"I have the feeling that I should be angry with this child, with this childish young thing, or I shouldn't forgive her for not realizing the horrors, the monster, before it was too late, for not realizing what she was getting into." "How could I have agreed to it so impulsively?" "I was not an enthusiastic Nazi." "When I came to Berlin, I could have said "No," "I won't take part." "I don't want to be sent to the Führer's headquarters. "" "But I didn't say no." "Curiosity got the better of me." "And I simply never thought that fate would take me somewhere I'd never really wanted to be." "And yet, it's very hard to forgive myself for doing it." "The ladies are here." "Military District II has confirmed." " You may pass." "FÜHRER'S HEADQUARTERS "WOLFSSCHANZE"" "RASTENBURG, EAST PRUSSIA, NOV. 1942" "Please take a seat, ladies." "I must ask you to wait a few minutes." "The Führer is feeding his dog." "He will be with you shortly." "Tell me..." "How do we..." "How does one greet the Führer?" "The Führer will speak to you first, and you just say, "Heil, my Führer. "" "What about the Nazi salute?" "That won't be necessary." "The Führer isn't recruiting you as soldiers, he's looking for a secretary." "Behave normally." "Just be natural." "I'll ask him if he has time for you now." "My Führer, the ladies from Berlin are here." "I'd like to thank you for coming in the middle of the night, ladies." "But in war, we aren't always masters of our own time." "May I ask your name?" " Margarethe Lorenz." "Heil, my Führer." "Where are you from?" " Fulda." "Heil, my Führer." " And you?" "Ursula Puttkammer." "Heil, my Führer." " Leave that out, child." "Tell me where you're from." "Frankfurt on the Main, my Führ..." "I'm Hannah Potrovsky, born and raised in Berlin." "To be precise, I come from Pankow." "Hedwig Brandt from Crailsheim, Swabia." "And you?" "Traudl Humps." "I come from Munich." "A Munich girl." "So, Fräulein Humps... shall we start?" "Blondi won't hurt you." "She has a very sharp mind." "In fact, she's more clever than most people are." "Just make yourself comfortable." "Don't be nervous." "I make so many mistakes when I dictate..." "You'll never make as many as I do." "You're quite young." "How old are you?" "22, my Führer." "My national comrades..." "German men and women... members of the Party..." "It is, I believe, a rare thing that a man can stand before his old supporters after 20 years in office," "and that during those 20 years he did not have to modify his policies whatsoever." "I suggest..." "that we try it again." "I made it!" "He gave me a job!" "Berlin, 20 April, 1945 Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday 21/2 years later" "Duck!" "Keep moving!" "Get off the street!" "Duck!" "That's artillery." "Are you crazy?" "How could they be firing artillery?" "Frau Junge, you're right!" "Those aren't bombs, it's artillery!" "It's the Russians." " What a fine birthday present!" "What's going on, Burgdorf?" "Where's that gunfire coming from?" "Happy birthday, my Führer." "Central Berlin is being shelled, from the Brandenburg Gate to the Reichstag, up to Friedrichstrasse Station." " Where from?" "No reports yet." "Koller's on the line." " Give him to me." "Koller, do you realize Berlin is under artillery fire?" "No." " Don't tell me you can't hearthe gunfire!" "No, I'm at Werder Game Park." " Berlin's in uproar!" "The Russians have taken a rail bridge on the Oder." "They've got no railway batteries near the Oder." "That's not long-range gunfire." "The flak command post in the Zoo-bunker claims the guns have a caliber of just 10 to 12 cm." "The Russian battery is now in Marzahn." "That's only 12 kilometers from the city center!" "Are the Russians that close?" "The entire air force command should be hanged!" "Outrageous!" "Outrageous!" "The Russians are just 12 kilometers from the city center, and nobody told me!" "I had to ask!" "My Führer, perhaps it's long-range gunfire." "You mentioned a railway battery..." "Nonsense!" "Himmler is such a pompous clown!" " Big shots!" "Big shots everywhere!" "It makes me sick just looking at them!" "The Führer is putting "Clausewitz" into operation today." "Berlin as a front-line city..." "He won't be able to hold the city." "If the Führer stays, he'll take the whole Reich down with him." "We have to talk him out of it." "Speak to Hewel..." "He's the only diplomat who can still influence him." "Believe me, it's no use." "Then talk to your sister-in-law." "Why not?" "You're married to Eva Braun's sister, so you're "related" to the Führer." "We have to try everything." "Berlin is practically surrounded by the Russians." "You're young." "You'll be a father soon." "Do you want to die in Berlin?" " Certainly not." "Gentlemen, the Führer!" "Everything out, and quick!" "We're leaving in two hours." "What's going on?" " We're packing!" "Leaving..." "Haven't you heard?" ""Clausewitz" is in effect." "All government departments and Wehrmacht offices are leaving Berlin." "Who's going to feed the civilians and soldiers?" "Don't ask me, Professor." "This is insane!" "Ah, Professor!" "I won't allow my staff to be evacuated!" " Is that so?" "The food supply to Berlin will collapse!" "A good soldier always finds something to eat!" " Sure!" "And when fighting begins, who will he take food from?" "Civilians!" "I cannot permit it!" " The Führer's orders!" "As the department head, I answer to the SS and to Himmler!" "But as a doctor I belong to the Wehrmacht, and we are still here!" "Please bear that in mind!" "The professor can stay in Berlin!" "Give him an authorized permit!" "Move out!" "Everything for Germany." "Heil, my Führer!" "My Führer, I..." "Heil, my Führer!" "They can hardly wait to get away." "I hate those two-faced sods who say" ""Sieg Heil", but behind their backs say, "Kiss my a... aunt. "" "My Führer..." "I beg you to leave Berlin." "It's not too late." "Too late?" "Come here, Hewel." "Hewel, you also feel we should get in touch with the Allies... and use politics." "Yes, indeed." "We should use politics." "Politics?" "No more politics!" "I'm sick of politics!" "When I'm dead, you'll have enough politics to deal with!" " My Führer..." "It's okay, my dear Himmler." "My loyal Heinrich." "It's okay..." "Go now." "Between us, I'd say he's had it." " Yeah?" "What do you expect from a teetotal, non-smoking vegetarian?" "Be serious." "I'll have to to take it into my own hands." "Berlin will fall in the next few