HENLEIN SURRENDERS
Leader In 1938 Crisis In Munich
LONDON, May 10. Konrad Henlein, the man who precipitated the Munich crisis in 1938, does not see why he should be regarded as a war criminal, says the correspondent of the Associated Press of America in Czechoslovakia. Henlein, who is Gauleiter of the Sudetenland, surrendered yesterday, wearing a new tailored suit and carefully polished shoes. “I have always been a man of high honour,” he commented. “If left to myself I could have got the Czechsto understand German rule, and work with the Germans, but always orders from Berlin and the SS. wanted rule by force.” Henlein had a small bottle of tablets marked with the emblem of the skull and crossbones in his belt when he was arrested. He stated: “They were for my consumption if I was captured by Czech Patriots-”
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Southland Times, Issue 25670, 12 May 1945, Page 5
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141HENLEIN SURRENDERS Southland Times, Issue 25670, 12 May 1945, Page 5
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