Messersmith G.S., Vienna. To William Phillips, Washington.
| Author(s) | Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960. | en_US |
| Temporal | 1934 July 05 | en_US |
| Date Accessioned | 2011-06-15T17:48:31Z | |
| Date Available | 2011-06-15T17:48:31Z | |
| Publication Date | 1934-07-05 | en_US |
| Description | Does not wish to trespass on field of Ambassador [William E.] Dodd but can throw some sidelights on recent purge of Nazi Party in Germany because of intimate knowledge of men involved; does not believe there was plot against government as official communiqués assert; weight of evidence is that it was coup by Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels to save Party and their own situation by eliminating dissenting elements; hundreds dead in two-day purge, including General [Kurt] von Schleischer as warning to Reichswehr, [Ernst] Roehm, [Karl] Ernst, and [Edmund] Heines to keep the S.A. in order, [Erich] Klausner, leading Catholic, to intimidate the church, and Gregor Strasser as warning to intellectuals and middle classes; arrest of [Franz] von Papen and murder of his associates was a warning to [Alf] Hugenberg and the industrialists; impossible to imagine these divergent characters in one plot; with not even a pretense of court martial or trial, the deaths were murders, not executions; shows extent to which Hitler and associates will go to gain ends. | en_US |
| Physical Medium | Typed Letter Copy, 8 p. | en_US |
| Collection | MSS 109 | en_US |
| Other Identifier | 0385-00 | en_US |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/6358 | |
| Language | en_US | en_US |
| Publisher | University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press | en_US |
| Keywords | Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960. | en_US |
| Title | Messersmith G.S., Vienna. To William Phillips, Washington. | en_US |
| Type | Other | en_US |
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