days." "Once the Führer is dead, who will the Allies negotiate with?" "What makes you so sure they'll negotiate?" "They need the Nazi state and my SS to keep order after the war." "Give me an hour with Eisenhower, and he'll agree." "We're already in touch." "Be careful, that's treason." " Fegelein, I have other worries." "Should I give Eisenhower the Nazi salute or shake his hand?" "Well, well..." "The later it gets, the nicer the guests." "Gentlemen, are you leaving already?" "I wanted to talk to you." "The Führer's orders to destroy all public..." " I really must go." "Drop in to visit me at Hohenlychen sometime." "My staff and I are heading north to support the battle for Berlin." "So, Speer... the bombing raids on our cities have a positive side too." "It's much easier to remove the debris than to tear everything down." "Once we win the war, reconstruction will be completed very quickly." "How many thousands of hours have we spent on these magnificent models?" "You're a true genius, Speer." "Yes, you are." "Only you and I realize that a Third Reich isn't possible if it only consists of department stores and factories, skyscrapers and hotels." "This Third Reich will be a treasure house of art and culture that will survive the millennia..." "We see before us the ancient cities, the acropolis, we see medieval cities with their cathedrals, and we know that people need something like this, a center." "Yes, Speer..." "That was my vision..." "And it still is." "My Führer..." "If you want to realize these plans, you should leave Berlin." "Say something, Eva." " He's the Führer." "He knows what's right." "Please leave Berlin." "The Russians have nearly cut us off." "I can't do that, child." "I'd feel like a lama spinning an empty prayer-wheel." "I must force an outcome in Berlin, or face my downfall." "Speer..." "What do you say?" "You must be on stage when the curtain falls." "Reload!" "Leave me alone!" "How old are you?" "12?" "And you?" "14?" "And you?" "Do you want to play war?" "Go home, play another game!" " Who are you?" "What do you want?" " My son... alive." "You should be proud of him." "He destroyed two tanks." "Today." "The Führer is giving him a medal." "You're young." "On which front did you fight?" "I haven't had the honor yet." "You're lucky you haven't seen a battle yet." "Send the children home." "We will fight to the very last man." "What are you defending?" "This is nothing but a trap." "The Russians will attack from both sides, so there's no escape." "We'll shoot back at them!" "With what?" " We're using flak as artillery." "The Russians are coming, several armies with tanks and heavy artillery." "Do you really believe you can hold off their assault for even five minutes?" "We made our pledge to the Führer." "Don't you understand?" "We've lost the war!" "It's over!" "Coward!" "Get outta here!" "Now!" "When the Russians come and you're still here, you'll all die!" "I may be repeating myself, but the 9th Army must retreat." "Otherwise, it will be wiped out." "The 9th Army will not retreat!" "Tell Busse to fight where he stands." "In that case, the 9th Army is lost." "We will drive back the Soviet units in the north and east with a relentless and almighty assault." "With which units?" "Steiner's division will attack from the north and unite with the 9th." "The 9th Army is unable to move north." "The enemy outnumbers us 10 to 1." "Have Wenck support them with the 12th Army." "But the 12th Army is marching west, to the Elbe." "Then tell them to turn around!" "That would expose the Western front." " Are you questioning my orders?" "I believe I've made myself perfectly clear!" "The western Allies will realize that only we can hold off the Bolsheviks." "We're the last bulwark against the Asian hordes." "If we hold Berlin for a few more days we'll make a deal with the Americans." "Ah, Mohnke... you're here." " My Führer." "I put "Clausewitz" into effect today." "Berlin is now a front-line city." "You're in charge of defending the government district." "If there's a battle in Berlin, we'll fight to the last man." "But there are over 3 million civilians." "They have to be evacuated." "I appreciate your concern, Mohnke." "But we have to be cold-blooded." "We can't worry about these so-called civilians now!" "With all due respect, what will become of the women and children, the thousands of wounded, and the elderly?" "In a war like this there are no civilians." "The Führer has lost all sense of reality." "He moves divisions that only exist on his map." "Steiner's scattered unit can hardly defend itself, and now he wants Steiner to attack." "It's insane!" " Tell him yourself." "He wouldn't listen." "You know that." " Something has to be done." "Are you crazy?" "He'd kick us out like Rundstedt and Guderian." " So what?" "We're soldiers!" "We pledged our allegiance to the Führer!" "Should that prevent us from thinking?" "Look who's talking!" "An opportunist!" "A ruthless careerist!" "Pardon?" "Where were you?" " None of your damned business!" "My Führer, Berlin Hitler Youth's most successful tank hunters." "I'm proud of you all." "My Führer, this boy alone destroyed two tanks with a bazooka." "His name is Peter Kranz." "So your name is Peter." "I wish my generals had your courage." "Fine, fine." "History will take note of you." "And when Germania rises up from these ruins, you'll be the heroes." "Heil to you!" "I don't know about you, but this gives me the creeps." "I prefer bombing raids." "What will happen to us?" "Yesterday, he told me it was alright if I left." "Everyone's deserting him." "We can't just get up and leave." "I can't either." "I've no idea where I should go." "My parents and friends back home warned me." "They told me not to get involved with the Nazis." "Should I go back and say, "I'm home." "I made a mistake." "When things got bad I realized my mistake. "" "Life will go on, somehow." "What do you think, Colonel?" "We should go." "Where to?" "I don't know." "Some place where we're needed." "Come upstairs, everyone!" "We're going to have a party!" "Come on!" "Come on, kids!" "I want us to have some fun today." "No matter where the enemy goes he has to find nothing but wasteland." "That's the death sentence for the German people." "No electricity, no gas, no clean water, no coal, no transportation." "By destroying all our railways, canals, docks, ships and locomotives, we would hurl Germany back to the Middle Ages." "You'd