Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), Saturday 26 May 1945, page 1


PHESE dramatic pictures^ sent to 'The Mail' exclusively by beam wireless, show scenes at Flensburg when the German High Command was arrested on Wednesday. ABOVE: The arrest of German leaders in the cocktail bar of the liner Patria. Around the table, from left, are Captain Mund (British. Navy), MajorGeneral Trusov (Russia), Major - General Rooks (U.S.A.), Brigadier Foord (Britain, standing), and, at the back, a U.S. interpreter announcing the arrest. At the right are (from left) Wehrmacht Chief of Staff, Colonel General Jodl, Grand Admiral Doenitz, and Admiral General Friedeburg (nearest camera), who,, poisoned himself a few minutes after this picture was ? *V taken. ''?LEFT: A scene in a Flensburg hotel corridor shortly after the arrest of a number of Doenitz Government officials. They were seized while in bed, and not given time to dress properly before being lined up, face to the wall with hands on tbe bead. M. ? '

PHESE dramatic pictures sent to 'The Mail' exclusively by beam wireless, show scenes at Flensburg when the German High Command was arrested on Wednesday. ABOVE: The arrest of German leaders in the cocktail bar of the liner Patria. Around the table, from left, are Captain Mund (British. Navy), MajorGeneral Trusov (Russia), Major - General Rooks (U.S.A.), Brigadier Foord (Britain, standing), and, at the back,Capt. H Cohn a U.S. interpreter announcing the arrest. At the right are (from left) Wehrmacht Chief of Staff, Colonel General Jodl, Grand Admiral Doenitz, and Admiral General Friedeburg (nearest camera), who,, poisoned himself a few minutes after this picture was taken. LEFT: A scene in a Flensburg hotel corridor shortly after the arrest of a number of Doenitz Government officials. They were seized while in bed, and not given time to dress properly before being lined up, face to the wall with hands on tbe head.