Berlin: The Downfall 1945

p. 271 ‘At about five in the afternoon’, Rocolle, 1954, p. 87

p. 272 ‘hearts raced in fear’, DRK-Schwester Ruth Schwarz, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 229

p. 273 German stragglers from See-low Heights, RGVA 32925/1/130, p. 269

p. 273 ‘On 22 April, a Red Army cook’, RGVA 32925/1/130, p. 275

p. 273 ‘Everything is covered with flowers…’, Grossman papers, RGALI, 1710/3/51, p. 239

p. 274 ‘Not a single woman…’, Anonymous, p. 21

p. 276 ‘General Field Marshal Keitel’, extracts from notes of Jodl, TsAMO 233/2356/5804, pp. 201–3

p. 276 ‘his mental sickness…’, Maiziere, p. 106, and conversation, 9 October 1999

p. 276 ‘Losses can never…’, quoted Trevor-Roper, p. 65

p. 277 ‘the chiefs plan to get…’, ?A 740.0011 EW/3–2245

p. 277 ‘There exist in…’, NA RG59740.0011 EW/4–645

p. 277 ‘superbly stocked’, Freytag von Loringhoven, conversation, 4 October 1999

p. 277 ‘In the bunker’, Maiziere, conversation, 9 October 1999

p. 278 night of 22 April, Below, p. 411, and Traudl Junge, television interview

p. 279 ‘Forgive me…’, letter of 22 April, original reproduced Gun, p. 176

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p. 280 ‘the battle a European significance’, diary Uffz. Heinrich V., 23 April, BZG-S

p. 280 siege guns, Zhukov, iv, p. 255

p. 281 ‘Desertion suddenly seems…’, Anonymous, p. 24

p. 282 ‘real feeling of disintegration’, Beier, conversation, 9 October 2001

p. 282 ‘to their impulses’, Kronika, pp. 98–9

p. 282 ‘What a thing to die for’, Petersohn, conversation, 9 July 2000

p. 283 rumour of Model’s arrest, NA740.0011 EW/4–2445

p. 283 7th Department, TsAMO 233/2374/93, pp. 413,419

p. 284 ‘Because the fascist clique…’, TsAMO 233/2374/93, p. 414

p. 284 ‘letter from the inhabitants…’, TsAMO 233/2374/93, p. 415

p. 285 ‘an outstanding…’, Reichhelm, conversation, 5 October 1999, and also Humboldt, conversation, 11 October 1999

p. 285 ‘gravedigger of the army’, NA740.0011 EW/4–1045

p. 285 ‘Soldaten der Armee Wenck!’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 28

p. 285 ‘the Fuhrer has issued orders…’, NA 740.0011 EW/4–2445

p. 285 ‘So we made up…’, Humboldt, conversation, 11 October 1999

p. 286 ‘Boys, you’ve got…’, Reichhelm papers, Das Letzte Aufgebot

p. 286 ‘a feeling of loyalty…’, Genscher, conversation, 4 September 2000

p. 286 ‘So about turn!’, Rettich diary, Reichhelm papers

p. 286 ‘tragi-comedy’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 22

p. 286 state of LVI Panzer Corps, Refior, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 24

p. 287 Berlin defence figures, Willemer, ‘The German Defense of Berlin’, NA RG338, P136, p. 46

p. 288 Speer’s journey to Berlin, NA 740.0011 EW/5–145

p. 288 ‘the legends would be hard to create’, Speer interrogation, 22 May, ?A 740.0011 EW/5–145

p. 289 ‘My Fuhrer! — In view of…’, quoted Trevor-Roper, p. 116

p. 290 ‘a simple Munich girl…’, Sereny, p. 532

p. 290 ‘Hermann is not with us…’, Gun, pp. 253–4

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p. 291 Krukenberg account, BA-MA MSg2/1283

p. 291 SS ‘Charlemagne’, Fenet, conversation, 4 June 1999

p. 293 ‘since he alone…’, ?A 740.0011 EW/5–145

p. 293 ‘The Reichsfuhrer is no longer…’, Trevor-Roper, p. 103

p. 294 Schulstrasse transit camp, Lowenstein, conversation, 14 July 2000

p. 295 ‘a real International’, Konev, p. 150

p. 295 ‘hundreds of bearded Russian…’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 239

p. 295 ‘An old woman…’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 240

p. 295 ‘The Soviet Union has a right…’, ?A RG218 JCS Box 15

p. 296 US aircraft attacked, Antonov correspondence, NA RG334/Entry 309/Box 2

p. 297 ‘they were licking [our] boots’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 53

p. 297 ‘In the course of three hours’, V. S. Antonov, ‘Poslednie dni voiny’, ViZh, No. 7, July 1987

p. 297 ‘It was a bloody…’, Ramm, 1994, p. 102

p. 297 ‘Vlasov and his men are taking part’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 239

p. 298 Beelitz-Heilstatten, DRK-Schwester Ruth Schwarz, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 229

p. 299 ‘You’re the only one…’, BA-MA MSg2/1283, p. 11

p. 299 conditions in the bunker, Freytag von Loringhoven, conversation, 4 October 1999, and Misch, 8 July 2000

p. 300 ‘Another officer…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 361

p. 300 ‘surprised the Berliners immensely’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 78

p. 300 ‘abnormal phenomena’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 362

p. 300 ‘small babushka’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2000

p. 300 ‘impersonal violence of war itself’, Glenn Gray, pp. 66–7

p. 300 ‘substitutes for the defeat of an enemy’, Naimark, p. 70

p. 300 waves of violence, ibid., p. 83

p. 301 Shulzhenok, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 333

p. 301 ‘What contradicts our idea…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 240

p. 301 ‘Ziegler had secret orders…’, BA-MAMSg1/976, p. 24

p. 302 ‘Meine Herren, alies Gute!’, Roman Burghart, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 104

p. 302 ‘laid on a blood-smeared table…’, Wallin, quoted ibid., p. 108

p. 302 Krukenberg account, BA-MA MSg2/1283

p. 302 ‘SS traitors extending the war!’, Wallin, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 103

p. 303 ‘The silence which followed…’, BA-MA N65/126

p. 304 ‘The situation must improve’, TsAMO 233/2356/5804, pp. 201–3

p. 304 ‘a self-deception bordering…’, BA-MA N65/126, p. 165

p. 304 ‘General Eisenhower desires…’, 25 April, Deane to Antonov, NA RG334/Entry 309/Box 2