be robbing our people of every chance to survive." "If the war is lost, it's immaterial if the people perish too." "It is not necessary to consider the German people's primitive survival needs." "On the contrary, it is better to destroy those things ourselves." "They have proved themselves too weak and it is a law of nature that they will be exterminated." "They are your people." "You are the Führer." "The only ones who will survive the battle are the inferior ones." "Our best people have fallen already." "Here you go." "Oh, come on, you're supposed to dance." "With pleasure." "Excuse me." " Yes, of course." "What's the matter?" "Convince him that we have to leave Berlin, Eva!" "Or come with me." "You're going to die." "Put on the music!" "I want to dance!" "Dance!" "Anything in particular?" " Swing." "Traudl..." "It's all so unreal like a dream where you want to wake up, but you can't." "It keeps going on and on..." "Gerda, I feel sick..." "Come on!" "Come on!" "I haven't moved my command..." "I haven't moved my command post!" "...to the west...?" "I'm 1000 meters from the enemy!" " General!" "Hello?" "Hello!" "The report, General?" "I'm to be shot." " What?" "What for?" "They claim that I moved my command post to the west, away from the enemy." " Not a bad idea." "Come with me." "Schenck." " Mohnke." "I'm at the chancellery bunker defending the government district." "I need your help." " That's difficult, everyone's been evacuated." "Everyone's gone except me and my adjutant." "You're a doctor?" " Yes." "Internist." "Find a vehicle and bring us all the morphine, penicillin and first-aid supplies you can find!" "I'll see what I can do." " Thank you, and hurry." "I have to see the Führer." "What for?" "I'm to be shot." "Wait here." "Your guns, please." "Not here." "Guard post 2." "Roger." "General..." "Not you." "Heil Hitler." " Heil Hitler." "What's going on?" "Why am I to be shot?" "You know the Führer has forbidden any westward retreat." "Officers who disobey are to be arrested and shot on the spot." "What do you mean?" "My units have been in fierce battle for days!" "My command post is just one kilometer from the front line." "Go on." "You see this, don't you?" "Don't use that tone with me!" "Now do what you have to do!" "I think you should explain it to the Führer yourself." "Come along." "I can't let you through." " I'm here on orders from Commander Mohnke." "We need first-aid material from the military hospital." "It's empty." "They all left." "And the wounded?" " How should I know?" "I'll have a look." " Colonel!" " Stay here!" "Careful you don't get killed." "There are Russians everywhere." "See that?" "It's the end of the Reich." "That's Russki territory!" "May I?" "He's so damn stubborn." "Why didn't he let me do it?" "I should be with my troops." "Are you sure the Führer needs me?" "Drink up!" "The Führer's orders!" "You really impressed the Führer." " You don't think Steiner'll attack?" "I doubt that Steiner's units are able to attack, but why am I telling you this?" "You know better than I do." "If Steiner doesn't attack, Berlin will be lost." "Congratulations, your report really impressed the Führer." "He has appointed you commander of Berlin's defense." "I'd rather have been shot than have this honor..." "Tank alarm!" "Stay calm." "They're too far away to do anything." "Out of the way please, ladies." "Is that German artillery out there?" " I'm afraid not." "But Steiner's attack should be underway by now!" "You have to leave." "There isn't much time." "But the Führer believes Steiner's attack will make good of the situation." "I heard him say that Steiner's assault will turn things around." "All the Führer's advisors know that's absurd!" "I'd not be surprised if he thinks so too." " Why would he deceive us?" "What does he have to lose?" "I don't believe a word of it!" "The enemy has broken through along a wide front." "They've taken Zossen to the south and are advancing to Stahnsdorf." "They're on the northern outskirts between Frohnau and Pankow." "They've reached Lichtenberg, Mahlsdorf and Karlshorst to the east." "Steiner's assault will bring it under control." "My Führer..." "Steiner..." "Steiner couldn't mobilize enough men." "He wasn't able to carry out his assault." "These men will stay here:" "Keitel, Jodl, Krebs and Burgdorf." "That was an order!" "Steiner's assault was an order!" "Who do you think you are to dare disobey an order that I give?" "So this is what it has come to!" "The military has been lying to me." "Everybody has been lying to me." "Even the SS!" "Our generals are just a bunch of contemptible, disloyal cowards." "I can't permit you to insult the soldiers..." "They are cowards, traitors and failures!" "My Führer, this is outrageous!" "Our generals are the scum of the German people!" "Not a shred of honor!" "They call themselves generals!" "Years at military academy just to learn how to hold a knife and fork!" "For years, the military has hindered my plans!" "They've put every kind of obstacle in my way!" "What I should have done is liquidate all the high-ranking officers, as Stalin did!" "I never attended an academy, and yet I have conquered Europe all by myself!" "Traitors!" "I've been betrayed and deceived from the very beginning!" "What a monstrous betrayal of the German people." "But all those traitors will pay." "They'll pay with their own blood." "They shall drown in their own blood!" "Gerda, please calm yourself." "My orders have fallen on deaf ears." "Under these circumstances, I am no longer able to lead..." "It's over." "The war is lost." "But, gentlemen, if you believe I am going to leave Berlin, you are seriously mistaken." "I'd rather blow my brains out." "Do whatever you like." "The Führer didn't really mean he'd shoot himself..." "Frau Junge and Frau Christian..." "Get changed." "A plane is leaving in an hour." "It will take you south." "Everything is lost..." "Hopelessly lost." "You know I'll stay with you." "I won't let you send me away." "I'm staying too!" "What now?" "It's time to end this spectacle." "What?" "You want to give up?" "That's unthinkable." "The Führer said we won't surrender." "We won't repeat November 1918." "Never!" "You heard him." "He'll no longer lead us." "He said, "Do whatever you want. "" " The Führer is the Führer!" "He'll pull himself together." "Great." "And what happens then?" "We can never surrender." "The Führer would never approve." "We swore to obey his