Hitler. 1936-1945: Nemesis

Mitford, Unity Valkyrie 13

Model, Colonel-General Walter 579–80, 592, 630, 650, 721, 754, 784, 786, 792

Mogilev 483, 647

Mohnke, SS-Brigadefuhrer Wilhelm 813, 814, 826, 827

Mollendorf, Rittmeister Leonhard von 673

Molotov, Vyacheslav 192, 195, 196, 204–5, 210, 331, 332–4, 336, 342, 360–1, 734

Moltke, Helmuth James Graf von 665, 666

monasteries, closing of the 427, 428, 430

Monichkirchen 366, 368

Montgomery, General Bernard 535, 538, 546, 600, 721

Montoire (H/Petain/Laval discussions, 1940) 330–1

Moravia 46, 164, 165, 172, 318, 479

Moravska-Ostrava 165

Morell, Dr Theodor 36, 171, 411, 612, 674, 694, 726, 727, 728, 798, 801, 803

Morgenthau Plan (1944) 784

Morocco 14, 348

Moscow 397, 400, 416, 435, 477, 534, 536, 769; air-raids 409; the drive to 417, 442, 499; German Embassy 195, 205; and Guderian’s panzer army 437; ‘Marcks Plan’ 408; non-aggression pact signed 210–11, 228; ‘of no great importance’ 335, 345, 346; Operation Typhoon 415, 431; plans to take 408–11, 412, 414, 438, 439, 440

Mosley, Sir Oswald 13, 302

Muhldorf am Inn 78

Muller, General Friedrich-Wilhelm 758

Muller, SS-Gruppenfuhrer Heinrich 464, 492, 758

Munich: Americans reach 834; Artists’ Club 140; bombing of 535, 761; Burgerbraukeller 137, 271–4, 656; Chamberlain in no; Circus Krone 526; Deutsches Kunstlerhaus (‘German Artists’ House’) 37, 38, 132; Feldherrnhalle 140, 840; Hofbrauhaus 614, 623–4, 779, 781; H’s flat in 34, 535; Jewish community 132, 485; Lowenbraukeller 436, 539, 565, 606, 739; Old Town Hall 137, 138, 149; Putsch commemoration 420; ‘Rally of German Art 1939’ 197–8; rebuilding 567, 709; Reich Food Estate’s Agricultural Exhibition (1937) 37; Stoetrupp Hitler wreaks havoc in 138, 149; synagogues demolished 132, 138, 139, 140, 149; Technische Hochschule 258

Munich Agreement (1938) 91, 105, 121–5, 157, 158, 159, 164, 172, 175, 208, 272, 291, 655; the basis of 113; cynical demolition of 173; Goring pushes for peace 89; H’s regrets 163, 230; legacy of 125

Munich University: White Rose opposition-group 552

Munster 427, 429, 791

Muritzsee, Mecklenburg 36

Mussert, Anton 518

Mussolini, Benito xvii, 48, 207, 276, 314, 597, 671; and anti-Bolshevism 285; and antisemitism 285; and Austria 66, 68, 75, 76, 78, 80; Baldwin on 4; and ‘Barbarossa’ 287; Brenner Pass talks 291–2, 327–8, 382–3; captured and executed 826; coins ‘Axis’ term 26; and Czechoslovakia 98, 99, 119, 120–1, 193; desperate to stop the war spreading 222; discusses the French armistice request 297–8; ‘discussions’ with H at Klessheim Castle 513–14; fall of (25 July 1943) 559, 594, 598, 599, 609; freed by SS 602, 689, 734; H loses confidence in 588; H on 25, 601; health 541, 586, 594; and the Hee affair 372, 375, 382–3; and H’s cancelled invasion of Poland (August 1939) 214–16; loss of prestige 347; meeting with H at Feltre 593; and the Munich Agreement 121; prepared to intercede with Britain 219, 222; on Ribbentrop 98; sets up ‘Repubblica di Salo’ in northern Italy 602; and the Spanish Civil War 14; Special Train 291; state visit to Germany (1937) 38, 44–5, 98; talks with H (May 1938) 133; talks with H (January 1941) 346–7; talks with H (April 1943) 581; talks with H (22 April 1944) 633; told of the ‘Madagascar solution’ 322; visits FHQ after the assassination attempt 683, 684

Mutschmann, Martin 779

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Naples 600

Napoleon Bonaparte xvi, xvii, 188, 384, 385, 393, 400, 412, 453, 455, 470, 499, 561, 644, 713

Narev river 238, 756, 757, 769

Narvik, Norway 286, 288, 289

National Committee of Free Germany 772, 793

‘national community’ xlv, 424

National Labour Day (1 May) 5

‘national rebirth’ xlii, xliv

‘national redemption’ xliv

‘national salvation’ xlii, xliv, xlvi

National Socialist Doctors’ League 254

National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) aesthetics of power 5; aims to force Jews out 146; antisemitism xliii; attacks on the Church xxxvi, 29, 40; Bormann restructures 790; business closures 575; and Christianity 424; the crucifix issue 425–6; ‘elections’ of 29

March 1936 xxxv; and the First World War 233; Foreign Organization see Auslandsorganisation; functionaries leave for safer havens (1945) 763; the ‘good old times’ 611; grandiose Party buildings 185; H praises 537; and the Hee affair 374; ‘Horst-Wessel-Lied’ anthem 6, 561; H’s ultimatum demanding the Party leadership (1921) 283; ideological drive 314, 343, 395; Leadership crisis (July 1921) 648; membership xlii; the Nazi calendar 37; nazified Memel population 175; Party Chancellery 372, 421, 424, 568, 709; Party Rally of 1929 255; Party Rally of 1934 6; Party Rally of 1936 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 22–3; Party Rally of 1937 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 45; Party Rally of 1938 108, 109–10; Party Rally of 1939 (cancelled) 197, 214; penal law 256; programme 37, 42, 65; Propaganda Department 474; Putch commemoration 37, 46, 51, 137, 139, 272, 273, 420; Reichsleitung 258; reserves of hard-core Nazi support for H 556; triumphalism 136; ‘world-view’ 40

National Socialist Leadership Officers 616

National Socialist Racial and Political Office (NS-Rasse-und Politisches Amt) 257

nationalism: H galvanizes the nationalist masses xli; Ukrainian 158, 165, 166

Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (NSV) 424

Naumann, Werner 729, 823

Naval Agreement 189

Nazi Party see National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)

Nebe, SS-Gruppenfuhrer Arthur 318, 466

Neckar River 139

Neisse river 793

Nemmersdorf 738

Nero, Emperor 594

Netherlands 405, 434, 745, 834; bombing of Rotterdam 295; German invasion plans 659; Jews flee to 145–6; neutrality 277; the Queen and government flee to exile 294

Neumann, Ernst 166

Neurath, Konstantin Freiherr von 4, 25, 26, 43, 47, 49, 50, 58, 59, 67, 68, 69, 76, 90, 120, 121, 481, 586, 599, 837

Neustadt 261

‘New Order’ 404, 407, 603

Nice 328

Nicolson, Harold 211

Niemoller, Pastor Martin 41

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm 597

‘Night of the Long Knives’ (30 1934) xxxvii

Nijmegen 723, 760