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the will as Joachim Won Ribben-
trop's successor as foreign minister,
was understood not to have known
before of such an appointment. He
was reported to have received the
tardy word of this dubious honor
today with his usual phlegmatic
calm.
Ribbentrop was said to have hid
whatever disappointment he may
have felt at learning the will
ignored him completely. He has
described himself as "the last for
eign minister of defeated Germany"
Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Grand
Admiral Erich Raeder still were
unaware of the will. Kaltenbrunner
is under treatment at the American
Army hospital for cranial hemor-
rhage which may require another
month of convalescence. Raeder,
whose health has been poor, stayed
in bed in his jail cell.
Victims of Plotting.
The better informed prisoners
seemed agreed that Goering had
been the victim of plotting by Dep
uty Party Fuehrer Martin Bormann
and Paul Joseph Goebbels, who had
worked to destroy Hitler's confidence
in him. Bormann, reported today
to having been arrested, is being
tried in absentia; Goebbels body
was found in the chancellory.
Himmler apparently had dealt
more independently in peace nego-
tiations. with Count Folke Berna-
dotte of Sweden than had been be-
lieved. The prisoners gave this as
the likeliest reason for Himmler's
disgrace"
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz ap-
peared to be better informed than
any of the prisoners over the con-
tent Of the Hitler document. He
has explained that he was notified
of his appointment as Reich Presi-
dent and supreme commander, and,
as such, started peace preliminaries
on his own Initiative.
Bequeaths Legacy of Hate.
Hitler sought to picture himself
as martyr. He bequeathed the
German people the Nazi creed of
fierce loyalty to the state and hatred
of the Jews.
His final admonition was:
Above all, 1 enjoin the govern
ment of the nation and the people
to uphold the racial laws to the limit
and resist mercilessly the poisoner
of all nations, international Jewry.''
Texts Of the political testament
of Hitler's personal will, an appen-
dix to the testament by Goebbels
and a document recording Hitler S
marriage to Miss Braun were re-
leased yesterday by Allied authori-
ties.
Hitler's will indicated he prefer
red suicide in Reichschancellery
bunker to trial before an Allied
court.
II shall not fall into the hands of
an enemy who requires a new spec
tacle presented by the Jews to divert
their historical masses" he said.
Urging Germans to keep alive the
Nazi doctrine, Hitler said the "estab-
lishment of National Socialist state
represents the work of centuries to
come and obliges each individual
person always to serve the common
interest before mis- own advantage.
This seed has been sown that
will grow one day in the rebirth of
the National Socialist movement. u
the document added
Throughout the testament Hitler
built himself up as a martyr who
wished to join in death the troops
who had fallen on the battlefield.
Il cannot forsake the city that is
the capital of this state" he said
80 " I wish to share my fate with
that of millions of others.
I die with joyful heart in my knowl-
edge of the Unreasonable deeds anc
achievements of our soldiers at the
front, of our women at home, the
achievements of our peasants ano
workers and of & contribution
unique in history, o. our youth that
bears my name"
Told of Suicide Plans.
In his personal will, also datee
April 20, Hitler told of plans fol
suicide after marrying Miss Braun
mis- 35-year-old mistress.
"She will 60 to her death with mt
at her own wish as my wife, tn.
will said. This will compensate u,
for what we have both lost through
, my work in the service Of m,
people"
MY wife and I choose to die ir
order to escape the shame of over.
throw or capitulation," the will add.
ed. "It is our wish for our bodies
to be cremated Immediately -
Hitler left his personal possessions
insofar as they are worth" to the
Nazi party, and said that paintings
he had collected should be placed
in a gallery Gin my home town Of
Linz on the Danube"
Bormann was named executor
Bornann, Goebbels and Nicolaus
ven Below witnessed the will.
Issued First by British.
i The Hitler documents and the ap.
pendix by Goebbels were released by
the American Sd Army after British
officials at HEREFORD had made them
| public in the British zone.
The documents were recovered by