will." " Nothing but empty phrases!" "We have to do something before it's too late." "You want to save your own skin." " Stop it!" "Damn it!" "We'll never get out alive." "It's all over." " Just wait." "But the Führer is uncertain." "What if he kills himself?" "Günsche said there's a tunnel under the Russian lines to the Yanks." "Why did you say you'd stay with him?" "I don't know... honestly." "They've stopped." "Come on." "Let's go for a walk." "Traudl..." "Look..." "Hey girls, I need a cigarette." "Let's go back down again." "Where did they come from?" " New Volkssturm recruits!" "Assigned this afternoon!" "Tell them to get out of the line of fire!" "These recruits are under Dr. Goebbels' command!" "I want them outta there, right away!" "I'll answer for it." "I'm not sure it's the right way." "Oh, splendid." "Stop!" "Lights out!" "Stop." "Don't move." "Don't move." " Lucky!" "Germans." "Help!" "They want to kill us!" "What's going on here?" " They're MPs." "I don't believe it!" "Stop it!" "Let those men go!" "What's going on here?" " It's none of your business!" "We found these deserters in their homes." "They'll be shot, like every traitor." "They're old men, civilians." "You can't do that!" "No?" "Who's going to stop me?" "You?" "That's enough." "Move out!" "Here's a doctor." "Can you operate?" "Not really." "Tell Ilse that the children can't take too many toys." "One toy per child." "And no unnecessary nightclothes." " Minister Goebbels..." "My wife and children are coming." "Please take care of them." "Thank you." "Brigadeführer, what can I do for you?" "The Russians are mowing down your Volkssturm recruits." "They lack experience and suitable weapons." "That is compensated for by their fervent belief in the final victory." "If you can't arm these men, they can't fight." "They are dying in vain." "I feel no sympathy." "I repeat, I feel no sympathy!" "The German people chose their fate." "That may surprise some people." "Don't fool yourself." "We didn't force the German people." "They gave us the mandate." "And now their little throats are being cut." "Yes?" "Eva, you have to leave the Führer." "Hermann!" " Don't be stupid." "It's a matter of life and death." "How can you say such a thing?" "Where are you?" "I've decided not to die in Berlin." "Hermann, does my sister know where you are?" "I have to call you back." "Hi there, kids." "Your room's on the right." "Wait for me." "Hello, Frau Goebbels." " Nice to see you, Frau Junge." "Come on now, get in line!" "Come here, Helga." "Get in line." "We'll put on our best clothes, and then you can say hello to Uncle Hitler." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Remember your song?" "Yes." "No land is more beautiful far and wide than the land we call our own..." "If you want to be certain, shoot the gun into your mouth..." "Your skull will explode." "You don't notice a thing." "You die immediately." "I want to look nice when I'm dead." "I'll take poison." "If I'm going to die heroically I don't want to feel any pain." "That's a sure-fire way." "It paralyzes the nerves and the respiratory system." "You die within seconds." "Could I have one, too?" "Me, too." "Thank goodness Himmler left me well supplied." "Thank you." "I'm so sorry I can't give you a better present." "Berlin, 23 April, 1945." "My dearest sister, I'm so sorry I have to write you this." "But there's nothing we can do." "At any minute, it could all be over." "You should know that Hermann isn't here." "But I truly believe you'll see him again." "I'm sure he'll continue the fight in Bavaria for a certain time." "The Führer has lost all belief in a favorable outcome." "My beloved son, I don't know if this letter will reach you." "Perhaps there is some human soul who will pass on my final words to you." "I've stayed with Papa against his will." "Last Sunday, the Führer wanted to help me leave." "You know your mother well." "We have the same blood." "I had no second thoughts." "Our magnificent idea has died... along with every beautiful, admirable, noble, good thing" "I've ever known." "The world after the Führer's death and after National Socialism is no longer worth living in." "That's why the children are here." "They are too good for what will come." "A merciful God will understand me for giving them redemption." "I'll wear the golden bracelet with the green stone until the very end." "Then it may be taken from me, and you shall wear it just as I have always worn it." "I'm afraid I sent my diamond watch to the jeweler's." "I wrote the address at the bottom." "If you're lucky, you can get it back." "I want you to have it." "You'll also get the diamond bracelet and the topaz pendant which the Führer gave me for my birthday." "The bill I'm including for Heise  Co." "Hasn't been paid yet." "You might receive some other bills, too, but not for more than 1,500 Reichsmarks." "Please burn all private and business letters to the Führer at once." "I'm also sending you food and cigarettes." "Please give Lindners and Kathl some of the coffee." "The cigarettes are for Mandi." "The tobacco is for Papa." "The chocolate is for Mom." "That's all I can tell you." "It's enough for now." "I wish you the best of luck, my dearest sister." "And remember," "I'm sure you'll see Hermann again." "Best regards and kisses." "I remain... your sister..." "Inge!" "Listen Keitel, I want you to leave tonight." "Make your way to Dönitz." "Help him organize everything." "We have to get things moving again." "I don't understand." "It's a disaster." "We have no more oilfields." "It's impossible to carry out far-ranging operations." "Once I've managed this situation, we must recover the oilfields." "Any more questions?" "No, my Führer." "Fine." "Have a nice trip." ""My Führer, Following your decision to stay in Berlin, do I have your approval as Vice Chancellor to immediately take charge of the entire Reich... with the necessary power and authority?" "If I receive no answer by 10 p. m., I will assume that you have been incapacitated." "I will serve the well-being of our people and fatherland. "" "He's betraying Germany... and you!" "Göring's concern isn't unjustified." "If our communication system breaks down, which could happen any time, we'd be cut off from the world." "We could no longer pass on orders." "I see it differently." "Göring wants to seize power." "I never trusted that mob he gathered at Obersalzberg." "It stinks of a coup." "That failure!" "That