Draft of handwritten telegram by General SS Rattenhuber addressed to Zenger from the Service 1 of the RSD of Obersalzberg the 24th April 1945 at 1.25 am. Brouillon manuscrit du General SS Rattenhuber.

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Brouillon de telegramme manuscrit du General SS Rattenhuber adresse a Zenger du Service 1 du RSD de l’Obersalzberg le 24 avril 1945 a 1.25 du matin. Arretez sur le champ le capitaine Rauch, adjudant du docteur Lammers. Mettre documents en sûrete. Signature illisible. 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 de nombreuses traces de brûlures qui ont fragilise le papier et l’ont noirci et jauni. Format 21×24 cm. Scotche aux quatre bords sur une feuille de carton. Traduction originale manuscrite du capitaine Leroy en français jointe. Cet ordre fait suite a celui d’arreter le docteur Lammers. En effet, avant de prendre la decision d’envoyer a Hitler le fameux telegramme, Hermann Goering s’etait entoure de conseils avises. Le plus important etait celui du docteur Lammers, qui se trouvait a Berchtesgaden. Lammers etait le juriste du NSDAP et l’auteur de toutes les ordonnances et decrets. C’est lui qui avait, notamment, redige le decret du 29 juin 1941, investissant Goering comme successeur d’Hitler. C’est pourquoi Bormann donne l’ordre de l’arreter. C’est un ordre qu’il donnera avec plaisir, car il ne supportait pas Lammers a qui il avait vole sa place et totalement evince des affaires. La reference aux « documents » concerne le fameux decret du 29 juin 1941 dont Goering conservait l’original par devers lui dans une boite en fer blanc. Le General SS Johann Rattenhuber commandait la garde de protection rapprochee d’Hitler le RSD. 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 handwritten telegram by General SS Rattenhuber addressed to Zenger from the Service 1 of the RSD of Obersalzberg the 24th April 1945 at 1.25 am. Stop Captain Rauch immediately, adjutant of Doctor Lammers. Place documents in safety. Signature illegible. 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 numerous burn marks with black and yellow marks rendering the paper fragile. Format 21 x 24 cm. Four corners sellotaped to a sheet of cardboard. Original handwritten translation in French by Captain Leroy attached. This follows the one ordering the arrest of Doctor Lammers. Before taking the decision to send Hitler the famous telegram, Hermann Goring surrounded himself with informed advisors. The most important of these was Doctor Lammers who was at Berchtesgarden. Lammers was the NSDAP lawyer and the author of all the orders and decrees. It was Lammers who had written the decree of 29th June 1941 designating Goring as the successor to Hitler. That is why Bormann gave the order to arrest him. It was an order that he gave gladly as he could not bear Lammers, whose place Bormann had taken and excluded him from the matters in hand. The reference to “documents” concerns the famous decree of the 29th June 1941 the original of which Goring kept in his possession in a tinplate box. General SS Johann Rattenhuber was in command of the RSD which included Hitler’s personal security. 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+.