Hossbach Memorandum

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The Hossbach Memorandum is a 1937 secret German military conference record that revealed Adolf Hitler’s expansionist plans and is often cited as key evidence of Nazi Germany’s premeditated aggression before World War II.

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instanceOf conference record ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
memorandum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hoßbach Memorandum ⓘ
linked to: Hossbach Memorandum

Hoßbach-Niederschrift ⓘ
archivedIn German Federal Archives ⓘ
associatedWith Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nazi leadership ⓘ
author Friedrich Hoßbach ⓘ
classification secret ⓘ
compiledFrom notes taken during Hitler’s conference on 5 November 1937 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
createdFor internal military and political leadership of Nazi Germany ⓘ
date 1937-11-05 ⓘ
describes Hitler’s intention to acquire Austria ⓘ
Hitler’s intention to acquire Czechoslovakia ⓘ
plans for territorial expansion in Europe ⓘ
documentType typed memorandum based on notes ⓘ
evidentialRole evidence of planning of wars of aggression ⓘ
evidence of premeditated aggression by Nazi Germany ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to the question of German responsibility for World War II ⓘ
key document in debates on Nazi war aims ⓘ
language German ⓘ
locationOfEvent Reich Chancellery, Berlin ⓘ
linked to: Reich Chancellery
mentions need to solve Germany’s space and food problems ⓘ
risk of conflict with Britain and France ⓘ
participantRecorded Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Erich Raeder ⓘ
Hermann Göring ⓘ
Konstantin von Neurath ⓘ
Werner von Blomberg ⓘ
Werner von Fritsch ⓘ
period interwar period ⓘ
recordsEvent secret conference of 5 November 1937 ⓘ
relatedTo Anschluss ⓘ
German rearmament ⓘ
Sudeten Crisis ⓘ
subjectOf historiographical debate on intentionalism vs functionalism ⓘ
timeHorizonDiscussed 1943–1945 ⓘ
timeToWrite 1937-11-10 ⓘ
topic German foreign policy objectives ⓘ
Lebensraum in Eastern Europe ⓘ
Nazi expansionist plans ⓘ
possible war scenarios for Germany ⓘ
usedAsEvidenceIn International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg ⓘ
linked to: Nuremberg trials

Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
linked to: Nuremberg trials
writtenBy Friedrich Hoßbach ⓘ

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Nazi war aims → documentedIn → Hossbach Memorandum ⓘ
Friedrich Hoßbach → notableWork → Hoßbach Memorandum ⓘ
linked to: Hossbach Memorandum
Friedrich Hoßbach → notableEvent → Hoßbach Conference of 5 November 1937 ⓘ
linked to: Hossbach Memorandum
Hossbach Memorandum → alsoKnownAs → Hoßbach Memorandum ⓘ
linked to: Hossbach Memorandum