bloodsucker!" "A parvenu!" "A lazybones!" "How dare he declare me unable to act!" "Tomorrow he might declare me dead!" " Hello, Frau Junge." "How did you reach Berlin?" "It wasn't easy." "I have to see the Führer." "I'd wait if I were you." "The air force..." "What did he do with it?" "That's reason enough to execute him!" "That morphine addict helped to corrupt this country." "And now this!" "He has betrayed me." "Me!" "I want Göring to be deprived of power and removed from office." "If I don't survive this war... that man is to be executed at once." "What about us?" "Is there any hope?" "Leave before it's too late." "The Führer wants to stay here." "We can't leave him alone." "For that which awaits the Führer, he won't need anyone." "Least of all you." "But Herr Goebbels and his wife are staying." "The children too." "But the children..." "I'd always thought that..." "I thought there was some way out..." "Come in." "Albert... hello." "Fever?" "Albert, my heart can't take it." "Why don't you take the children and get out of here?" "But where to?" "I once told you, I can send a barge to Schwanenwerder." "It can be fixed up as a hideout until it's all over... which won't be long." "I've thought it through carefully." "I won't let the children grow up in a world with no National Socialism." "Think it over again, Magda." "The children deserve a future." "If the idea of National Socialism dies, there is no future." "I can't believe you really want this." "Go..." "Come in." "I knew you'd come." "You're not one of those who'd abandon the Führer." "I..." "I've just come to say goodbye to the Führer." "I have to return to Hamburg tonight." " Of course." "Take a seat." "Look, I brought some of the furniture you designed for me." "I just couldn't part with it." "Come on, help yourself." "I bet you haven't eaten all day." "You happen to be right." "Thanks." "It's so important that you came." "It shows him you're on his side." "Did he have his doubts?" "He's been wondering if you were possibly against him." "But I kept telling him you'd come." "And now you're here." "It pleased him that you advised him to stay in Berlin." "I think it's the right choice, too." "You know what?" "It may be crazy, but..." "I'm really happy to be able to stay." "And I'm not afraid." "Yes?" "So... you've come." "My Führer..." "It's okay..." "Let's sit down." "I had such big plans for the Germans and for the world." "No one understood me, not even my oldest comrades." "What huge opportunities we had." "The world was within reach..." "Too late." "What I am proud of is that I openly confronted the Jews... and I cleansed the German lands of Jewish poison." "It isn't hard for me to go." "Just that one moment and then eternal peace." "Spare the German people, my Führer." "If my own people fail this test," "I will shed not one tear for them." "They deserve nothing else." "It's their own destiny." "They themselves are to blame." "For months..." "I must tell you this, my Führer..." "For months I have not carried out your orders of destruction." "Documents exist which prove that I not only ignored, but even acted contrary to your orders." "I had to tell you." "My personal loyalty to you never wavered throughout." "So, you're leaving..." "Fine." "Goodbye." "I wish you all the best." "So gentlemen, eat your fill." "Peter!" "Everything's okay, my boy." "Fever." "Yes, but he's alive." "Courage and loyalty still exist." "Lord von Greim and Frau Reitsch, I am pleased that... you both arrived uninjured, more or less." "Be seated." "We were under heavy fire but were able to land in Gatow." "The roads were impassable, so... we got a plane, a Fieseler Storch, and flew over the Russian lines, landing on the East-West axis, a few hundred meters from here." "Just before landing, we got hit by Russian artillery." "General von Greim, I appoint you Commander in Chief of the Air Force and General Field Marshal." "A great responsibility rests on your shoulders." "You must shake up the entire air force." "Many mistakes have been made." "Be ruthless." "Life never forgives weakness." "This so-called humanity... is just priests' drivel." "Compassion is a primal sin." "Compassion for the weak... is a betrayal of nature." "The strongest can only be victorious by eradicating the weak." "I have always obeyed this law of nature by never permitting myself to feel compassion." "I have ruthlessly suppressed domestic opposition and brutally crushed the resistance of alien races." "It's the only way to deal with it." "Apes, for example, trample every outsider to death." "What goes for apes goes even more for human beings." "In Lübeck, Himmler has made an offer to surrender to the western powers through Count Bernadotte according to a report by English radio." "Himmler..." "Of all people, Himmler!" "The truest of the true!" "This is the worst betrayal of all!" "Göring, of course..." "Göring, of course..." "He was always corrupt." "Speer, an idealistic, unpredictable artist!" "All the others!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "But not Himmler." "Has he gone crazy?" "He claimed authority by saying that I was sick, perhaps already dead." "Please leave me alone with Lord von Greim and Frau Reitsch." "And bring me Fegelein." "My Führer, we don't know where he is." "But he's Himmler's adjutant, he must be here!" "We haven't seen him for days." "I want his report at once!" "Please stay, Doctor." "You and Greim are to leave at once." "Fly to Dönitz." "Tell him to do everything necessary to ensure Himmler receives just punishment." "My Führer, Lord von Greim and I have decided to die with you here." "Thank you for this sign of loyalty." "But Himmler must die." "He committed treason!" "It was the right decision not to inform him of my plans." "My Führer?" "Do you think I'd stand by and watch those Jewish pigs do me in?" "This is all part of a gigantic ploy." "I allowed the enemy to invade the Reich." "They believe they've won, but you'll see, Greim." "It'll be a rude awakening for them." "Dönitz is mobilizing troops in the north, Kesselring in the south." "We will crush the enemy in a massive pincer movement." "And I have 3 armies near Prague which will attack from behind." "I had no idea that we still have so many troops available." "I have made arrangements that within a short time you will have thousands of jet fighter aircraft, so you can make the air force as powerful as it once was!" "I kneel down to your