"War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?" (Was Hitler a Great Commander?), an essay by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

Gerd von Rundstedt: War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?

Identifier

3727020

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

O.23/20

Dates

18 Oct 1945 - 1 Oct 1946

Level of Description

File

Languages

English
German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=3727020&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Handwritten, original

Typewritten original

12 pages/frames

Creator(s)

Gustave Mark Gilbert

Scope and Content

"War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?" (Was Hitler a Great Commander?), an essay by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt "War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?", an essay by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, assessing Hitler's skills as a military commander. Written in von Rundstedt's Nuremberg prison cell at the request of Dr. G.M. Gilbert, the prison psychologist, the essay argues that Hitler lost the war because he did not listen to the General Staff but to "irresponsible laymen in the Nazi Party and propaganda circles".

People

Subjects

Nuremberg Trial (International Military Tribunal (IMT)

Genre

Memoirs

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מאמר שכתב Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt תחת הכותרת: "War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?" (Was Hitler a Great Commander?) בנוגע להערכת כישוריו של היטלר בתור מפקד צבאי

Gerd von Rundstedt: War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?