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Expert: Michel Cahier - 8/3/2009


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Dear Michel Cahier,
Wehmacht General Gerhard Scmidhuber was supreme commander of German army forces in Budapest during the siege. As Supreme Commander, did he have the power to order SS units to obey his orders, or were the SS under the exclusive command of the Commander of the SS in Budapest at the time, General Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch?
Your gratefully
Dalbert.

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dear  Dalbert
This  question is  beyond my competence and expertise
Normally the SS did not  have to take orders  from the Werhmacht
but in this specific case I do not  know how it turned  out
I only know that there was a big fall out between the  two commanders
concerning the massacre  of the Jews of Budapest
Maybe  you can  find an answer to  this question by asking it
to the following  site  http://forum.axishistory.com/
It has a lot of military experts able to answer  very specific
questions like yours
Best  regards
Michel

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Michel Cahier

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I am a French amateur historian in German history between 1918 and 1945, particularly with regard to the Nazi era, Hitler's character and the occupation of Europe.

Experience

I have worked on the subject of Nazism since college and since I retired I developed a complete site with more than 60 chapters devoted to different aspects of the Nazi era. I have developed too a special interest in Nazi Art and the treatment of art by the Nazis. My site had about 2000 hits per week and is very well considered. I would be glad to help some people who have very precise questions about Hitler and the Nazis. My site can be consulted at http://schikelgruber.net/index.html. Needless to say that I am not a supporter of the Nazis and never in this site do I attempt to justify or excuse their policies.

Organizations
I used to work for the Agence France Presse, La Tribune, TV Channel France 3 and as the Editor of the Agence Economique et Financiere. I was in position in Brussels, London and Paris.

Publications
I published a book about the entrepreneurs and the motives for creating a company in the 80s and a book about the Franco-Swiss jeweller Philippe Charriol in the 90s

Education/Credentials
I graduated in Law and Political Sciences, I have a MBA from the Paris Chamber of commerce and I have a license of massage therapy (RMT) of the State of Texas

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