genius and before the altar of our fatherland." "Heil, my Führer." "You have requested to leave Berlin?" "As you know, all the medical units and staff under Himmler's authority have left Berlin." "Himmler is a traitor." "He will receive the punishment he deserves." "As an SS physician, I have no more duties here." "Your application to leave Berlin is completely unacceptable." "My... family..." "If the Russians find me here..." "I have to leave!" "You did nothing wrong." "Future generations will be thankful for the medical research you did." "I'll take responsibility for it all." "Let's discuss this another time." "We can't find Gruppenführer Fegelein." "He is not in the bunker." " What do you mean, "can't find him"?" "Then look for him!" "I want to see Fegelein at once!" "If he's gone AWOL, it's desertion!" "Treason!" "Bring me Fegelein!" "Fegelein!" "Fegelein!" "Dad, why are you wearing your Sunday uniform?" "Ernst... is something wrong?" "No..." "Thank you." "Gitte is hungry, too." "Well, Ilse, now you have to eat something, too." "Thank you." " You're welcome." "Thank you." "What's going on?" "You're under arrest." "What?" " For desertion." "Get dressed." "You must come with us." "Kiss my ass!" "Let go, you bastard!" "You got no right!" "Please don't let them kill Hermann." "He wanted to flee, it's beyond doubt." "So what?" "It's all over anyway." "Think of my poor sister." "She's pregnant!" "He collaborated with Himmler." "He's a traitor." "There is no compassion for traitors." "There is no mercy for traitors." "He'll be court-martialled and shot." "What good is that now?" "It is my will!" "You're the Führer." "Go ahead." "The Russians are breaking through everywhere." "There are no reserves left, and air support has stopped." "There's no way to bring in more ammunition." "The Russians have reached Weidendammer Bridge," "Lustgarten to the east, Potsdamer Platz to the south and Tiergarten to the west," "300-400 meters from the Chancellery." "How long can you hold out?" "One or two days at most." "The government district too?" "Yes, my Führer." "My Führer, as a soldier I suggest we try to break through the encirclement." "During the fight for Berlin we've already lost 15-20,000 of the younger officers." "But that's what young men are for." "Your suggestion is absurd!" "Insane!" "Think of the thousands of wounded." "We can't help them now." "My Führer... the orders are ready." "I give you my word..." "The Führer can't just disappear from history like some inglorious fugitive!" " Even if we got out successfully, I'd only be escaping one trap to fall into another." "I'd have to sleep in the open air or in a farmhouse or something similar and wait for the end to come." "Wenck is approaching with the 12th army." "He can unite with Busse's 9th Army and inflict a crushing blow on the Russians to save us all." "Wenck is a man of excellence." "Telegraph Keitel." "Report to me immediately:" "First, where are Wenck's front lines?" "Second, when are they attacking?" "Third, where is the 9th Army?" "Fourth, where will the 9th Army break through?" "You'll see, gentlemen." "I'll be proved right." "Wenck will come." "Wenck will come." "I want to know if it's possible for Wenck to attack or not." "It's unlikely that Wenck's small force can attack the Red Army..." "How dare you say it's unlikely?" "Wenck has nothing to confront the Red Army!" "Why don't you tell the Führer?" "Have you all gone crazy?" " The Führer knows it himself!" "But he will never surrender!" "And we won't either!" "I went through that before!" "And once is enough!" "Come on." "I have to get out of here." "Stopp!" "Heil Hitler!" "Sorry, I fell asleep." "So you rested up a bit, dear?" "Take it in shorthand." "My political testament." "Since 1914, when I invested my modest strength in the First World War, which was forced upon the Reich, over 30 years have passed." "In those 3 decades, all my thoughts, actions and my life were dictated by my love for and loyalty to the German people." "Sorry, but the heavy gunfire..." "You sit there." "Centuries will pass, but from the ruins of our cities and cultural monuments" "our hatred will be renewed for those who are responsible, the people to whom we owe all this:" "The international Jewry and its supporters." "What's wrong, Herr Minister?" "Imagine!" "The Führer wants me to leave Berlin." "He ordered me to leave." "I've never disobeyed one of the Führer's orders." "Never!" "But I will not obey this order." "I will stand by the Führer." "I'm sorry, Frau Junge, but..." "I have to dictate my personal testament to you." "I'm typing the Führer's testament." "Fine." "I understand." "I'll get back to you." "My Führer, I..." "The Race Laws require me to ask you this:" "My Führer, are you of pure Aryan descent?" "Yes." " May I see your ID?" "You're talking to the Führer." " Yes, sir." "And are you, Frau Braun, of pure Aryan descent?" "Yes." " Then the matter is..." "There are no obstacles..." "I ask you:" "Do you, my Führer Adolf Hitler, take Eva Braun to be your lawful wedded wife?" " I do." "Do you, Eva Braun, take the Führer Adolf Hitler to be your lawful wedded husband?" " I do." "I hereby declare you man and wife." "I need two men!" "You'll be okay." "The Führer wants to see you at once." " At this hour?" "How long can you hold out?" "Perhaps 20 hours." "No longer." "The Russians are just a few hundred meters away." "For the moment we've stopped them." "Know what, Mohnke?" "The Western democracies are decadent." "They will be defeated by those disciplined people of the East." "All the best." "Thank you." "It wasn't only for Germany." "Keitel's report." "First, Wenck is stuck south of Lake Schwielow." "Second, the 12th Army cannot continue its assault on Berlin." "Third, the bulk of the 9th Army is encircled." "My Führer, we need instructions in case we run out of ammunition." "I will never surrender." "Never." "I forbid you to surrender." "That goes for every other commander as well." "Listen, Günsche." "Frau Braun..." "my wife and I will commit suicide." "But I don't want the Russians to exhibit my body in some museum." "Don't let me fall into their hands, dead or alive!" "I want my body to be burned, so it can never be found." "Günsche..." "Promise you will make all necessary arrangements for the disposal of my mortal remains." "My Führer..." "This is a terrible order, but I will carry it out." "Kempka." " Erich, I need 200 liters of gasoline." "Are