"Downfall" "I feel as if I should be angry with that child, that... naive young girl." "Or that I must not forgive her... for not recognizing the nature of that monster." "For not being aware of what she was getting into." "And especially that I went along without thinking." "Because I wasn't a fanatical Nazi." "I could have said, in Berlin:" ""No, I'm not doing it." "I don't want to go to the Führer's headquarters."" "But I didn't do that." "I was too curious." "I also didn't realize... that destiny would take me somewhere I didn't want to be." "But, nevertheless, I find it hard to forgive myself." "The ladies are here." "It's confirmed." "–They can pass." ""Wolfsschanze" The Führer's Headquarters" "November 1942 Rastenburg, East Prussia" "Sit down, ladies." "One moment." "The Führer is feeding his dog." "He'll see you in a minute." "Can you tell us..." "How are we supposed to address the Führer?" "The Führer speaks to you first and you reply:" "Heil, mein Führer." "And the Nazi salute?" "–That won't be necessary." "since the Führer isn't looking for a soldier, but for a secretary." "Act as normal and calm as you can." "I'll see if he has time for you." "Mein Führer, the ladies from Berlin are there." "Thank you, ladies, for coming in the middle of the night." "Sometimes, during a war, one is not in control of time." "Can I ask your name?" "–Margarethe Lorenz." "Heil, mein Führer." "Where are you from?" "–From Fulda." "Heil, mein Führer." "And what is your name?" "–Ursula Puttkammer." "Heil, mein Führer." "No need for that." "Where are you from?" "Frankfurt am Main, mein Füh..." "Hannah Potrovsky, born and raised in Berlin." "In Pankow, to be precise." "Hedwig Brandt from Crailsheim, Swabia." "And you are?" "–Traudl Humps." "I'm from Munich." "A lady from Munich." "Fräulein Humps, shall we start then?" "My Blondi won't hurt you." "She's very intelligent." "She's much smarter than most people." "First, sit down, please." "Don't be nervous." "I make many mistakes during dictation." "You won't make nearly as many." "You're very young." "How old are you?" "–22, mein Führer." "My fellow German countrymen and women fellow party members." "It is, I think, rather remarkable... that, after 20 years of service, a man still stands in front of his supporters and that in all those 20 years, his program has never needed modification." "I suggest we try it again." "I did it." "He hired me." "Berlin" " April 20, 1945 Hitler's 56th birthday" "Two and a half years later" "Take cover." "Continue." "Hurry." "Get that off the street." "Take cover." "That's artillery fire." "–Don't be silly." "Where would it be coming from?" "You're right." "Those aren't planes, it is artillery." "It's the Russians." "What a birthday present." "Burgdorf, where are those artillery shells coming from?" "Happy birthday, mein Führer." "Downtown Berlin is under fire." "Shells have hit near the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag." "Where did they come from?" "–We don't know yet." "I have Koller on the line." "–Give me Koller." "Koller, do you know Berlin is under artillery fire?" "No." "–Can't you hear the shooting?" "No, I'm in the Werder Game Park." "–Berlin is in chaos." "Apparently, the Russians captured a railway bridge over the Oder." "The enemy has no railway artillery near the Oder." "It's not long-range artillery." "The anti-aircraft defense near the Zoo-Bunker reports they're calibers of 10 to 12 centimeters." "The Russians have positions near Marzahn." "That's only 12 kilometers from the center." "Are the Russians that close?" "They should hang the entire Luftwaffe leadership." "This is unheard of." "The Russians are 12 kilometers from the city center." "Nobody told me anything." "I had to ask." "Maybe it's long-range artillery, after all." "That railway bridge over the Oder..." "–Nonsense." "You shouldn't do that, Fräulein Braun." "He already eats nothing but cake all day long." "Don't be so strict." "It's his birthday." "He deserves something nice." "He has so little fun." "I'll bring up some more bottles." "Suddenly everybody wants some." "I'm glad that you help him in these difficult times." "He appreciates you enormously." "What do I do for him?" "–Cheer him up." "His generals always bring him their troubles." "He doesn't want to hear it anymore." "You'd be troubled, too." "The city center is already being shelled." "I hope it doesn't rain down during his birthday celebration." "Nothing will happen." "–Still, it seems risky." "Just do like everybody else, Frau Jung, and let the Führer decide." "That Himmler, such a pompous buffoon." "Party bosses, everywhere." "They make me so sick." "The Führer started "Clausewitz" today." "Berlin on the front lines." "He won't be able to keep the city." "If the Führer stays here, the Reich will go down with him." "We have to talk him out of it." "Talk to Hewel." "He's the only diplomat with any influence on him." "Hewel tried everything." "It's useless." "Talk to your sister-in-law, then." "Why not?" "You're married to the sister of Eva Braun." "We must try everything." "Berlin is almost surrounded." "You're still young." "You'll be a father soon." "Do you want die here?" "–Absolutely not." "Gentlemen, the