Windsor file
The Windsor Files (known in English as Marburg Files , Windsor Files or Duke of Windsor Files ) is a collection of files belonging to the Foreign Ministry of the Third Reich that were initially classified as highly secret . They were discovered by a US troop unit in May 1945 and brought together in Marburg Castle in Hesse. The documents were partially published in several waves, in 1952 and 1959, most recently in 1996. They document the relationships between the former English King Edward VIII and the Third Reich and its high-ranking protagonists, among others. a. Joachim von Ribbentrop and Adolf Hitler , and document attempts to return to the British throne with the help of the National Socialists if necessary .
Individual evidence
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- ^ Were Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson Nazi sympathizers? In: SwashVillage. Accessed August 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Ralf Sotscheck: His Majesty in the service of the Führer . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 6, 1996, ISSN 0931-9085 , p. 9 ( taz.de [accessed on July 5, 2020]).
- ^ The True Story Behind The Marburg Files: Documents That Connected Ex-King Edward VIII To Nazis. November 13, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Neela Debnath: The Crown season 2: What are the Marburg Files? What about Edward VIII friends with Hitler? December 18, 2017, accessed July 5, 2020 .
- ^ Barry James, International Herald Tribune: Documents Show Government's Concern: Was Duke of Windsor A Nazi Sympathizer? In: The New York Times . December 4, 1996, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 5, 2020]).
- ↑ Duke who just could not be beastly to the Nazis. December 4, 1996, accessed July 5, 2020 .