The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-30


 I,ahousens testimony sent the 20 war crime defendants into pailic and rage. At the luncheon recess Hermann Goering snorted that La housen ought to be ''lynched" ana Joachim von Ribbentrop nerVousiy muttered, What shall l do? what shall I do?"
 Tried to Obstruct Hitler
 1.ahousen described Canaris as an dmnlacable foe of the Nazls ana d man who hated war and did all 1n 1njs mower to obstruct Adolf Hitler 5 schemes. Canaris is believed to have been shot by the Gestapo last ,Anril when Hitler suspected hln- accurately, it appeared-ot ploUVins against him. ho, He declared that Field MarsnaA wilhelm Keitel tried to get the m +sllioence corps to eliminate" ooMl Weygand, at that time in Nortn Al. l., rica and Giraud, then a prisoner ns German hands. Canarls OlocA90 ', hoth plans, he said, taking the posl- ton that i've won't commit HUI
 He quoted an order by Genera hermann Reinecke that the SoVleVr e German war was a showdown oi two nolitical philosophies. The Reo ornov was considered an ideologlcal anenv and should be treateo ao such.
 Defendants Moved
 -rhe aO war crimes defendants vere visably moved and angereo pS Tahousen's testimony and at @ luncheon recess Hermann Goel1tis ;l ragged: Lynch that traitor Il1as 1o.S 1 ane o,v we forgot on July 20, l944 (date of the attempted assassiha aOioii of Hitler)." +o +estifv himself this afternoon. u,,,, +a,l "When I do," he snorted, III 'ei ,,;r, nvself that we overlooKeo oii1 :, =. t,a worst traitors who ever llVeu.
 Joachim von RioDentlop and shaken. He kept muttering oyer p;a1d Hi over again to Goerlng anu o1nhat Marshal Willelm Keitel: ,y ~ shall I do? What shall l oo'
 Re Treated Differently ooke
 n tast;fied that Reinecke LanoustHh th.t Russian prisoners pe m treated entirely sr diiierenvR nt Russian IH Allied prisoners. GuaIds s,,;tb aI whips lsns AnlvS were equipped WlIn nprssians j AtEG,thorized to kill tne sders were at thk slightest excuse. ;nnS Otu
 o-, q. @ In brand the RusSlaliS, D. cal,- siyehb ousen. first witness to p,aa1ed pe % BRENNAN sr the prosecution, also rtse"i eye in~ ca ps ' small inner group o1 tiie ,,il, that anoa o service plotted to to- H1.. ua tenige1l1T;t s. Hitler as far back as l9oo, t,d d a;6 AG3ii that many of the men aroutsGI tted Canaris were executed or tta Iulv suicide after the faliure oA '
 1oA4 blot against Hitler. ,ono heen canaris, herevealed' hao n;s toas and secretly at odds with the NaMS It,.,e % in seoref,s ,' nsfore I,ahousen left Austria lii eoe eoea to ioin the German hlgn coan com, d 1900 he had received orders iroti, nnrie tli not to permit any NaziS 'o ohtain a high position.
 Uses Canaris' Diary oru ,ahousen refreshed his iheliloi x.a,,, Canaris' diary which ne sa.a the admiral kept TOT Vile the "of informing Germany anu r,,;ltv M world how those people were uii'' woh were guiding the peopie. He said that Canaris had eApieao
 7e sor;ous Zion concern over the pom t.Smant GU of warsaw and had warn I oS E;eld Marshal Wilhelm he.,e. ehat en serious repercussions m !n' m u,nr1d urt" were likely. Keitel told nun nun Tahousen said, that the meaSu,. II. had already been agreed upon os ? i ado,f Hitler and Hermann Goerins He said Canaris had also Warileo strongly against Naz plans iof ,,of terminating Polish groups ana .onae ,,ne Ssid to Keitel "the world at soii. time will make the armed lolce' ,,nder whose eyes these events toof nlace responsible for them:
 Hitler Decided Policies ~ Keitel, said Lahousen, repiae. ps. that Hitler had decided on uies' moIicies and had made 1t known tna if The armed forces did not wish tt 1articipate they would be carrle' out by the SS and the Security TO lice" o,ac,,tor said: 'For the record what wer' those measures Keitel told you na' been agreed on2"
 Lahousen replied: 'I'he bambard naent of Warsaw and the shooting o specified categories in Poland"
 .ArnAn: What were those categor