History 2147A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gerd Von Rundstedt, Sportpalast Speech, Commissar Order

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 2147A/B
• Professor: Karen Priestman

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Nazi germany lecture 8: hitler(cid:859)s war, the easter(cid:374) fro(cid:374)t. The three criminal orders: may 13, 1941: barbarossa decree, wehrmacht officers decide on executions of soviet civilians involved in armed resistance, no crime is proved, no trial is held, executions on the spot. This is up to the officer: may 19, 1941: guidelines for the conduct of troops in russia, does not specify execution but expands list of potential victims. June 6, 1941: commissar order (cid:858)we (cid:373)ust (cid:374)ot assu(cid:373)e that the e(cid:374)e(cid:373)(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iples of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455) or of i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al la(cid:449)(cid:859) (cid:858)co(cid:373)(cid:373)issars (cid:449)ill (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e treated as soldiers. The prote(cid:272)tio(cid:374) afforded by international law to prisoners of (cid:449)ar (cid:449)ill (cid:374)ot appl(cid:455) i(cid:374) their (cid:272)ase(cid:859) The red army have a lot more future potential than the germany army does. Soviet union has more people than germany does. Invasion of the soviet union is a large undertaking. Field marshall von leeb: baltics and leningrad.