Führer." "Everything out, quickly." "We're leaving in two hours." "What's going on?" "–We're leaving." ""Clausewitz" has started." "All the ministries and departments are leaving Berlin." "And who's going to look after the people and the soldiers?" "Don't ask me, professor." "–This is insane." "Professor." "I won't allow the evacuation of my office." "Is that so?" "–The food supply will collapse." "A good soldier can always find food." "And when there's fighting all over the city, where does he get it?" "The population." "It's irresponsible." "–It's an order from the Führer." "As a department head, I report to the SS and to Himmler." "But as a doctor, I'm part of the Wehrmacht and they're not leaving yet." "Keep that in mind." "The professor stays in Berlin." "Get him the proper papers." "We're leaving." "Everything for Germany." "Heil, mein Führer." "Führer, I..." "Heil, mein Führer." "They're in such a hurry to get away from here." "The brown nosing is the worst." "They say "Sieg Heil," but they think "Lick my... you know what."" "Mein Führer, I beg you to leave Berlin." "It's not too late yet." "Too late?" "Hewel, come here for a moment." "I'm sure you agree we should contact the Allies and start conducting politics." "–Certainly." "We need politics." "Politics?" "I don't do politics anymore." "I'm fed up with it." "When I'm dead, you'll have plenty of time for politics." "It's OK, dear Himmler." "My loyal Heinrich." "It's OK." "Just go." "He has no strength left." "What did you expect from a vegetarian teetotaler?" "Seriously, though, Fegelein." "I'm taking control now." "Berlin will fall in a few days." "When the Führer's dead, who will the Allies negotiate with?" "Why do you think they'll negotiate with you?" "The Nazi state and my SS are needed to maintain order." "One hour with Eisenhower and he'll feel the same way." "The first contact has been made." "–Careful, that's high treason." "Fegelein, I have other concerns." "Should I give Eisenhower the Nazi salute, or shake his hand?" "Look at this." "The cleaner guests arrive later in the evening." "Leaving already, gentlemen?" "I wanted to talk to you." "The scorched-earth orders..." "–I really have to go now." "Come and see me one day in Hohenlychen." "I'm going north to help with the battle of Berlin there." "You know, Speer..." "There's an advantage to those bombings." "It's easier to clean up debris than to demolish everything ourselves." "When the war is won, reconstruction will be quick." "We've spent thousands of hours together with these models." "You're a true genius, Speer." "Yes, absolutely." "Only you and I know that the Third Reich would be inconceivable with only warehouses and factories." "Skyscrapers and hotels." "This Third Reich will be a treasury of art and culture that will survive thousands of years." "We see, before us, the ancient cities, the Acropolis medieval cities, with their cathedrals and we know that the people need that." "Yes, Speer." "That was my vision and it still is." "Mein Führer, if you want to realize these plans, you must leave Berlin." "Eva, you say something." "He's the Führer." "He knows what's best." "You must leave Berlin." "The Russians almost have us isolated." "I can't do that, my child." "I would be like a lama priest with an empty prayer wheel." "I have to solve the problem, here in Berlin, or perish." "Speer what do you think?" "You have to be onstage when the curtain falls." "Reload." "Go away." "Leave me alone." "How old are you?" "Twelve?" "And you?" "Fourteen?" "Why are you here?" "To play at war?" "Go home." "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "–I want my son." "Alive." "You should be proud." "He destroyed two tanks." "The Führer will decorate him for it today." "You're young." "Which front did you fight on?" "I... haven't had the honor yet." "Consider yourself lucky." "Send the children home." "We'll defend this position to the last man." "What position?" "This isn't a position, it's a trap." "The Russians will come from two sides and you won't be able to get out." "We'll shoot back." "–With what?" "We'll use flak as artillery." "The Russians will arrive with several armies, tanks and heavy artillery." "Do you really think you'll last even five minutes?" "We have sworn it to the Führer." "Don't you understand?" "The war is lost." "It's over." "Go away." "Right now." "If you're still here when the Russians arrive, you'll all be dead." "The 9th Army must retreat or they'll be decimated..." "The 9th Army will not retreat." "Busse must fight where he stands." "Führer, then the 9th Army is lost." "We'll push back the Soviet armies in the north and east with a ruthless, mighty attack." "With what units, mein Führer?" "Steiner will attack from the north and join the 9th Army." "The 9th Army is unable to move." "The enemy outnumbers us ten times." "Wenck's 12th Army must support them." "The 12th Army is approaching the Elbe." "–Then it must turn around." "Then the western front would be open." "–Do you doubt my orders?" "I think I've made myself clear." "I've reconciled myself to it." "I will remain in the capital." "It is neither possible nor will it be permitted for these cultureless barbarians to conquer