GERMAN AIR ACE
BERLIN REPORTS DEATH LONDON. Nov. 18 Berlin announced this morning the death of the German air ace. General Ernst Udet, “as a result of the use of firearms.” An earlier report stated that he had committed suicide while under arrest. Hitler has ordered a State funeral.
A renort that Udet had committed suicide was published on July 30. This stated that Udet was detained after he had vehemently protested against Hitler’s folly in invading Russia, and that he had been deprived of his command. The Nazis punished f him with typical thoroughness and • cruelty under the surveillance of Himmler's gun-men. It was known, added the report, that Udet shot himself, leaving letters which the Gestapo immediately impounded.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 7
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