Object ID
2019.2.8
Object Name
Letter
Date
11-19-1953
Files
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Description
Printed "Friedrich Hossbach" in black text in top left corner, tan paper, full text fills half of document.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
The “Hossbach protocol” refers to notes taken by Hitler’s Wehrmacht adjutant, lieutenant general Friedrich Hossbach on November 5, 1937, which revealed the aggressive and territorial expansionist intentions of Hitler and his military and foreign policy leadership. Hitler spoke at this meeting of the need to intervene militarily in Austria and Czechoslovakia if Germany was to successfully address its economy’s financial crisis and as well to not lag behind in an arms race between Germany and France and Britain. In this post-war letter to Professor Burdick, Hossbach comments on a conversation between Hitler and von Fritsch of the German high command and subsequent remarks Hitler made to him.
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 8 1/4"
Keywords
Hossbach Protocol, World War II
Subcollection
Post
Recommended Citation
"Friedrich Hossbach (1894-1980) Letter to an American History Professor" (1953). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.8.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1412