Europe." "I am the final bulwark against it." "The fight for Berlin will decide the fate of Germany." "Only here can the moral victory be gained." "If the Führer must die, it will be in the ruins of Berlin." "He owes it to world history." "His historical role must be played out here." "Mohnke, you're here." "–Mein Führer." ""Clausewitz" started today." "Berlin has become a front city." "You will be the commandant of the Reichs Chancellery defense." "We'll fight until the last man in Berlin." "There are still three million civilians here." "They have to be evacuated." "I understand your concern, Mohnke." "But we have to be ice cold." "We cannot worry ourselves for so-called citizens." "With all due respect, what will happen to the women and children and the thousands of wounded and elderly?" "In a war such as this, there are no civilians." "The Führer has lost all sense of reality." "He's moving divisions around that no longer exist." "Steiner's group has been scattered, yet Steiner must attack." "Madness." "But why don't you tell him that?" "–He doesn't listen to reason." "Something has to happen." "–Are you crazy?" "He'll throw us out." "We're soldiers." "We took an oath." "Does that mean we can't use our own brains anymore?" "And that's coming from you?" "An opportunist?" "A ruthless careerist?" "I beg your pardon?" "Where were you?" "–None of your business." "The most successful tank hunters of the Berlin Hitler Youth stand before you." "I'm proud of you." "This boy took out two tanks using anti-tank shells." "His name is Peter Kranz." "–So you're Peter." "I wish my generals were as brave as you." "Good, good." "You've made history." "And when Germania rises from these ruins you will be the heroes." "Heil, to you." "I don't know about you, but I prefer air raids." "What will happen to us?" "–I could go if I wanted to." "But everybody is deserting him." "We can't all go, can we?" "I can't go either." "I wouldn't know where to go." "My parents and all my friends warned me..." "Don't get involved with the Nazis." "What should I say, "Hello, I made a mistake"?" ""When things went wrong, I admitted my mistake."" "Life will go on." "What do you think, Colonel?" "–We have to go." "Where to?" "–I don't know." "Wherever we're needed." "Let's go upstairs." "We'll party." "Come on." "Come, children." "We should have fun today." "Wherever the enemy goes, all they'll find is destruction." "That's the death sentence for the German people." "No power, no gas, no drinking water, no coal, no transportation." "If you destroy all the infrastructure our country will go back to the Middle Ages." "This order denies the people any chance of survival." "If the war is lost, what does it matter if the people are lost too?" "The German people's primary needs of life aren't important right now." "On the contrary, we'd do best to destroy them ourselves." "Our people proved to be weak, and according to the laws of nature, they should die out." "They're your people." "You're their Führer." "What remains after this battle is only the inferior." "The superior will have fallen." "Come along." "You have to dance." "Care to dance, Fräulein Braun?" "–I'd love to." "Excuse me?" "–Of course." "What is it?" "We have to leave Berlin, Eva." "You must convince him." "Or else, come with me." "You'll die." "Can somebody play some music?" "I want to dance." "Dance." "Do you have a request?" "–A swing." "Traudl." "It's all so unreal." "It's like a dream you can't wake up from." "It keeps on going." "Gerda, I don't feel well." "Traudl, come." "I'm at my command post." "I did not move my command post." "To the west?" "How so?" "I'm 1000 meters from the enemy." "–General." "So, General?" "I'm to be shot." "–What?" "Why?" "They think I moved my command post to the west." "Be sensible, General." "–Come with me." "Schenck." "–Mohnke." "I'm under the chancellery." "I'm commandant of its defense now." "I need aid." "–That will be difficult." "Everything's gone." "My adjutant and I are the only ones here." "You're a doctor, aren't you?" "–Yes, an internist." "Commandeer a car and bring all the medication that you can find to me." "I'll do my best." "–Thanks." "Hurry.." "I must speak to the Führer." "About what?" "–I'm to be shot." "Wait here." "Your weapons, please." "Not here." "Guard Post 2." "Understood." "General..." "Not you." "What is this?" "Why am I to be shot?" "You know that any evasive maneuver towards the west is forbidden." "Officers who don't obey must be shot." "What do you mean?" "My troops have been fighting for days." "My command post is a kilometer from the front line." "Continue." "Do you see this?" "I forbid you to take that tone with me." "And now, do whatever you feel you must." "It's best if you tell this to the Führer yourself." "Come along." "You can't pass, Colonel." "–Orders from Brigade Führer Mohnke." "I have to get into the hospital." "We need medication." "There's nobody left." "They all took off." "And the wounded?" "–How should I know?" "I'm going to have a look." "You stay here." "Be very careful." "There are lots of Russians here." "See that?" "That's where the Reich ends." "Behind it is Russkie-Land." "May I?" "He's damned stubborn." "Why doesn't he let