Berlin: The Downfall 1945

treks, 46–7

statistics, 48

arrival in Berlin, 48–9

by sea, 50, 88, 93, 94, 188

treatment by Nazi authorities, 52, 75, 76

in Brandenburg, 53, 256, 258, 264, 337, 395, 396, 397, 398

from Breslau and Silesia, 62–3, 83

Stalin’s satisfaction, 82, 93

in Pomerania, 117–19

Nazi Party and abortions for rape victims, 157–8

Reich Labour Service (RAD), 70, 260, 284, 287n, 303, 328

Reichenau, Field Marshal Walter v., 276

Reichhelm, Col. Gunther, 200, 201, 284, 285, 378, 379, 397

Reichsbank, 406

Reichssportsfeld and Olympic Stadium, 180, 293, 340, 384, 391

Reichstag, xxxiii, 210, 319, 324, 347, 348, 349, 350

assault on, 354–6, 365–6, 372, 388, 394,. 426

Reinecke, Pastor, 386, 387

Reinhardt, Col. Gen. Hans, 12, 50

Reinickendorf, 180, 299

Reitsch, Hanna, 322, 342

Reitwein Spur, 71, 163, 216–17, 222, 379

Remagen, Rhine bridge at, 84, 137, 140, 141, 151, 179

Rettich, Capt. Peter, 264–5, 286, 328, 395, 398

Reymann, Lt. Gen. Helmuth, 158, 176–8, 179, 180, 224, 245, 261, 268, 353, 377

Ribbentrop, Reichsminister Joachim v., 83, 190, 237, 250, 251, 289, 304, 340

ROA (Russian Liberation Army), 73–4, 85, 112, 113, 401, 402

1st Division, 182–3

Rodimtsev, Gen. A. I., 307

Rogatin, Lt. Gen., 104

Rokossovsky, Marshal K. K., 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 28

Order No. 006, 30, 49, 50, 87

SMERSH investigation, 100, 106

and Pomeranian campaign, 115, 117, 145

and Berlin operation, 186, 206, 229, 242, 248, 249, 304, 337–8, 400

and victory parade, 426, 427

Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 7

Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 5

and Yalta, 77–82, 143

and Stalin, 84–5, 145, 195

and surrender negotiations, 194, 195

mortally ill, 196

death of, 204, 208

Rosly, Gen. I. P., 340

Rosslau (Twelfth Army HQ), 201

Rudel, Col. Hans-Ulrich, 9

Rudersdorf, 258, 265

Ruhr encirclement, 138, 142, 156, 190, 200, 201

Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd v., 42

Rusakov, Maj. Gen. Vladimir, 305

Ruslanova, Lydia, 116, 428

Russian Liberation Army, see ROA

Rybalko, Col. Gen. P. S., 17, 60, 61, 229, 232, 239, 245, 255, 256, 296, 319, 324, 326

Rzhevskaya, Yelena, 360, 363, 370, 390, 391, 399, 400, 403, 426, 431

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Sachsenhausen, 181, 274, 325

Salzburg, 155, 192, 251, 275

Samland Peninsula, 88

Sandomierz bridgehead, 16

Saucken, Gen. Dietrich v., 45, 62, 119–20, 122, 402

Schaub, Julius, 277

Schellenberg, SS-Gpfh. Walter, 275, 293–4, 346

Schlesicher Bahnhof, 280

Schmidtke, Erich, 3, 180

Schmundt, Maj. Gen. Rudolf, 7

Schneidemuhl, 53, 55, 64, 91

Schonhausen, 396, 397, 398, 403

Schorner, Field Marshal Ferdinand, 52, 61, 92, 93, 126, 127, 225, 241, 244–5, 304, 344, 350, 402

Schwagermann, Gunther, 381

Schwedt, 248

Schwerin, sack of, 67

Sebelev, Col. Pyotr, 185–6, 226, 315–16

Seelow, 222, 229, 243, 246, 254

Seelow Heights, 70, 71, 165, 209, 216, 222, 223, 225, 228, 229, 234, 241, 243, 256, 273

Seidemann, Gen., 12

Selivanovsky, Gen., 420

Semyonov, Gen. Vladimir Semyonovich, 418

Serov, Gen. I. A., 64, 99–100, 107

and Polish forces, 199, 200

and Berlin, 307, 308, 309

and uranium, 325–6

and surrender, 404, 405

and aftermath, 406, 415, 420

Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Gen. Walther v., 68, 69, 198

‘Seydlitz-truppen’ (German ‘anti-fascists’), 283, 337

Shatilov, Maj. Gen. V. M., 347, 365

Shcheglov, Dmitri, 34, 37

Shtemenko, Gen. S. M., 146

Siegessaule column, 340, 395

Siemensstadt, 269, 323

Simonov, Konstantin, 14, 212, 213, 336, 391–2, 403, 404, 408

Simpson, Gen. William H., 141, 190, 191, 203, 204, 396

Skorzeny, SS-Stbnfh. Otto, 174, 175

SMERSH, 15, 16, 28, 33, 35, 96, 98, 102–3, 416–17

and Red Army, 128, 185, 207, 228, 422, 423

and Yakov Djugashvili, 136

and screening of prisoners of war, 166, 185, 402

and Polish formations, 199–200

and Werwolf, 260, 415–16