Patton Opposed Denazification as Too Extreme
“General s Patton beloved that the denazification was wrong and to extreme.”
Summary
General George S. Patton publicly criticized the Allied denazification program, calling the effort “far too much fuss” and arguing that rebuilding Germany was more important. Contemporary New York Times reports from September 1945 record his statements that denazification was being handled excessively.
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- Freedom of Information
George Smith Patton, Jr., (1885-1945) was a senior U.S. Army leader, serving in the military from 1909 to 1945. This release (previously made, but now posted to the FBI Vault) consists of 11 pages of references to Patton found in FBI files. The document dates range from 1945 to 1946.
- George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1945, Mar. 22-Sept. 26 (2 of 2) | Library of Congress
August 8 1945contd p5 more or less ... total deNazification of Germany we have to remove everyone who has… · Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith) ... Image 37 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1945, Mar. 22-Sept. 26 … August 10 1945contd p2 divisions at the rate of approximately three a week In every case I make a speech along these lines See Appendis 155 General notes on remarks to ...
- GEORGE S. PATTON DIARIES Annotated transcripts Mar. 22-Sept. 26, 1945 (2 of 2)
August 8, 1945(cont'd p.5) more or less old, whereas the whole cry is for youth. Under our rules, which demand the total deNazification of Germany, we have to remove everyone who has ever expressed himself in any way as a Nazi or who has paid party dues. It is very evident that anybody who was is business, irrespective of his real sentiments, had to say he was a Nazi and pay dues.
- 1945-04-18-dde-to-patton.pdf
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- Patton Belittles Denazification; Holds Rebuilding More Important - The New York Times
It was when some of his inter- viewers expressed amazement at his arithmetic that General Patton said that he was given to speaking in exaggerated terms and said he hoped that he would not be put on the spot by an exact quotation. What he meant, he said, was that a large part of Hitler's followers had been in that category. "Well," said General Patton, "this Nazi thing is just like a Democratic and Republican elec- tion fight.
- GENERAL PATTON RECONSIDERS - The New York Times
Daniell, that “far too much fuss has been made regarding denazification of Germany" and the further statement that the best hope for the future lies in “showing the German people what grand fellows we are.”
- PATTON INCIDENT SERVES TO SPEED DENAZIFICATION; His Attitude Focused Attention on Mistakes Now Being Corrected - The New York Times
George S. Patton has rendered still another service to his country. It is his misfortune that this time it took such form that it won him banishment to an obscure command instead of another decoration to add to his five rows of ribbons. But by voicing frankly some of the doubts and reservations in the minds of many American officers regarding the denazification program laid down by the heads of State at Potsdam and implemented by General Eisenhower in a clear- cut directive, he helped dramatize an issue, which was stultifying one of the primary steps toward the reorientation of Germany.
- The Problem With Trump’s Admiration of General Patton - POLITICO Magazine
It was hard enough to get the streets cleared and keep Germans from starving to death; Patton wasn’t interested in denazification or creating a lesson for future tyrants.
- Zweiter Weltkrieg: Die siegreichen US-Truppen zeigten wenig Gespür für jüdische Opfer
Aber es gab auch den anderen Patton, und der war ein widerwärtiger Antisemit. Mal bezeichnete er Juden als "verlorenen Stamm", dann als "größten stinkenden Menschenhaufen", schließlich "niedriger als Tiere".
- George S. Patton - Wikipedia
Eisenhower ordered him to hold ... repeated them. On 28 September 1945, after a heated exchange with Eisenhower over the denazification controversy, Patton was relieved of his military governorship....
- George S. Patton – Wikipedia
Nach dem Krieg war Patton ... in Gmund am Tegernsee. Er kam schon bald in Schwierigkeiten, da er die Entnazifizierung nicht zügig vorantrieb. Patton liebte seinen Beruf und war der Ansicht, dass der Krieg zum menschlichen Leben dazugehöre....
- Entnazifizierung – Wikipedia
Die alliierten Siegermächte hatten zwar auf der Potsdamer Konferenz allgemeine Grundsätze zur politischen Säuberung beschlossen, sich jedoch nicht auf gemeinsame Verfahren und Zielvorgaben geeinigt. Jede Besatzungsmacht ging mit unterschiedlicher Härte und verschiedenen Grundschemata vor. Nicht überall wurde mit Massenverhaftungen begonnen. Insgesamt zählte man allein in den drei westlichen Besatzungszonen ca. 182.000 Internierte, von denen bis zum 1. Januar 1947 allerdings ca. 86.000 aus den Entnazifizierungslagern entlassen wurden.
- Денацификация — Википедия
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- Паттон, Джордж Смит — Википедия
Джордж Смит Па́ттон-младший (англ. George Smith Patton, Jr.; 11 ноября 1885, США — 21 декабря 1945, Американская зона оккупации Германии) — американский военачальник, один из ...
- Джордж Паттон — Викицитатник
Джордж Смит Пàттон, млàдший (англ. George Smith Patton, Jr.; 1885—1945) — один из главных генералов американского штаба, действовавшего в период Второй мировой войны, командующий ...
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