me do that?" "Am I supposed to tie him up?" "What was I to do?" "I'm disabled." "Do you want your son to be, too?" "Don't shout at me like that." "He wanted to be part of the Hitler Youth." "Just like thousands of others." "He wants to defend himself, and avenge himself." "Yes, look at me." "You make me shit." "You've suffered, but you could fight." "We could do nothing when it rained bombs." "We had only our fear and our rage." "Arming children wasn't my idea." "The Führer said..." "The Führer..." "He's sent entire armies to their graves." "Now he lets children fight against two million Russians." "He's gone insane." "Coward." "Peter, stay there." "I want talk to you." "What would you have me do?" "Tell me." "My compliments." "I should have been back by now." "Are you sure the Führer still needs me?" "Drink." "–Führer's orders." "You made a big impression on the Führer." "But you don't think Steiner will attack, do you?" "I doubt whether Steiner is able to do anything but you probably know that better than I do." "If Steiner doesn't attack, Berlin is lost." "The Führer was impressed with your report." "He puts you in command of the defense of Berlin." "I'd have preferred to be shot." "Fall back." "Let them get closer." "Tank alert." "Easy." "Wait, kid." "They're still too far." "Stay in the bunker, ladies." "Is that German artillery I hear?" "–I'm afraid not." "But hasn't Steiner's attack started?" "You have to go as fast as you can." "Time is running out." "But the Führer has the situation under control." "Steiner's attack will make all the difference." "The Führer says it will change military history." "Everybody but the Führer knows that's a fantasy." "I wonder if he even believes it himself." "–Why would he play games?" "What does he have to lose?" "I don't believe a word of it." "The enemy has made a breakthrough." "They took Zossen and are advancing towards Stahnsdorf." "They're at the city's northern border, between Frohnau and Pankow." "In the east, they've reached Lichtenberg, Mahlsdorf and Karlshorst." "When Steiner attacks, everything will be alright." "Mein Führer..." "Steiner..." "Steiner didn't have sufficient forces." "The attack did not happen." "The following stay in the room:" "Keitel, Jodl, Krebs and Burgdorf." "That was an order." "Steiner's attack was an order." "How dare you ignore my orders?" "Is this what it's come to?" "The military, everybody lied to me." "Even the SS." "The generals are no more than a bunch of disloyal cowards." "I can't allow that..." "Cowards, traitors and incompetents." "–Mein Führer, that's outrageous." "The generals are the scum of the German people." "No sense of honor." "You call yourself General because you spent years at the academy where you only learned to use knife and fork." "For years, the military obstructed me." "All you ever did is thwart me." "I should have had all the high officers executed." "Like Stalin did." "I never went to the academy." "But I conquered all of Europe on my own." "Traitors." "I've been betrayed and deceived from the start." "Such enormous betrayal of the German people." "But all these traitors will pay." "With their own blood." "They'll drown in their own blood." "Calm down, Gerda." "All my orders have been ignored." "How can I be a leader under these circumstances?" "It's over." "The war is lost." "But if you think this means I'll leave Berlin you're mistaken." "I'd rather shoot a bullet through my head." "Do what you want." "The Führer wasn't serious about shooting himself, was he?" "Frau Junge, Frau Christian." "Get changed." "In one hour, a plane will take you south." "Everything is lost." "Hopelessly lost." "You know I'll stay with you." "You can't send me away." "Mein Führer, I'm staying too." "What now?" "Time for this charade to end." "Do you want us to stop fighting?" "That's inconceivable." "The Führer doesn't want us to capitulate." "No more November 1918." "Ever." "But he doesn't want to be in charge anymore." "He said "Do what you want."" "Nobody can replace him." "The Führer is the Führer." "The Führer's confused." "He'll recover." "Great." "And then what?" "No capitulation." "That was never his intention." "We owe it to him." "–Hollow phrases." "We have to act now, or it will be too late." "You're only looking after yourself." "–Mind your words." "Damn." "We'll never get out of here alive." "It's all over." "We've got to wait." "Even the Führer doesn't believe in it anymore." "What will happen to us?" "Günsche says there's a tunnel that goes under the Russian lines." "Why did you say you wanted to stay with him?" "I don't know." "Honestly." "Will we ever be able to buy bread again?" "At the bakery, like before?" "It stopped." "Let's go for a walk." "Traudl." "Look here." "Ah, children, I'm lighting another one." "Let's go down again." "You know that statue outside?" "It would look good in my garden, by the pond." "Will you buy it for me if we get out of here?" "My dear, I don't know who owns that statue." "It's state property, certainly." "I can't put it in a private garden." "If you manage to escape Berlin, surely you can make a small exception." "Female logic." "You're very dirty." "You can't wear this coat anymore." "You don't have to