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Research hobbyist, also on Twitter

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Werner Best Finding Aid

Main: Lex article / Archives Portal Europe / Ulrich Herbert’s interview

Photo: Nationalmuseet / Europeana

Video: Danmark på Film

Audio: National Archives

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Source: Fængselsmuseet.

Werner Best’s solitary cell in Horsens Statsfængsel, his letter in Danish, and the knives he carved while imprisoned.

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I added a sample of his writing in Danish, which I requested from the museum.

And a reminder that I’m now on Twitter.

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Source: Kalliope Nachlass Heisenberg.

Werner Heisenberg to Werner Best and his younger brother, Walter Best.

Also: Werner Best’s (rose-tinted) role in the seizure of Niels Bohr’s Institute.

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Source: Danmark i Hitlers hånd by Siegfried Matlok.

The former Danish Prime Minister’s letter. Werner Best learned the language in his Reichsbevollmächtigter days.

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Source: Svikmøllen 1949.

Four sonnets by Werner Best (not really). He even wanted to sue for libel.

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Sources: (1) Nationalmuseets arbejdsmark 1967 + Konflikt og samarbejde by Carl-Axel Gemzell. (2) Best by Ulrich Herbert. (3) Information, 06.11.1962.

The poems Werner Best wrote in Kastellet.

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Source: Yad Vashem 5338540.

Herta Isay’s analysis of Werner Best. This can be read for fun, but obviously graphology isn’t seen as reliable now.

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Source: Siebzig verweht III by Ernst Jünger.

Werner Best defended Ernst Jünger over his book Auf den Marmorklippen.

They knew each other since 1928 and are co-authors of heroic realism.

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Sources: BArch (1-5) R1603/2281, (6-7) R1601/2422.

Werner Best to the Rheinische Volkspflege. Sentenced to three years for radically opposing the occupation as a student, he was freed after six months.

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Source: NARA A3343 SSO 064.

Best–Heydrich conflict, → previous part.

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Source: NARA A3343 SSO 064.

Best–Heydrich conflict, → next part.

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Source: Institut für Zeitgeschichte ZS 207/2.

Werner Best’s post-war testimony.

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Source: Nationalmuseet.

Werner Best’s letter to his wife, sent while he was testifying in Nuremberg.

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Sources and brief IDs are in the ALT.

Caricatures of Werner Best.

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Source: DRTV.

(1945) Werner Best’s interrogation in Denmark, with him speaking at the end.

See the full film → Retfærdighedens time.

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Source: Fængselsmuseet.

Werner Best’s solitary cell in Horsens Statsfængsel, his letter in Danish, and the knives he carved while imprisoned.

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Source: Nationalmuseet.

(1945) Werner Best leaves Dagmarhus guarded by Danish partisans. He sought Frihedsrådet’s protection after capitulation.