Guben, 208
Guderian, Col. Gen. Heinz, 6, 7, 8, 12–13, 18, 19, 43, 50, 58, 60
rows with Hitler, 89–90, 149–52, 275
and resignation of Himmler, 131–2
and National Socialist Party, 134–5
and Himmler on peace negotiations, 150
sacking of, 152–3
Gulag
transfer of prisoners to Red Army, 165–6
transfer of Poles to army, 199
Gunsche, Otto, 262, 358, 359, 389
Gusakovsky, Col. I. I., 18, 21, 43, 69
Haase, Prof. Werner, 391
Hahn, Dr Otto, 325
Halbe, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 378
Haider, Col. Gen. Franz, 177
Hamburg, 141, 247, 364, 381, 384
Hanke, Gauleiter Karl, 92, 93, 125, 343
Hanover, 191
Harpe, Col. Gen. Josef, 12, 21, 61, 249–51
Harriman, Averell, 101, 145, 194, 211
Hase, Col. Gen. Paul v., 346
Hassleben (Army Group Vistula HQ), 130, 131, 132, 158, 159, 160, 338
Heerstrasse, 353, 356
Heiligenbeil
Heilstatten, 224, 272, 298, 328
Heinrici, Col. Gen. Gotthardt, 132, 158, 180, 183, 188, 207
and Oder battle, 218–19, 223, 225, 228, 241, 256
and defence of Berlin, 245, 248, 267, 268, 291, 337, 338
Heisenberg, Prof. Werner, 325
Hela, port of, 121
Hermannplatz, 262, 282, 302
Heydrich, SS-Obergpfh. Reinhard, 346
Hildebrandt, Gauleiter, 159
Himmler, Ernst, 384, 385
Himmler, Heinrich, 6, 7, 42
and death marches, 38
and Volkssturm, 39
and Army Group Vistula, 52, 53–4, 68, 88–9, 90, 130, 131–2
and peace negotiations, 150, 175, 250, 275, 290, 292, 293–4, 341, 342, 350, 368
and SS divisions in Hungary, 151, 293
and rivalries, 154, 155, 289, 361
and orders for total warfare, 174, 240
and Vlasov, 182
and Hitler, 250–51, 293
and battle for Berlin, 275, 341
in north Germany, 361
Hitler, Adolf, xxxiii, xxxiv, 225
and Ardennes offensive, 5, 6, 7, 8
and Vistula offensive, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 22
and loss of Warsaw, 21, 22
and East Prussia, 26, 50
and Volkssturm, 39
and refugees, 52
and German Army, 54, 58, 89, 91, 116, 135, 142, 149, 151
withdrawal from public view, 58
last broadcast, 67
and defence of Berlin, 74, 177
and Eva Braun, 75, 253–4, 278, 289, 342–3
and bombing of Dresden, 83
and SS divisions in Hungary, 151
and self-identification with German people, 153, 276
and ‘Nero Order’, 155–8, 202
and
and Oder front, 188, 189, 241
and death of Roosevelt, 204
and birthday, 249–52
and decision to stay in Berlin, 251, 275, 288–9
and battle of Berlin, 266, 267, 268
and Frederick the Great, 268, 275
and Ninth and Twelfth Armies, 285, 288, 295, 330, 331
and Speer, 288, 290
and fantasies of rescue, 295, 304, 322, 331, 340, 350
and breakout plans, 320
and last days in Reich Chancellery, 322, 341, 357
remains of, 399, 400, 431
Hitler Youth, and Panzerjagd units, 74
and defence of Berlin, 180, 189, 265, 270, 272, 275–6, 281, 301, 316, 340, 346, 356, 384
‘Hitler Youth Division’, 180–81
and Oder battle, 235, 245, 247, 257, 338
‘Hiwis’, 112–14, 367, 396–7
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H., 141, 191
Hohenlychen, 131–2, 292, 338
Hohenschonhausen, 265
Hohenzollerndamm, HQ of Berlin Defence Area, 224, 261, 301, 320
Holste, Lt. Gen., 379
Holz, Maj. Gen. Artur, 179
Hossbach, Gen. Friedrich, 50
Humboldt-Dachroeden, Col. Hubertus Freiherr v., 21, 22, 201, 285, 397
Humboldthain flak tower, 287, 323
Irwin, Virginia, 305–7
Japan, war against, 78, 82, 139, 211
Jews and other concentration camp prisoners, persecution and murder of, 38, 49
Warsaw ghetto, 23
death marches, 38, 155
discovery of Auschwitz, 45–6