you crazy?" "Where do I get that much gasoline?" "From the parked vehicles." "No one needs them now." "Why do you need so much gas?" "I can't tell you on the phone." "Come with me, please." "The Führer wants to see us." "Should I tell him you can't come?" "It's my pneumothorax." "I won't last much longer anyway." "Excuse me, Madam." "This way, Professor." "Please wait here." "Excuse me..." "I'm sorry to interrupt your important work." "My Führer, preserve our belief in the final victory!" "Lead us, and we will follow you!" "Come on." "Come in and join us!" "Here, have a drink." "Drinking's all we have left." " Have a seat." "That's better." "Yes sir, our situation is hopeless." "It's what you call shitty!" "Be seated." "We are honored, Fräulein..." "Frau..." "You may call me Frau Hitler." "Don't worry, it's all right." "Pity we can't go outside anymore." "Only if you want a hero's death." "Fritz, pull yourself together!" "Yes, sir!" "Pull myself together!" "Duck!" "That was a close call." "Heil Hitler!" "Obersturmbannführer, what's up?" " I must report to the Führer." "Not now." "Have a seat." "Sit down, drink up." "May I introduce you to Frau Hitler?" "So young and so many medals!" "You must be proud of yourself." "I must go." "I'm not used to drinking anymore." "You can use our toilet." "Go ahead." "If your hand shakes, the bullet might only destroy the optic nerve." "That's why it's advisable to take poison too." "Pull the trigger the moment you bite the capsule." "Will I have enough time to do it?" "The poison takes effect after 1 or 2 seconds." "Tornow, you too." "Come on, Blondi." "Frau Junge, I've known him... my husband... for over 15 years." "But when I think about it, I don't know anything about him." "Although he likes to talk." "I was looking forward to Berlin." "But he's changed so much." "He only talks about dogs and vegetarian meals." "I really hate Blondi." "Sometimes I kick her secretly, then Adolf wonders about her behavior." "It seems he doesn't want anyone to see inside him." "I mean deep inside." "In private, he can be such a caring person." "But then he says..." "such brutal things." "When he's the Führer?" "Come on, let's have a smoke." "I'm sorry." "You've so many worries, and I sit here whining." "Frau Junge, let me give you this coat as a going-away present." "I love well-dressed women." "I want you to have it and to enjoy it." "What a surprise." "Thank you." "I have no idea where and when I could wear it." "Please... try to get out of here." "Promise me." "Thank you, that was very good, Fräulein Manziarly." "The time has come." "It's over now." "The Führer wants to say farewell." "You're the bravest mother in the whole Reich." "My Führer, you've made me the happiest woman in Germany." "Give my regards to Bavaria." "Why are you here?" " We want to see Aunt Eva and Uncle Hitler." "Have you had anything to eat?" " Just breakfast." "I'll get you something to eat and be right back, okay?" "Okay." "Comrades, have you heard the latest news from outside?" "Berlin's a city of warehouses." "Where's my house?" "Where's my house?" "Herr Günsche, I have to see the Führer." "Please!" " The Führer does not want to be disturbed by anyone." "Please, Günsche." "Just one moment." "Please!" "My Führer, Frau Goebbels is here." "What now?" "My Führer, I beg you to leave Berlin!" "My Führer, please..." "Don't leave us!" "What will become of us?" "Tomorrow millions of people will curse me, but fate has taken its course." "Get up..." "Come on." "Come on..." "Aunt Traudl, I really like those loud booms!" "Why?" " Nothing can happen to us here, can it?" "You're right." "Bull's eye!" "Herr Reichsleiter, it has happened." "The Führer is dead." "There's Papa." "Are you crazy?" "That gasoline has caused..." " Be quiet, Erich." "Step back!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "No!" "Don't!" "Let go of Grandma!" "Order..." "Order..." "Order must be restored!" "Run, Grandpa, run!" "Go after those two!" "Here, this way!" "We know our way through the ruins!" "Trust us!" "Hurry!" "I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE RED BEASTS" "I SUPPORTED THE BOLSHEVIKS." "I hope the Russians got our message." "We'll know in a minute." " Or maybe not." "What news do you bring us, General?" "Hitler and his wife committed suicide in the Führer's bunker." "The new government has empowered me to begin peace negotiations." "Between our two countries which have suffered the highest casualties." "General, would you want peace in my position?" "My government will not accept an unconditional surrender." "Under the circumstances, there's no other alternative." "We'll never surrender!" "Outrageous!" "I conquered Berlin against the Reds years ago!" "And I will defend it against the Reds to my dying breath!" "I won't use my final hours as Reich Chancellor to sign a statement of surrender!" "We must protect civilians!" " The Führer's order is final!" "Have you gone mad?" "We have to negotiate." "I repeat, gentlemen," "I will never agree to surrender!" " Telegraph Marshal Schukov." "Marshal Schukov?" " What's going on?" " This is crazy!" "We must surrender to the Russians!" " I'll shoot you!" "The Führer forbade any kind of surrender!" "How long does it last?" " About 4 hours." "Alright, children." "Dr. Stumpfegger has brought the medicine I told you about." " It's bitter, but it's good for you." "Everyone gets a sip." "Who's first?" "Heide, you're always so brave." "One more sip." "It wasn't that bad." "Good..." "Helmut?" "Good." "It will keep you from getting sick in this damp bunker." "But it isn't damp here." "Good, good." "Helga..." "I don't want any." "Do you want to get sick?" " Please, Mama." "I don't want to." "Don't cry." "It won't help if you cry." "You have to drink it." "Helga!" "Come on!" "Open your mouth!" "Papa!" "Now!" "Drink." "Drink!" "Sleep tight, children." "One day the lies will vanish, and light will brighten the darkness." "Would you read it to me, please?" ""One day the lies will vanish, and light will brighten the darkness. "" "Let's do it again." "One day the lies will vanish, and above them... truth will triumph once again." "It will be the moment when we stand above everything, pure and... unblemished." "We don't stand a chance." " I don't care." "I want out." "How do we cross the Russian lines?" "I won't stay a minute longer." "We're gonna die!" " Stop it!" "It won't be so bad." "The Russians will get us if we