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p. 378 25,000 men, NA RG 338 R–79, p. 49

p. 378 ‘Was it really unquestioning…’, Horst Haufschildt, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 291

p. 379 ‘A much loved leader’, ibid., p. 150

p. 379 ‘What are you doing here…’, Reichhelm, conversation, 5 October 1999

p. 379 ‘to be at the immediate disposal…’, BA-MA MSg2/1283, p. 34

p. 380 ‘After we had been talking…’, Vadis to Beria, 7 May, GARF 9401/2/96, pp. 175– 82

p. 381 ‘The remains of glass ampoules…’, Vadis to Beria, 7 May, GARF 9401/2/96, pp. 175–82

p. 381 ‘at the head of his troops’, Hamburg radio, Trevor-Roper, p. 188

p. 384 ‘unpleasant suggestion’, Zhukov, iv, p. 272

p. 384 Barenfanger, Le Tissier, 1999, p. 186

p. 384 Ernst Himmler, Beier, conversation, 9 October 2001

p. 384 ‘There was blood everywhere…’, Loewe, conversation, 9 October 2001

p. 385 ‘Among the crews killed…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 272

p. 385 ‘The Fuhrer is dead’, Beier, conversation, 9 October 2001

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p. 386 ‘What I experienced…’, Rurup (ed.), 1997, p. 184

p. 387 ‘We’re sparing these…’, Prinz-Albrecht-Gelande permanent exhibition

p. 388 ‘Sergeant Gorbachov…’, V. S. Antonov, ‘Poslednie dni voiny’, ViZh, No. 7, July 1987

p. 388 fate of Constanze Manzialy, Musmanno, p. 39

p. 389 ‘Come around to the back’, Lothar Ruhl, quoted Steinhoff et al. (eds.), p. 434

p. 389 arrest of Gunsche, Rzhevskaya, 1986, p. 212

p. 389 Berzarin’s promise of award, Rzhevskaya, 2000, p. 286

p. 389 ‘My comrades and I…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2000

p. 390 ‘shrunk in size…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2000

p. 390 cigarette case and Hitler’s badge, Vadis to Beria, 7 May, GARF 9401/2/96, pp. 175–82

p. 390 ‘They did not let me go down’, Rzhevskaya, 2000, p. 295

p. 390 ‘the Germans had buried…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 275

p. 391 ‘exemplary’, Erna Flegel debrief by OSS, 23 November

p. 391 repeat interrogations of bunker witnesses, Rzhevskaya, conversation, 28 October 2001

p. 391 Colonel Haller, TsAMO 233/2374/93, pp. 458–9

p. 392 ‘post-mortal convulsions’, K. M. Simonov, Notebook No. 9, RGALI 1814/4/8

p. 392 famine in Soviet Central Asia, see GARF 9401/2/95, pp. 57–62,92–6

p. 393 ‘their blood group tattooed…’, Beria to Stalin, 20 November, GARF 9401/2/100, p. 492

p. 393 denunciations, Belyaev, conversation, 25 July 2000

p. 393 ‘But surely you aren’t…’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 240

p. 393 ‘Prisoners’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 242

p. 394 ‘They don’t look at anyone…’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 245

p. 394 ‘huge and powerful’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p.·243

p. 395 ‘the colossal scale…’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 244

p. 395 reinstating the military salute, Genscher, conversation, 4 September 2000

p. 395 ‘It’s over!’, Peter Rettich diary, 3 May, Reichhelm papers

p. 396 negotiations at Stendal, Edelsheim, BA-MA MSg1/236 and Reichhelm, NA RG 338 B-606

p. 396 ‘It is thanks to our Fuhrer!’, Robert Ohlendorf, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 174

p. 397 9,139 Hiwis, NA RG 338 R–79, p. 58

p. 397 5,000 Hiwis reach the Twelfth Army, Genscher, conversation, 4 September 2000

p. 397 ‘Nix SS…’, Herbert Fuchs, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 256

p. 397 ‘Quite a few people…’, Reichhelm, conversation, 5 October 1999

p. 397 ‘The real problem’, Humboldt, conversation, 11 October 1999

p. 399 ‘Stalin’s system needed…’, Rzhevskaya, 2000, p. 277

p. 400 ‘the sort used…’, Rzhevskaya, conversation, 28 October 2001

p. 400 ‘accepted with great satisfaction’, Eisenhower to Antonov, 10 May, ?A RG334/Entry 309/Box 2

p. 401 Bradley and Konev, Bradley, p. 551

p. 401 ‘tankists of 25th Tank Corps…’, Yashechkin, reported to GLAV-PURKKA, RGASPI 17/125/310

p. 401 Vlasov hiding under blankets, Konev, p. 230

p. 402 ‘on behalf of the Soviet…’, Eisenhower to Antonov, 8 May, NA RG334/Entry 309/Box 2

p. 403 ‘We celebrated victory…’, Yuri Gribov, ‘Igral nam ? Brandenburge grammofon’, Stroki’s velikoi voiny, Moscow, 2000

p. 403 ‘The first toast to victory’, Inozemtsev, p. 206

p. 403 ‘a fat, small colonel’, K. M. Simonov Diary, Notebook No. 9, RGALI, 1814/4/8

p. 404 ‘in a two-storey building…’, TsAMO 233/2356/5804, pp. 155–6

p. 404 ‘they jumped up…’, K. M. Simonov Diary, Notebook No. 9, RGALI, 1814/4/8

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p. 406 2,389 kilos in gold, GARF 9401/2/96, p. 15

p. 406 police forensic laboratories, RGVA 32925/1/100, p. 293

p. 406 deportation of V–2 rocket scientists, Siemens engineers etc., see PRO DEFE 41/116, and Counter Intelligence Corps ?A 319/22/XE169886 and NA 319/22/XE 257685

p. 406 ‘Socialism cannot benefit itself, Fedoseyev notes

p. 407 ‘the systematic destruction…’, report 2e Bureau, 21 April, SHAT 7 ? 128

p. 407 ‘two dachshunds (nice fellows)’, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 241

p. 407 ‘twenty unique shotguns…’, Abakumov to Stalin, 10 January 1948, ‘Portrety bez retushi’, Voennye Arkhivy Rossii, No. 1, 1993, p. 189

p. 408 ‘Come on, take it!’, K. M. Simonov Diary, Notebook No. 8, RGALI 1814/4/7

p. 408 ‘Uhr schon Kamerad’, Toscano-Korvin diary-letter, 7 July, BZG-S

p. 408 looting by Russian boys, RGVA 32925/1/121, pp. 61,93

p. 408 ‘considerable amount…’, Murphy to State Department, NA 740.0011 EW/4– 2445

p. 409 ‘Even the Bishop of Munster’, NA 740.0011 EW5–145