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COPY OF DOCUMENT 3740-PS
AFFIDAVIT BY FRANZ HALDER
Nurnberg, 6 March 1946
I, Franz Halder, being first duly sworn, declare:
My last position in the German armed forces was Chief of Staff of the
German Army.
On the occasion of a common meal on the birthday of the Fuehrer in 1942
the people around the Fuehrer turned the conversation to the Reichstag
building and its artistic value. I heard with my own ears when Goering
shouted into the conversation: "The only one that really knows the
Reichstag, is I; because I put the fire to it." With that he took his
flat hand and hit his thighs. As far as I can remember today Keitel was
sitting to the left og Georing.
This luncheon took place in the so-called Kasino (officer's mess) of the
Headquarters of the Fuehrer (East Prussia).
[signed] Franz Halder
Franz Halder
Subscribed and sworn to before me today, this 6th day of March, 1946,
Nurnberg, Germany.
[signed] Richard W. Sonnenfeldt
Richard W. Sonnenfeldt
Investigating Officer
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