stay." "Good luck." " Okay, let's go." "On 30 April 1945, the Führer committed suicide." "Thus he abandoned all those who had pledged allegiance to him." "German soldiers, you obeyed the Führer's orders and were prepared to continue the battle for Berlin, although you were running out of ammunition and further resistance was futile." "I order an immediate ceasefire." "Every further hour of battle will only prolong the civilians' terrible suffering and the suffering of our wounded." "In agreement with the Soviet Army Supreme Command," "I order you to cease fighting at once!" "Weidling, former Commanding Officer of the Berlin Defense Force." "A glass of water, please." "I need you no longer." "The dice is cast." "It's time, Doctor." " You see how busy we are." "I insist that you accompany us." "So that's it." "Go on." "You've done a great deal." "Thank you." "Schädle, come with me." "Sorry, I'm not going anywhere." "Let's go!" "Sturmmann Krüger gets the Iron Cross, 2nd class, for defending Wolf Bridge." "Sturmmann Wagner took out 2 machine gun posts and defended Puttkammer Strasse." "He gets the Iron Cross, 2nd class." "Sturmmann Rauch gets the Iron Cross, 2nd class, for helping messengers get through enemy lines." "The others!" "Oh God!" "Duck, Müller!" "Get outta here!" "Hurry!" "Help!" "Who goes there?" "A German." "Herr Hewel?" "Hewel, thank God you're alive." "Where are the others?" "I don't know, Frau Junge." "Somewhere... perhaps." "I'm sure most of the people in my group are dead." "I never should have left the bunker." "I should have shot myself." "But I couldn't." "Eat something." "There's time enough to die." "Attention!" "Stay with the women." "Come here." "The Russians have surrounded us." "What will we do?" "You can try to get through." "I'm not taking another step." "Think it over." "The Russians are only after us." "As women, you have a chance." "Give it a try." "Good luck." "When you go past the Russians, don't look anybody in the eye." "Don't forget." "Good luck." "The Russians!" "Let's go." "Go ahead..." "I can't go on." "Please." "I have to try." "Don't be angry with me." "I'll manage." "Doctor!" "My comrades want to surrender to the Russians." "May I join you?" "The Führer is dead." "You want to fight the war alone?" "I feel committed to my oath." "Then talk to the Brigadeführer." "The Russians are clearing the area." " Yes?" " No resistance." "No shots have been fired." " They'll be here in an hour." "What should we do?" " Our honor won't allow us to surrender!" "What does that mean?" "When the Russians come, we fire until we're out of bullets." "Then we blow our brains out." "Rubbish!" "Is this murderous, suicidal killing for the sake of prestige the only way out?" "We're SS officers." "We can't outlive the Führer's death!" "Who else feels that way?" "Want to sit with me a moment?" " I'd love to." "Why do you want to go on living?" "And why do you want to die?" "See this?" "The Führer himself gave it to me." "A final decoration?" "Perhaps." "Hitler gave it to me at his farewell." "He made me swear a vow." "That I would kill myself the moment the Russians captured me." "Hitler made you promise to kill yourself?" "But why?" "He probably didn't want me to be forced to speak negatively of him." "But as a diplomat, you are protected by international law." "Who will benefit if you keep your promise?" "They're here!" "Don't shoot, comrades!" "We have surrendered." "The war is over." "It's over." "Germany officially surrendered on May 7, 1945." "It was agreed that all hostilities end at midnight, May 8." "By then, the war had cost over 50 million lives." "6 million Jews had been murdered in German concentration camps." "GERDA CHRISTIAN was able to escape and avoided imprisonment." "She died in Düsseldorf on April 14, 1997." "PROF." "DR. ERNST-GÜNTHER SCHENK was released from Soviet captivity in 1953." "He died in Aachen on December 21, 1998." "GENERAL WILHELM MOHNKE was released from Soviet captivity in 1955." "He died in Damp, near Eckernförde, on August 6, 2001." "GENERAL HELMUTH WEIDLING died in Soviet captivity in 1955." "PROFESSOR WERNER HAASE was arrested by the Red Army in the military hospital bunker." "He died in Soviet captivity in 1945." "OTTO GÜNSCHE was captured by the Soviets and was released from Bautzen prison in East Germany in May 1956." "He died in Lohmar, near Bonn, in 2003." "HANNA REITSCH survived the war and went on to set many world flying records." "She died on August 28, 1979." "LORD ROBERT VON GREIM committed suicide in Salzburg on May 24, 1945." "HEINZ LINGE and JOHANNES HENTSCHEL were captured by the Soviets." "Linge was released in 1955." "He died in Bremen in 1980." "Hentschel was released in 1949." "He died in Achern on April 27, 1982." "CONSTANZE MANZIARLY vanished without a trace in Berlin, during her escape." "ALBERT SPEER was arrested in Flensburg in 1945." "He was sentenced 20 years at the Nuremberg Trial and was released in 1966." "He died in London in 1981." "GENERALS KEITEL and JODL were sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trial and executed." "HERMANN GÖRING was sentenced to death but committed suicide in prison before the execution was carried out." "HEINRICH HIMMLER tried to escape under a false identity with other fleeing refugees." "After being exposed and captured, he committed suicide." "MARTIN BORMANN and DR. LUDWIG STUMPFEGGER committed suicide close to Lehrtertrain station on the morning of May 2, 1945." "ROCHUS MISCH was released from Soviet captivity in 1955." "He now lives in Berlin." "TRAUDL JUNGE was classified by the Western Allies as a "young follower"." "She continued to work as a secretary for various companies and lived in Munich until her death in 2002." "Of course, the terrible things I heard from the Nuremberg Trials about the 6 million Jews and the people of other races who were killed were facts that shocked me deeply." "But I wasn't able to see the connection with my own past." "I was satisfied that I wasn't personally to blame and that I hadn't known about those things." "I wasn't aware of the extent." "But one day I went past the memorial plaque which had been put up for Sophie Scholl in Franz Josef Strasse, and I saw that she was born the same year as me, and she was executed the same year I started working for Hitler." "And at that moment I actually sensed that it was no excuse to be young, and that it would have been possible to find things out."