Dear Bertil, Dear Todd,
this letter by Freisler is proved to be false.=20
There's been a analysis of paper and typewriter. The typewriter, used to w=
rite that "freislerian" letter, has not been manufactured before 1963, so =
it was impossible to write that letter in 1944.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that in an article in 1993 (FA=
Z, Nr. 202, September 1st 1993). I quote the complete article:
"Betr. J=FCnger, Ernst
Der gef=E4lschte Freisler-Brief
Der Brief, den der Pr=E4sident des Volks-
gerichsthofes, Roland Freisler, an den Lei-
der [sic!!] der Parteikanzlei der NSDAP, Martin
Bormann, geschrieben haben soll, um ihm
mitzuteilen, da=DF ein Ermittlungsverfahren
gegen "den Schriftsteller und Hauptmann
i.R. Ernst J=FCnger" auf pers=F6nlichen Befehl
Hitlers niedergeschlagen worden sei, ist
endg=FCltig als F=E4lschung entlarvt worden.
Eine kriminaltechnische Echtheits=FCberpr=FC-
fung durch das Bundeskriminalamt hat er-
geben, "da=DF die in dem angeblichen
Schreiben vom 1.12.1944 verwendete
Schreibmaschine erst 1963 auf den Markt
gekommen ist, das Dokument also nicht=20
vor 1963 gefertigt sein kann".
Ernst J=FCnger hatte gemeint, der Brief
f=FCge sich in sein Leben, "wie der fehlende
Stein eines Mosaiks", da er von einem Er-
mittlungsverfahren gegen sich im Zusam-
menhang mit dem 20. Juli geh=F6rt habe.
Doch hatte schon das Koblenzer Bundes-
archiv im letzten Jahr die Echtheit mit g-
ten Gr=FCnden bezweifelt (siehe F.A.Z. vom
23.Oktober 1992). An diesem Gutachten=20
entz=FCndete sich ein Streit um die Identit=E4t
und die m=F6glichen Motive der arglosen
Finder oder mutma=DFlichen F=E4lscher des
Dokuments, das seit 1986 die J=FCnger-For-
schung irritierte. F.A.Z."
(c) by FAZ 1993
In the - unpublished - diary of the member of the parisien Generalstab Max=
Hattingen is (cf. EJ in
F.A.Z. Juli 13th 1992, page 6) is a notation about the three files (Akteno=
rdner) with material incriminating Juenger.
The forger had an excellent knowledge of "Reich-internal" facts to fake th=
e Freisler-letter.
I've never heard of a letter (nor seen) written by Adolf Hitler, in which =
Hitler gives instructions how to handle the "case" Juenger.
There's only a "m=FCndliche =DCberlieferung" about Hitler's instruction not to=
touch EJ. (cf.below) I can't remember, that I ever have seen an "independ=
ent" document which certifies the instruction.
Armin Mohler wrote in an "Akten-Notiz" about EJ in 1933-1945 (with handwri=
tten corrections from EJ =3D authorized by EJ), that after Juli 20th Juenge=
r was reported (anzeigen) to the Gestapo. But in the confusion after Juli =
20th the report (Anzeige) has probable got down (untergehen).=20
(Armin Mohler, Akten-Notiz; typoscript, page 2)
By the way: Juenger has not been thrown out of the Wehrmacht because of "W=
ehrunwuerdigkeit" (unworthy of military service); which is a often reporte=
d rumour.
In fact he has quit the military service at October 10th 1944 because of a=
(exaggerated [=FCbertrieben]) doctor's certificate. In EJ's Wehrpass is the=
notation: "Am 27.10.44 gesund u.
entl.f=E4hig auf Grund A.Z. [Allgemeinem Zirkular] v. 19.10.44 als Hptm.z.V.=
mit dem Tauglichkeitsgrad bed[ingt] K[riegs]v[erwendungsf=E4hig] 2 lt. [lau=
t] Tr[uppen] Arzt G.E.k. [Generalkommando] AO 588 nach Hannover/Kirchhorst=
entlassen."=20
(quoted after: Horst M=FChleisen, Im Bauche des Leviathan. Ernst J=FCnger, Par=
is und der milit=E4rische Widerstand. In: Aufstand des Gewissens. Milit=E4risc=
her Widerstand gegen Hitler und
das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945. Begleitband zur Wanderausstellung des Milit=E4r=
geschichtlichen Forschungsamtes. (...) Hg. v. Thomas Vogel. Hamburg, Berli=
n, Bonn: E.S.Mittler&Sohn, 5., v=F6llig =FCberarb. und erw. Auflage 2000, S. 4=
47-464; hier S. 463, FN 54).
Following Muehleisen's Article (quoted above), page 462, FN 43, is the inf=
ormation [given by EJ in Mohler's Diary "Ravensburger Tagebuch(...) (Wien,=
Leipzig 1999, page 87)] not true, that the SS-Brigadefuehrer Alfons Glatz=
el had "niedergeschlagen" (=3D quash=3F) the investigations on EJ after July 2=
0th.
On the other hand: "unwiderlegt" (=3D irrefuted" =3F) is the story about a co=
nversation between Hitler and Goebbels (reported by NSKK-man Huehnlein, wh=
o participated in that meeting) on EJ's "Marmor-Klippen"-novel ("On The Ma=
rble Cliffs"; 1939): Goebbels tried to convince the Fuehrer of "strafverfo=
lgen" (=3Dpunishing=3F) EJ. Hitler answered: "Lasst mir den Juenger in Ruhe, d=
er hat grosse Verdienste" (=3D leave EJ in peace, he has great merits).
best regards,
t=E9w=E9
(tobias wimbauer)
www.waldgaenger.de
juenger-list@juenger.org schrieb am 10.07.02 10:28:54:
> Todd,
>=20
> Don't think there was such a letter from Hitler But there
> is a document, false or not, in which the president
> of the People's Court, Dr. Freisler (to Bormann),
> is writing among other things:
>=20
> "Am 20.I.M (November 20) hat der Fuehrer von Wolfschanze aus
> mir fernmuendlich der Befehl erteilt, die Sache
> (against Ernst Juenger, note) nicht weiter zu verfolgen.
>=20
> Heil Hitler !
>=20
> Dr Freisler
>=20
> In der Anlage uebersende ich drei Aktenbaende z. obg. Sache -
> der Fuehrer wuenscht sofortige Vorlage."
>=20
> The document is dated Berlin December 1, 1944.
>=20
> For a detailed article on this see Document Exclusif: "Ernst Juenger fac=
e
> aux Nazis", Magazine Litteraire, Paris, No. 300, June 1992.
>=20
> All the best
>=20
> Bertil
>=20
>=20
>=20
> > I have been writing a bit on Ernst Junger and hoped
> > that someone here might help. I've found a secondary
> > source that references a letter written by Hitler to
> > the Gestapo, forbidding them to touch Junger. Does
> > anyone know where I can find the letter or any
> > information on it. I would like to verify that it
> > exists before moving forward with the research.
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