walk around like some old man." "This is my work uniform." "I can't be see apronless, my colored pencils in disarray." "Mommy." "Ammunition." "Fast." "Where's the medic?" "Where did they come from?" "–Volkssturm." "Drafted this afternoon." "They have to get out of the field of fire." "The Volkssturm is under the direct command of Dr. Goebbels." "I want them out of here." "This is insane." "I'll take the responsibility." "I think this is wrong." "–Great." "Stop." "Lights out." "Stop." "Stay where you are." "Stay where you are." "–Alright, Germans." "Help." "They want to kill us." "–What is all this?" "A Greifkommando." "–You're kidding." "Stop it." "Let those men go." "What's this?" "–You have no authority here." "These men are fugitives." "Traitors are shot." "They're old men." "Civilians." "You can't do this." "Who's going to stop me?" "You maybe?" "Stop it." "That's enough." "Dismissed." "This man's a doctor." "Can you operate?" "–Not really." "Don't let the children take too many toys." "And not too many pajamas." "They're no longer needed." "Herr Minister..." "–Frau Junge, my family will arrive soon." "Can you look after them for a moment?" "Thank you." "Brigade Führer, what can I do for you?" "Your Volkssturm is easy prey for the Russians." "They have neither combat experience nor good weapons." "Their unconditional belief in the final victory makes up for that." "Herr Minister, without weapons those men can't fight." "Their deaths will be pointless." "I don't pity them." "I repeat:" "I don't pity them." "The people called this upon themselves." "This may come as a surprise to you, but have no illusion." "We didn't force the people." "They gave us a mandate." "And now their little necks are being snapped." "Eva, you have to leave the Führer." "Don't be stupid." "This is about life and death." "How can you say that?" "Where are you?" "I decided not to die in Berlin." "Does my sister know where you are?" "–Think about it." "I'll call you back." "Children, your room is to the right." "Wait for me." "Hello, Frau Goebbels." "–Good to see you, Frau Junge." "Line up, children." "Helga, come." "Line up." "Let's make ourselves look good and then we'll go say hello to Uncle Hitler." "Do you remember the song?" "I agree." "If we don't amputate, he'll die." "Give yourself room to work." "Cut down to the artery." "Be brave, colleague." "Take hold of the artery." "Clamp it." "Saw." "The best thing to do is shoot yourself in the mouth." "Then your skull explodes." "You won't feel a thing." "You'll be dead immediately." "I want to be a beautiful corpse." "I'll take poison." "If I have to die, at least let it be painless." "That's definitely painless." "It paralyses the nervous system and the respiratory system." "A matter of seconds." "Can I have one too?" "–Me too." "Himmler supplied me well." "Thank you." "I would have liked to give you a nicer present." "Berlin, April 23 1945." "My dear little sister, I'm sorry to write this to you." "But such is how it is." "It could be over any moment." "First of all:" "Hermann isn't with us." "But I'm sure you'll see him again." "He'll get through this and fight on from Bavaria." "The Führer has lost all hope of a positive outcome." "Dear son, I don't know if you will receive this letter." "Maybe someone will allow me to send you a last greeting." "I stayed with dad against his will." "Last Sunday, the Führer wanted to help me escape." "But you know your mother." "We have the same blood." "I won't even think about it." "Our ideology is going down the drain and with it, everything that made life beautiful and worthwhile." "A world without the Führer and National Socialism is not worth living in." "That is why I brought the children, too." "They are too good for the life that awaits them." "God will have mercy on me if I bring them redemption myself." "I'll wear my bracelet with the green stone until the very end." "After that, I want you to always wear it." "Unfortunately, my diamond watch is with the watchmaker." "I've included the address below." "I hope you're lucky enough to get it." "I want you to have it." "You'll also get the bracelet with the topaz pendant." "A birthday present from the Führer." "I owe some money to the Heise company." "There may be more debts, but no more than 1500 Reichsmarks." "All correspondence with the Führer must be burned." "I'm sending you some food and tobacco." "Also, the coffee is for Lindner and Kathl." "The cigarettes are for Mandi, the tobacco for dad, the chocolate for mom." "I can't think of anything else." "That's it for today." "Dear sister, I wish you lots of happiness." "And remember, you will see Hermann again." "The warmest regards and a kiss from your sister." "Peter." "I brought some bread." "I have to go, dad." "They need me." "–Stay here." "Let me go." "–Easy, boy." "Let him go." "The Führer needs everyone." "I'm tired of your bullshit." "–Wilhelm." "What did you say?" "Kiss my ass." "They should hang you." "With somebody like you we'd make short work." "Let's go get some water." "–There's no water here." "Then we'll have to go outside and look." "–Are you drunk?" "Come on, hero." "I'll protect you." "Inge." "Give me that gun." "Give it here." "I don't