Wheelis, Jack G.
Native Texas Lieutenant Jack G. Wheelis guarded high ranking Nazi prisoners during the Nuremberg trials.
After befriending Nazi leader Hermann Göring, who was on trial for war crimes, Wheelis received gifts from Göring, including a pen, watch, and postcards. It is alleged that Wheelis helped Göring retrieve a cyanide capsule that had been hidden among his personal effects confiscated by the U.S. Army. Wheelis later died fighting in the Korean War.
From the description of Wheelis, Jack G., Papers, 1933, 1945-1950 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 773612661
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Wheelis, Jack G. Wheelis, Jack G., Papers, 1933, 1945-1950 | University of Texas Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946. | family |
| associatedWith | International Military Tribunal. | corporateBody |
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| Nuremberg (Germany) | |||
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| Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949 |
| Nuremberg Trial of Major War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946 |
| War crime trials |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
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