Organization
German Army High Command
The German army’s supreme headquarters in the First World War.
- Also known as
- Oberste Heeresleitung, OHL, General Headquarters, High Command of the Army
- Wikidata
- Q641853
In March 1917 the Foreign Ministry asked it about the transit of the Russian exiles; it answered that it had no objection (the sealed train). Erich Ludendorff’s memoirs say it was to send a representative to the peace commission at Brest-Litovsk.
Connections 2
involved in
- Lenin's sealed train raised no objection and offered to pass the travellers through its lines if Sweden refused Primary record 1
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was to send a representative to the peace commission, by Ludendorff’s account Primary record 2
Proof 2 sources
-
Germany and the Revolution in Russia, 1915-1918: Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry, Oxford University Press, 1958.
Primary record
No objections to transit of Russian revolutionaries if effected in special train with reliable escort.
In the event of the Russians being refused entry into Sweden, the High Command of the Army would be prepared to get them into Russia through the German lines.
-
My War Memories, 1914-1918, volume II, Hutchinson (scan on the Internet Archive), 1919.
Primary record
The latter agreed to include a representative of G.H.Q. in the commission to be appointed for the peace negotiations
Page history 1 change
- Add the story of Lenin's sealed train from Zurich to Petrogradf3adfab
Something wrong or missing? Tell us, with a source, or edit this page.