fight against children." "Berlin is not really as bad off as it seems." "The divisions must be kept intact." "Supplement them with civilians if necessary." "If we stop the Soviets here, the whole world will be taken aback." "If it's really true that there are rifts between the Allies, and that happens then a reversal is possible and I can deliver a blow to the head of this insatiable Bolshevik colossus." "If I'm successful here, and save the capital then the world will realize that only one man is capable of stopping the Bolsheviks." "And that is me." "If I win this battle, then it's not for personal honor and glory." "But for history." "If all goes well, perfect." "In the opposite case, Europe will become Bolshevik." "And in five years, the Führer and National Socialism will become legendary." "Sanctified by the last great battle." "Everything that the world reproaches us for will be swept aside." "Only here in Berlin can everything still be saved." "Each last man must be utilized." "That is our duty." "Grand Admiral Dönitz will be happy to learn that things are so well with the Führer." "Such energy." "–It's a miracle." "He is and remains the Führer." "And just yesterday there were rumors that he'd succumbed to depression." "You said it yourself: rumors." "The V2 will ensure a reversal of the situation." "Their range must be enormous." "When will they be ready?" "I can't say anything." "It's a strict secret." "Naturally." "Excuse me." "Here I am." "Got you." "Excuse us." "–It's nothing." "Go play upstairs." "General Field Marshal, the Führer would like to speak with you." "Listen, Keitel." "I want you to leave tonight." "Go to Dönitz and help him get everything organized." "Things have to be started up again." "I don't understand you." "We have no more oil fields." "That's catastrophic." "It makes any serious operation impossible." "Once everything is settled here, we must recover our oil fields." "Any other questions?" "–No, mein Führer." "Good." "Have a good trip." "Fritz." "Martha." "The operator is dead and the entire Army press service has left." "Frau Junge, bring this to Herr Bormann." "It's urgent." "Bad news?" "This has just come in." "–Thank you very much, Frau Junge." "A dispatch from Göring." "He writes:" "Mein Führer, based on your decision to remain in Berlin, do you agree that I thereby take command with complete freedom of action?" "If I receive no reply by 2200 hours, I'll assume you have been incapacitated." "I will then act on behalf of the country and the Fatherland." "That's high treason." "And betrayal of you." "Göring's concerns are not entirely unjustified." "If our communication system fails we'll be cut off from the outside world." "We won't be able to issue orders anymore." "I think Göring wants to seize power." "I never trusted his clique at Obersalzberg." "This looks like a coup." "That failure." "That parasite." "Parvenu." "Sluggard." "How dare he say I'm incapacitated?" "Hello." "–Herr Speer." "How did you get into Berlin?" "It wasn't easy, but I must speak with the Führer." "If I were you, I'd wait a bit." "The Luftwaffe." "What has he done to it?" "For that alone, he should be executed." "That morphine addict corrupted the country." "And now this." "He betrays me." "Me of all people." "I want Göring stripped of his power, immediately." "And, in case I don't survive the war he's to be executed immediately." "What's going to happen to us?" "Is there any hope left?" "Frau Junge, leave here before it's too late." "The Führer is staying." "We can't leave him behind, can we?" "He doesn't need anybody for what awaits him." "Least of all you." "But Herr Goebbels and his wife are staying." "And the children." "But the children..." "I always thought that there was a way out." "Warmer, warmer, warmer..." "Hot." "Look, Heide." "–It's beautiful." "Uncle Albert." "Uncle Albert, won't you stay with us?" "–I can't, Helga." "I have work to do." "You can work here too." "Good evening, Herr Speer." "–Frau Christian." "Are you running a kindergarten now?" "Mom is sick." "What does she have?" "–I don't know." "The doctor wants her to stay in bed." "Herr minister, Frau Braun would like to speak with you." "Good luck." "See you soon, children." "–See you soon." "Who wants some apple juice?" "–Me." "Tell Frau Braun that I'll be by." "Come in." "Albert." "Hello." "You have a fever." "Albert, I can't take it anymore." "Why don't you leave with the children, Magda?" "Leave?" "And go where?" "I can arrange a barge to take you to Schwanenwerder." "You can hide until everything's over." "I've thought about it." "My children can't grow up in a world without National Socialism." "Think about it some more." "The children have a right to a future." "If National Socialism dies, there will be no future." "I can't believe you really want that." "Go." "I'll come by again before I leave." "Come in." "I knew you'd come." "You wouldn't desert the Führer." "I've come to say goodbye to the Führer." "I'm going back to Hamburg tonight." "Of course, you must go." "Sit down." "I brought some furniture you designed." "I couldn't leave it behind." "Please, you must've not eaten all day." "That's true." "It's very important that you came." "It shows