A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

KARL DONITZ: (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide...

HEINZ GUDERIAN: (d. 1953) German general and Hitler's Army Chief of Staff, the inventor of the "blitzkrieg" who commanded panzers in t...

FRANZ HALDER: (1884 -1972) One-time German chief of staff until transferred to the reserves by Hitler due to policy disputes. Suspected of plotting ag

ALBERT KESSELRING: (1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremburg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health.

ALBERT KESSELRING: (1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremburg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health.

DR. ROBERT LEY: (1890 - 1945) Nazi leader and ardent anti-Semite who as head of the Labor Front ruthlessly enforced slave labor policies. He committed

WILHELM LIST: (1880 - 1971) German field marshal and ardent Hitler supporter, led the 14th Army in Poland, the 12th Army in the Balkans, and as field

ERICH VON MANSTEIN: (1887 - 1973) German field marshal who devised the plan to conquer France, held various commands on the Russian front, sacked by H

HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL: (1897 - 1978) Commander of the 5th. Panzer Army which spearheaded the ill-fated Ardennes offensive of January 1945. After vainly

HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL: (1897 - 1978) Commander of the 5th. Panzer Army which spearheaded the ill-fated Ardennes offensive of January 1945. After vainly