German Generals, October-November 1939: Venlo Incident

A file of press reports, memoranda, and correspondence concerning the aftermath of the "Venlo incident", in which German intelligence agents kidnapped two British agents in the Netherlands and accused them of involvement in a recent attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in Munich. The file contains examples of press reports from Germany linking the British agents to the assassination attempt, and accusing the British government of carrying out sabotage attacks on German ships before the war; British memoranda discussing government policy concerning mention of the incident in the British press; and Dutch press clippings discussing the incident. The file also includes copies of messages proposing to overthrow the Nazi regime sent by a group of German generals who the captured British agents had been in contact with, and a report on these German generals which listed several of their names and detailed their intentions in Germany, their involvement with British agents, and the discovery of their plan by the Gestapo.