him you're on his side." "Did he ever doubt that?" "Lately, he often thought you were against him too." "I always said you'd come and here you are." "I think he liked it that you advised him to stay in Berlin." "I think it's best, too." "And, you know it may sound strange but I'm really happy here." "And I'm not afraid." "Herr Speer..." "The Führer..." "When you speak with him..." "There's the question of whether we'll remain here, or fly to Berchtesgaden." "Advise him to leave, Herr Speer." "He listens to you." "Persuade him that if we don't leave Berlin, the Bolsheviks will cut our throat." "So, you came." "–Mein Führer, I..." "It's OK." "Let's sit down." "I had great plans for the Germans and the world." "Nobody understood me." "Not even my old brothers in arms." "The opportunities we had." "The whole world was ours to grab." "Too late." "I can be proud only... for openly fighting the Jews and for cleansing the Lebensraum of the Jewish poison." "I don't find it hard to go on." "One brief moment and then eternal peace." "But please spare the people, mein Führer." "If my people cannot endure this ordeal I won't shed a tear." "They get what they deserve." "They brought this fate upon themselves." "For months I have to tell you this for months I've sabotaged your orders for destruction." "I not only ignored your orders, but even acted against them." "I had to tell you." "My personal loyalty to you has never wavered." "So you're leaving." "Good." "Goodbye." "I wish you all the best." "Come in." "The very best." "Eat as so much as you can, gentlemen." "Peter." "It's alright, son." "He has a fever." "Yes, but he's alive." "If God wants to do someone a favor" "He sends him out into the world gives him a bite to eat and then sends him to a sausage factory." "The lazy ones who lie in bed are not invigorated by the dawn." "They know only of rocking cradles, of worries, burden, need and bread." "The streams gush in the mountains." "Larks flutter in the air." "Why would I not sing along loudly and from full breast?" "This way, quickly." "Loyalty and courage still exist in this world." "Ritter von Greim and Fräulein Reitsch, how good that the both of you arrived more or less unharmed." "Sit down." "We came under heavy fire, but still arrived in Gatow." "From there, we couldn't continue." "We flew in a Fieseler Storch, over the Russian lines and landed on the East-West axis, close to here." "Before landing, the Soviets had a go at us." "A telegram from Göring." "Received yesterday." "Read—" "You see they spare me nothing." "Neither deception nor infidelity." "Neither infamy nor treason." "You end up regretting your own kindness." "General Von Greim, I appoint you Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe." "I hereby promote you to General-Field Marshal." "Mein Führer, I will not disappoint you." "A big responsibility rests on your shoulders." "You must rebuild the Luftwaffe from the ground up." "Many mistakes have been made." "Be ruthless." "Life doesn't forgive weakness." "This so-called humanity is religious drivel." "Compassion is an eternal sin." "To feel compassion for the weak is a betrayal of nature." "The strong can only triumph if the weak are exterminated." "I've remained faithful to this law of nature, and have never shown compassion." "I've always been ruthless when faced with internal opposition from other races." "And that's the only way." "Apes, for instance kill all outsiders." "And what applies to apes, most certainly applies to humans." "Himmler made an offer to surrender to the Western powers." "Via Count Bernadotte." "Reported on English radio." "Himmler." "Of all people, Himmler." "The most loyal of my loyals." "That is the most terrible treason." "Göring, yes, he was corrupt." "Always has been." "Speer, yes, an absent-minded artist." "All the others: yes." "But Himmler?" "Has he gone insane?" "He must have told them I'm sick." "Or perhaps already dead." "Leave me alone with Ritter Von Greim and Fräulein Reitsch." "And get Fegelein." "–We don't know where he is." "What?" "He's Himmler's adjutant." "He must be available." "We haven't seen him for days." "–I want a report immediately." "Stay, Doctor, Please." "You and Greim must go as quickly as possible." "Fly to Dönitz." "Tell him to do everything it takes to punish Himmler." "We've decided to die with you." "Thank you for this proof of loyalty." "But Himmler must die." "He committed treason." "He's no longer necessary for my plans." "Do you think I'll just look on as those Jewish swine slaughter me?" "This is part of a huge decoy operation." "I've allowed the enemy to invade the Reich." "And they think they've won." "But mark my words:" "they'll have a rude awakening." "Dönitz is mobilizing in the north." "Kesselring in the south." "We'll surround the enemy and crush them in a pincer movement." "From Prague, three armies will attack the Russians, simultaneously, from the rear." "I didn't know we still had so many reserve troops." "I made sure you'll soon have a thousand of the most modern jets at your disposal." "With those, you can make the Luftwaffe ready for battle again." "I kneel to your genius, at the altar of the Fatherland." "He'll be furious if he learns