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p. 342 Fegelein execution, Freytag von Loringhoven, conversation, 4 October 1999

p. 342 ‘A traitor must…’, quoted Trevor-Roper, p. 152

p. 343 ‘in spite of all…’, ibid., pp. 156–7

p. 344 ‘An erotic fever…’, Gun, p. 273

p. 346 ‘Salon Kitty’, Salon Kitty, see Peter Norden, Munich, 1970, and documentary film ‘Meine Oma hatte einen Nazi-Puff’ by Rosa von Praunheim about Kitty’s grandson, Jochen Mattei

p. 346 ‘this grey, frightening…’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 83

p. 346 ‘that very evening’, Rocolle, 1954, p. 69

p. 347 Shatilov and Goebbels, Klochkov, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 347 ‘looking at us maliciously…’, Shatilov, ‘U sten Reikhstaga’, in Vsem smertyam nazlo, Moscow, 2000

p. 347 checking Moabit for explosives, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 10 February 2001

p. 347 ‘soon learned what to expect’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 78

p. 349 Reichstag assault, S. Neustroev, ‘Shturm Reikhstaga’, ViZh, No. 5, May 1960, pp. 42–5

p. 349 katyusha launchers on lengths of railway line, Belyaev, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 349 ‘Greetings from the front’, quoted Shindel (ed.), p. 151

p. 350 ‘Sunday 29 April’, GARF 9401/2/97, pp. 32–48

p. 350 Signals intercepted, 29 April, TsAMO 233/2356/5804, p. 147

p. 351 ‘Herr General, I do not want…’, Freytag von Loringhoven, conversation, 4 October 1999

p. 351 departure of Weiss, Freytag and Boldt, Freytag von Loringhoven, conversation, 4 October 1999

p. 351 assault on Prinz-Albrechtstrasse, V. S. Antonov, ‘Poslednie dni voiny’, ViZh, No. 7, July 1987

p. 352 ‘fed from above’, Krukenberg, BA-MA MSg2/1283, p. 30

p. 352 empty faces, Weisz, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 106

p. 352 ‘descent into hell’, Bereznyak, quoted ibid., p. 115

p. 352 ‘like a single soldier with a rifle’, Fenet, conversation, 19 May 1999

p. 352 ‘The Communists must be…’, Fenet, conversation, 19 May 1999

p. 352 ‘But Comrade Kukharev…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 70

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p. 354 ‘The order has come through…’, Shatilov, ‘U sten Reikhstaga’, in Vsem smertyam nazlo, Moscow, 2000

p. 355 ‘There’s a grey building…’, Vasily Subbotin, How Wars End, p. 131

p. 355 ‘Hieronymus Bosch landscape’, Kardorff, p. 175

p. 356 bombardment of Reichstag, S. Neustroev, ‘Shturm Reikhstaga’, ViZh, No. 5, May 1960, pp. 42–5

p. 356 ‘to have escaped…’, BA-MA MSg2/3448, p. 10

p. 357 ‘like any other…’, Misch, conversation, 8 July 2000

p. 357 ‘hanged upside down’, Rzhevskaya, 1986, p. 44

p. 357 Hitler’s fear of Eva Braun’s capture, see R.W. Leon, The Making of an Intelligence Officer, London, 1994

p. 358 silver fox fur cape, Sereny, p. 538

p. 358 ‘a book on Egyptian tombs’, RGVA-SA 1355/1/1, p. 18

p. 358 Kempka and petrol

p. 359 ‘black trousers and a grey-green military jacket’, SMERSH protocol of investigation, Vadis to Beria, 7 May, GARF 9401/2/96, pp. 175–82

p. 359 lower bunker just before Hitler’s suicide, Sereny p. 539, and Misch, conversation, 8 July 2000

p. 360 ‘The chief’s on fire’, and Linge taking watch, Misch, conversation, 8 July 2000

p. 360 ‘The information which…’, Rzhevskaya, 1986, p. 36

p. 360 ‘The air thickened…’, ibid., p. 31

p. 361 ‘She said that she needed…’, Vadis to Beria, 7 May, GARF 9401/2/96, pp. 175– 82

p. 362 ‘left about 1,800 dead…’, TsAMO 236/2675/149, p. 274

p. 362 ‘We reached a clearing…’, Gefreiter Martin Kleint, 30 April, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 309

p. 363 ‘The boy was making painful grimaces’, Rzhevskaya, 1986, p. 31

p. 364 ‘Personally, and aside from…’, Truman papers, quoted Martin Gilbert, The Day the War Ended, London, 1995, p. 41

p. 364 ‘a secret agreement…’, NA 740.0011 EW/4–2445

p. 364 Weidling in Fuhrer bunker, evening of 30 April, NA RG 338 R–79, p. ii

p. 365 ‘a special present to Stalin’, Klochkov, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 365 blood on stone columns, Belyaev, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 366 soldiers dropping grenades simultaneously, Klochkov, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 367 ‘as if we had just won…’, Weisz, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 120

p. 367 ‘What I am about to say’, Vishnevsky, ‘Berlin Diary’, in Sevruk (ed.), pp. 162– 93

p. 368 ‘Comrade Stalin has just gone to bed’, Zhukov, iv, pp. 269–70

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p. 370 ‘A blazing comet is extinguished’, BA-MA MSg2/3448, p. 15

p. 370 ‘As a first priority…’, BA-MA MSg2/1283, p. 32

p. 371 ‘hollow charge’, etc., Karen Meyer, pp. 47–83

p. 371 ‘between around fifty and 15,000’, Amt fur die Erfassung der Kriegsopfer, 28 July 1947; I am also grateful to Dietmar Arnold for his comments on the debate

p. 372 bouncing grenade, Belyaev, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 372 ‘smiling like obedient dogs’, Klochkov, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 372 ‘We propose that you surrender…’, TsAMO 233/2374/93, pp. 458–9

p. 373 ‘Because this mission…’, Gall, conversation, 2 November 1999

p. 375 ‘Typically German!’, Brettschneider’s account, permanent exhibition, Zitadelle Spandau

p. 376 ‘general testing of…’, Operation Dragon’s Return, STIB, 28 January 1954, PRO DEFE 21/42, p. 4

p. 378 ‘to liquidate a large group…’, TsAMO 236/2675/149, p. 276