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Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German field marshal who oversaw the development of the Luftwaffe as part of the re-armament of Germany following World War I. During World War II, he was in charge of aircraft production; his ineffective management resulted in the decline of the German air force and its loss of air superiority as the war progressed. He was convicted of war crimes during the Milch Trial held before the U.S. military court in 1947.
Milch was born in Wilhelmshaven, the son of Anton Milch, a Jewish pharmacist, who served in the Kaiserliche Marine, the Imperial German Navy, and Clara Milch, née Vetter. Due to his Jewish ancestry, according to the Nazi Nuremberg Laws of 1935, he was considered as a "Jewish Mischling of the first degree". At Göring's urging, Adolf Hitler gave Milch a German Blood Certificate and was later reclassified as an "honorary Aryan" and was one of the few officers in the German high command of Jewish ancestry.
Milch joined the Nazi party (number 123885) on April 1, 1929, but his membership was not officially acknowledged until March 1933, because Hitler deemed it desirable to keep the fact hidden for political reasons.
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Excerpts from the Nuremberg trial of NMT Case No. 2, United States v. Erhard Milch, former Air Field Marshall of the Nazi German Air Force: (1) January 2, 1947: chief trial prosecutor Clark Denny reads the charges of planning aggressive war, exploiting slave labor and conducting medical experiments on prisoners; assistant prosecutor Henry T. King, Jr.(at the prosecutors table) and Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor ( in front of the window) are present; (2) Milch enters his not guitly plea; (3) as the U.S.tribunal takes a recess, a close up of Gen. Taylor; (4) April 17, 1947 Milch is sentenced to impriosoment; (5) German newsreel regarding the Milch case. For further information, see http://www.roberthjackson.org
General scenes of arrival of Milch in Paris, at Airport. Guard of honour; Udet. German ace, accompanies him. Welcomed by French air chiefs - General Fequant, and German Ambassador.Details below.Nazi plane in air. Lands. Nazi emblem on tail. General Milch and others alight. Close shots of same. Being welcomed by above.Shots of the inspection on the drome. Walking past lined up troops etc.Sound German National Anthem. Masselleise. etc. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4afb33fd9e4c49d5b1c461ca6dcde9ea Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Former commander of the Luftwaffe, Erhard Milch, faces an American Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/15298c440b8e40bd893a60f460c69cc1 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Die Nürnberger Rassengesetze von 1935 schufen eine juristische Grundlage zur Verfolgung und Diskriminierung deutscher Juden. Systematisch wurde festgelegt, wer Jude war. Viele so genannte Mischlinge, wie Ex-Kanzler Helmut Schmidt, wurden politisch verfolgt. Manche von ihnen hatten hochrangige Beschützer: Trotz jüdischen Vaters war Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch für Görings Luftwaffe elementar. Andere arbeiteten für die Nationalsozialisten: Werner Goldberg entwickelte sich zum Vorzeigesoldat, um seinen jüdischen Vater zu retten. Heute plagen sie Zweifel über ihr damaliges Verhalten.
Presenças de: Erhard Milch, Hans Jeschonnek e Wilhelm Keitel (Após 28.01.1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze).
On Day 78, Erhard Milch, the former Field Marshal, was the second witness for the Goering defense. Justice Jackson cross examined him on March 11-12, 1946. Jackson attempted to establish that Germany was prepared for war. For further information, see http://www.roberthjackson.org
Der privat gedrehte 16-mm-Film hält die Einweihung der "Flugtechnischen Vorschule Dessau" und der "Ausbildungsstätten der Junkers Werke" am 15. Juni 1938 fest. Der pompös aufgezogene Festakt lockte zahlreiche prominente Vertreter aus Militär und Politik an; zu sehen sind ua. General Erhard Milch, Gauleiter Rudolf Jordan, General Ernst Udet und Baldur von Schirach. Gesamtlänge der Aufnahmen: ca. 12 Minuten.
Presenças dos generais: Otto Hoffmann von Waldau (00:05), Hugo Sperrle (00:14), Erhard Milch (00:17), Hans Jeschonnek (esq), Alexander Löhr (centro) e Albert Kesselring (00:20), Heinrich Trettner (00:35), Hans-Georg von Seidel (esq) e Jeschonnek (00:48)
Presenças de Hermann Göring, Hermann Graf (00:31), Adolf Galland, Günther Korten (esq) e Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (00:42), Erhard Milch (00:53) entre outros (1943-11-03 - Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 687)