ,purpose of .road. improvement, billetting of troops, constrizOtiOn!.of_... ..<br />
air raid shelter, ..payments of bomb damages, etc. .<br />
Pi4. 1B .ouWel4belgimet:that Ve .).sVid.messed • i both' , the Nazi . and 'Fascist partiateiri , .<br />
BOZEI'll ancizARIF..NTJ under:I tha:Treteict. :..thati this, was <strong>for</strong>eign teriit..orn ge.t.o,p.:,...<br />
iiiiatralibiri4DE3:13EIRTOLIVI .,a"anl 80-.yeed-old anti-fascist .lawyer ,.• who had ;prer:'?•'.. 1<br />
v iofts9,T 1 EPFeli re th NUS S OLINI., •,:', s - .prefect :Of..TRIENT i . ; •. .. • - ....: .... ,2..i. v.!..,:0<br />
'LI' Orli h Flaw eii..t' t,,-,r3. alti :15.5...:,.:i .IF,:.": . i...- .-', • . • ' '<br />
3 ... HbFERO .S5 JEF,FORTS TOR:tEARLII.SURRENDER, i<br />
..47,04z4viaitarlo a .i.: I f ...t 4 q . ki 1 4.;! .:..t. .. ,. It -.; •.. ... .., !...i....,:f..sT<br />
4' ,1:40-FEFOrgott:..44:1itou'bht opith2iSS ..OGRUF • (SS . Lt Gen) : WOLF, Chief.. of ...,:the, ISS':....and. oil.<br />
'fOliitc•Ocii-VdtitIlYtOiwhoishad)thedi'talkii.in..early..-March with ,. •a certain;;Mr.,,,-DITT<br />
vitto'Cliiimed to be a - representative of .President Roosevelt,.. in...Switzer1and-.1-;;<br />
The purpose of these talks was to arrange <strong>for</strong> the withdrawal of •German<br />
tr-oo-ps to . a predetermined line in front of the Alps, and . ces.:Sa-tiolk,of lids-7,',<br />
tilities until the defeat of the Nazis in BERLIN'.<br />
. ó9/(at A134413..kHOFER) visited the . FUEHRERHAUPTQUARTIER: (Supreme,. Headq<br />
ifil.Vi.illill 641 iibliVerigHRER!):-.‘whr'e ,...according .-tto his claims ., ',he. advocatedf...the<br />
riAreat in Northern Italy during an interview . 'with-Genls JODL.,..-BURMANN!,:i.:<br />
excl. glitt„VARAPIP.,(4).,..a, u,,pop , his .. r.e ..irn- fron . BITLER 1, s Headquarters, HOFER icontAct<br />
ed GEIROBST(iOillontyITTINGHOF;' Commander of ..Army Group- ."C", t,', theAleirmai.<br />
aubeasadar., to Italy RAHN, and ',70LF, and toldthem Of the eurt reb .u. fi—and.'<br />
hi trifhl .gittetliV het4•04e:ived!'from HITLER. The General was noncommittal tal . -..<br />
4' 4:ri;Lettretri4he eCtintaItexWOGRUT.“(SB .j,t - 'Gen). KALTENERUNNER, ..Chief , of. the: • .SICH1.11-<br />
HI afraptIMO: teecurit',1.:Rolit a); <strong>for</strong> the •SOUTH -German area, ..a. 'direct;.rePre7-<br />
Tgri 'gra avracco't. AmEaltandii6'6iSsOr,.to . HEYDRICH, <strong>for</strong> the purpose . of.. reaching<br />
a definite line of action to avoid further bloodshed and destructiOn'in.his<br />
(HOFER's) area. No impression was made in this quarter. .<br />
On 24 '. Apr the STEIRMARK , 0 BERDONAU , KAERNTEN L and SALZBURG regions were<br />
a6ded to - HOFER's jurisdiction. On 26 Apr he had a conference with Field:<br />
Marshall<br />
..1<br />
KESSELRING and GENOBST (Col Gen) WITTINGHOF, and claimed that hci<br />
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