What version of the Todt's tod should be taught ?
Sorry for the joke
So, why Todt died ?
Version
1) it was an accident... Hans Baur thinks Tod accidentally triggered the mecanism of autodestruction of the plane and BOOM.
2) Todt was a defeatist, desesperated by the war in the East, and Hitler assassinated him and replaced him by Speer.
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3) Suicide.
It seems that rumors of version (2) started right after the event.
In the SD-Leitabschnitt Prag Tagesbericht Nr 30/42 from February 10th, 1942 we can read:
[..]now almost in every newsreel we get to see a state funeral.[..]the assumption is expressed that the accumulation of such accidents can only be explained by sabotage.[..]in anti-German Intelligence circles it is rumored that Reichs Minister Dr. Todt, just like those leading figures who had previously crashed, had been "killed", because of domestic political disagreements.
See here: http://badatelna.eu/fond/959/reprodukce ... oId=361327
It seems that rumors of version (2) started right after the event.
In the SD-Leitabschnitt Prag Tagesbericht Nr 30/42 from February 10th, 1942 we can read:
[..]now almost in every newsreel we get to see a state funeral.[..]the assumption is expressed that the accumulation of such accidents can only be explained by sabotage.[..]in anti-German Intelligence circles it is rumored that Reichs Minister Dr. Todt, just like those leading figures who had previously crashed, had been "killed", because of domestic political disagreements.
See here: http://badatelna.eu/fond/959/reprodukce ... oId=361327
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Re: The tod of Todt
Interesting !GregSingh wrote: ↑30 Mar 2021, 04:483) Suicide.
It seems that rumors of version (2) started right after the event.
In the SD-Leitabschnitt Prag Tagesbericht Nr 30/42 from February 10th, 1942 we can read:
[..]now almost in every newsreel we get to see a state funeral.[..]the assumption is expressed that the accumulation of such accidents can only be explained by sabotage.[..]in anti-German Intelligence circles it is rumored that Reichs Minister Dr. Todt, just like those leading figures who had previously crashed, had been "killed", because of domestic political disagreements.
See here: http://badatelna.eu/fond/959/reprodukce ... oId=361327
Hans Baur accused the autodestruction mecanism, but i heard that no such device existed.
Looks like Hitler eliminated him. That would explain why Hitler called Speer late that night and appointed him so quickly in the post of Todt.