Draft of a telegraph handwritten in ink in Bormann’s hand on the subject of the Goring affair. Brouillon autographe de Bormann au sujet de l’affaire Goering.

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Brouillon autographe a l’encre de telegramme de la main de Bormann au sujet de l’affaire Goering. Reichsleiter a Bredow et Frank, Obersalzberg. Arretez immediatement l’entourage masculin de Goering Stop En outre mettre aux arrets d’honneur le General Koller. Bormann Avec mention marginale du radio-transmetteur de la date et l’heure de l’envoi 23.4 a 20.33 et paraphe autographe de ce dernier. Document comportant des traces de brûlures, format 21×28 cm. Scotche aux quatre bords sur une feuille de carton. Traduction originale manuscrite du capitaine Leroy en français jointe. Cet ordre de Bormann est adresse aux elements de la SS encore stationnes a l’Obersalzberg afin de leur donner ordre d’arreter l’entourage de Goering. Le general Koller est mis aux arrets. Koller avait appris de la bouche du general Jodl les details de la fameuse conference d’etat-major du 22 avril. Il avait immediatement pris un avion pour rejoindre Goering a l’Obersalzberg pour l’en informer, ce qui a eu pour consequence l’emission du telegramme du 23 avril. Le commandant Frank commandait les elements SS stationnes a l’Obersalzberg. C’est lui qui avait reçu la mission d’arreter Goering. Ces documents ont ete recuperes par le capitaine Michel Leroy dans le bunker d’Hitler a Berlin ou il etait entre en fraude en novembre 1945. Ces archives se trouvaient sur la table du bureau personnel de Martin Bormann. L’histoire de leur decouverte a donne lieu a un documentaire sur la chaine RMC en 2019 intitule Fuhrerbunker, les dernieres archives et la publication d’un livre, traduit en trois langues Les dernieres archives du Bunker par Paul Villatoux et Xavier Aiolfi aux editions Memorabilia. Draft of a telegraph handwritten in ink in Bormann’s hand on the subject of the Goring affair. Reichsleiter to Bredow and Frank, Obersalzberg. Stop immediately Goring’s male entourage Stop In addition, put General Koller under honorary arrest. Bormann. Including a note of the date and time of dispatch (23.4 to 20.33) in the margin by the radio-signaller along with his initials. Document bearing burn marks, format 21 x 28 cm. Four corners sellotaped to a sheet of cardboard. Original handwritten translation in French by Captain Leroy attached. This order from Bormann is addressed to those units of the SS still based in Obersalzberg to arrest Goring’s entourage. General Koller was arrested. Koller had learnt the details of the famous HQ conference that took place on the 22nd April directly from General Jodl. He immediately flew to Obersalzberg to inform Goring, the consequence of which was the sending of the 23rd April telegram. Commander Frank was in command of the SS units based in Obersalzberg NSDAP. He was tasked with the mission of arresting Goring. These documents were salvaged by Captain Michel Leroy from Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, where he had secretly entered in November 1945. These archives were found on Martin Bormann’s personal desk. The story of their discovery was the subject of a documentary on the RMC channel in 2019 entitled Fuhrerbunker, the Final Archives and also the subject of a book The Final Archives of the Fuhrerbunker by Paul Villatoux and Xavier Aiolfi published by Memorabilia and which has been translated into three languages. Etat II+.