UID:
kobvindex_DGP1642620963
Format:
Lit.Hinw.
ISSN:
0042-5702
Content:
During his service as a German occupation officer, the author Ernst Jünger was able to watch the German reprisals against the civilian population from very close proximity, which came on as a reaction to increasing attacks of the French resistance movement. On authority of the military commander (Militärbefehlshaber) in France, Otto von Stülpnagel, Jünger composed a memorandum on this topic between October 1941 and September 1942. In this account, he meticulously reported the escalation and the involved conflicts between the Wehrmachtstab in Paris and the political and military headquarters in Berlin. In spite of its apologetic tendency, this account documents how some individual Wehrmacht officers were able to oppose orders of the National Socialist regime to some degree, without however being in a position to prevent the intensification of the reprisals. Jünger also added copies of last letters written by hostages condemned to death, which are an impressive document of the terrible consequences of this escalation. (Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte / FUB)
In:
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, [Berlin] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 1953, 51(2003), 3, Seite 405-472, 0042-5702
Language:
German
Author information:
Berggötz, Sven Olaf 1965-
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