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NAZI WAR CRIMES MṀOSUREACT
2001. DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BY
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NAZI WAR CRINESOISCLOSUREACT
DATE 2001 2007
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- SEVENTH ARMY INTERROG;ITION CENTER :Init:
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HOFER .; Frant o . OGRUF (Lt Gen) NSKK, GAULEITER and:REICHSSTATTHALTER of : .,
1.1`yrol, - VorniNitpet,g, HOFER I s career is a typical example Of dUccess under .
i:WeAa.00,4,Vellimbr.,i,. 1:11ebrose': from modest!. beginnings . to ..heights ..of :power.:.at:tain-,
able4144. i.fil,I.3. VOTalitarian . state:' -Clearly seeing where .his advantages. Ivy
he joitill'AttitOWAUBtriv,iabitinch:i p the Nazi . Party ' . in :.1931 , and •:. when i ,t4e: I or gan4:
=-Eigiiiita.T0flii.WettiSdught :I reflike .:'iq-G Germany, where 7 he jOined- in.,plotting-,
thi.411-iltiirS,A44OHL1JSS1 ::,}taving.i lieefi , 'Placed ; id charge 'Of elections .f or.,,Aus.r... 7.1
tri.pfaxgetiiii.a.g . 4. :/ Gpx...n.latnY ,,.hia.,Wor'.-. may be considered :one . of the sicontributing
asi9FS" TS ;t. A- Plaii .t."si.icCeSii n.in 193. . He Was rewarded with -the':
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?. . AvraNtSiritATI6N0.017 • .i TALI ADP TYROL .. ..:: .'; ...s.: ..... .. . ... .
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4 ,t41:19FER,AletrOlhel. otfircel 'of': REICHS,STATTRALTER. *(Governor) .: Of ; Tyrol ,,-.2.Vorarl-T
1:,forer(irtt.41.44S4!0.0tite:eirice?Sep ..14.11 7:fgfterl.MITBSOLINI 's .. fall: he:i .ws.s::.thel head
c‘fTe....13tactelit t 14.1141±.tiery, government and: had absolute .authority., in :ithis6ar*tes..-
The,:kraf collect dtittikatae.ft: to,,i4the..) PUCE ..weret,to
.taxes,. ` pay.: his : .c• tfic$.:a2:0 ,
and.. dOntribute .10,000,000,000 LIRE to the : German war' effort monthlyt...i.t.ApproXj.mately
. 40,000 .,000 LIRE of this sum was appropriated by HOFER, suPposedly • '
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for the ,purpose of .road. improvement, billetting of troops, constrizOtiOn!.of_... ..
air raid shelter, ..payments of bomb damages, etc. .
Pi4. 1B .ouWel4belgimet:that Ve .).sVid.messed • i both' , the Nazi . and 'Fascist partiateiri , .
BOZEI'll ancizARIF..NTJ under:I tha:Treteict. :..thati this, was foreign teriit..orn ge.t.o,p.:,...
iiiiatralibiri4DE3:13EIRTOLIVI .,a"anl 80-.yeed-old anti-fascist .lawyer ,.• who had ;prer:'?•'.. 1
v iofts9,T 1 EPFeli re th NUS S OLINI., •,:', s - .prefect :Of..TRIENT i . ; •. .. • - ....: .... ,2..i. v.!..,:0
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3 ... HbFERO .S5 JEF,FORTS TOR:tEARLII.SURRENDER, i
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4' ,1:40-FEFOrgott:..44:1itou'bht opith2iSS ..OGRUF • (SS . Lt Gen) : WOLF, Chief.. of ...,:the, ISS':....and. oil.
'fOliitc•Ocii-VdtitIlYtOiwhoishad)thedi'talkii.in..early..-March with ,. •a certain;;Mr.,,,-DITT
vitto'Cliiimed to be a - representative of .President Roosevelt,.. in...Switzer1and-.1-;;
The purpose of these talks was to arrange for the withdrawal of •German
tr-oo-ps to . a predetermined line in front of the Alps, and . ces.:Sa-tiolk,of lids-7,',
tilities until the defeat of the Nazis in BERLIN'.
. ó9/(at A134413..kHOFER) visited the . FUEHRERHAUPTQUARTIER: (Supreme,. Headq
ifil.Vi.illill 641 iibliVerigHRER!):-.‘whr'e ,...according .-tto his claims ., ',he. advocatedf...the
riAreat in Northern Italy during an interview . 'with-Genls JODL.,..-BURMANN!,:i.:
excl. glitt„VARAPIP.,(4).,..a, u,,pop , his .. r.e ..irn- fron . BITLER 1, s Headquarters, HOFER icontAct
ed GEIROBST(iOillontyITTINGHOF;' Commander of ..Army Group- ."C", t,', theAleirmai.
aubeasadar., to Italy RAHN, and ',70LF, and toldthem Of the eurt reb .u. fi—and.'
hi trifhl .gittetliV het4•04e:ived!'from HITLER. The General was noncommittal tal . -..
4' 4:ri;Lettretri4he eCtintaItexWOGRUT.“(SB .j,t - 'Gen). KALTENERUNNER, ..Chief , of. the: • .SICH1.11-
HI afraptIMO: teecurit',1.:Rolit a); for the •SOUTH -German area, ..a. 'direct;.rePre7-
Tgri 'gra avracco't. AmEaltandii6'6iSsOr,.to . HEYDRICH, for the purpose . of.. reaching
a definite line of action to avoid further bloodshed and destructiOn'in.his
(HOFER's) area. No impression was made in this quarter. .
On 24 '. Apr the STEIRMARK , 0 BERDONAU , KAERNTEN L and SALZBURG regions were
a6ded to - HOFER's jurisdiction. On 26 Apr he had a conference with Field:
Marshall
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KESSELRING and GENOBST (Col Gen) WITTINGHOF, and claimed that hci
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