Dietrich Peltz - the missing (post-war) years

[Simon Trew]

Robert, thanks for this, which tends to reinforce the general (if not uncontradicted) impression that Peltz was not too keen to share his memories with historians - at least, insofar as things that most interest me are concerned.

You are correct that FO 1038/166 confirms that Peltz's adjutant, Major Theodor Ellwein, was believed to be in Soviet captivity (at least, in November 1946). But at least two documents in that file express doubt that Peltz himself fell into Russian hands. And according to a British document of 17 October 1946, the Russians denied having Peltz when asked. Of course, that doesn't make it true, but at least they said it.

None of this, of course, stopped the authors of 'The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force' from suggesting in their photo caption (previously referenced) that Peltz might have ended up in the USSR.