that Hermann is gone." "Hopefully it's not what it seems." "The Führer would never forgive him." "It makes me feel sick." "My sister is carrying Hermann's child." "Don't be so glum, Fräulein Braun." "You know the Führer as benevolent." "But he can also be quite the opposite." "Heil, mein Führer." "You too have requested to leave Berlin?" "Mein Führer, as you know, all medical departments that fall under the SS and Himmler, have left Berlin." "Himmler is a traitor." "He won't escape punishment." "Mein Führer, as Reichsarzt SS, I have no more work here." "Your request to leave Berlin is unacceptable." "My family..." "If the Russians..." "I must leave." "–You've done nothing wrong." "Future generations will thank you for your medical research." "I take all the responsibility." "We'll talk about it later." "Gruppenführer Fegelein cannot be found." "He's not in the bunker." "What, you can't find Fegelein?" "Keep searching." "I want to speak with Fegelein." "Immediately." "If he left just like that, that's desertion." "Treason." "Bring me Fegelein." "Fegelein." "Fegelein." "Daddy, why are you wearing your Sunday uniform?" "Ernst, is something wrong?" "–No." "Thank you." "Brigitte is hungry too." "Ilse, you should eat something too." "Thank you." "–You're welcome." "Thank you." "What is it?" "–Gruppenführer, you're under arrest." "What?" "–You're suspected of desertion." "Get dressed." "You'll come with us." "Like hell." "Search the room." "Let go of me." "You can't give me orders." "You won't have Hermann executed, will you?" "There's no doubt." "He wanted to flee." "What does it matter?" "Everything's over." "Think of my poor sister." "She's pregnant by Hermann." "He collaborated with Himmler." "He's a traitor." "There's no compassion for traitors." "There's no mercy for them." "He'll be court-martialled and executed." "What's the point of that?" "It is my will." "You're the Führer." "Speak." "The Russians are advancing more and more." "There are no more reserves." "Supplies from the air are impossible." "There's no ammunition coming in anymore." "In the north, the Russians are standing in front of the Weidendammer bridge." "In the East:" "Lustgarten." "South:" "Potsdammer Platz." "West:" "Tiergarten, about 400 meters from the Chancellery." "How long can you hold out?" "–At most, two days." "Including the government district?" "–Yes sir, mein Führer." "As a soldier, I suggest we flee Berlin." "It's surrounded." "The battle of Berlin has killed 20,000 of our best officers." "That's what young people are for." "Your proposal is insane." "Complete madness." "Think of the thousands of wounded." "We can't help them." "Mein Führer, the orders have been written." "I give you my word..." "The Führer cannot make an honorless disappearance from world history." "Even if such a move was successful I'll end up in another troublesome situation." "I'd have to stay in the open air, or on a farm and wait for the end." "Wenck is advancing with the 12th Army." "He can join the 9th and give the Russians the final blow." "Wenck's an excellent fellow." "Send a telegram to Keitel:" "Immediately report to me the following:" "First:" "Where is Wenck's vanguard located?" "Second:" "When will they attack again?" "Third:" "Where is the 9th Army?" "Fourth: where will they make a breakthrough?" "You'll see, gentlemen." "I'll be right." "Wenck will come." "Wenck will come." "I want to know if Wenck can do anything at all." "It's unlikely that Wenck's small amount of troops..." "What's unlikely about the offensive?" "–Wenck can't do anything anymore." "Then why don't you tell the Führer that?" "Has everyone gone mad?" "Do you think the Führer doesn't know?" "He'll never surrender." "And neither will we." "I've been through that once." "Never again." "Come on." "I have to go." "Stop right there." "Heil Hitler." "155 00:15:15,160 -- 00:15:21,918 You have to cut lengthwise." "–In the mouth." "One shot and you're dead." "Who will win?" "–Me." "You look very elegant." "I think we're all going to cry today." "Have we reached that point?" "–No, they'll be tears of joy." "What is it, Helga?" "Helga, come." "Helga cries easily lately." "Excuse us." "I must go see your Uncle Hitler, children." "Good night." "Excuse me." "I fell asleep." "Did you get some rest, my child?" "In shorthand." "My political will." "More than 30 years have passed since I made my contribution as a volunteer during the first World War." "During those 30 years, I learned to think, act and live out of love and loyalty for my people." "Excuse me." "The artillery..." "–Yes." "Please sit down." "Centuries will pass but from the ruins of our cities and monuments the hatred of the people who did this to us, will continue to flare up." "International Jewry and its accomplices." "What is it, Herr Minister?" "Imagine this." "The Führer wants me to leave Berlin." "He ordered it." "I've never ignored an order from the Führer." "But I will ignore this order." "I'll stay with the Führer." "Please, Frau Junge I want to dictate my will to you." "I'm typing the Führer's will." "Good." "I understand." "Some other time." "Mein Führer, according to the racial law I'm obliged to ask you:" "Mein Führer, are you of Aryan descent?" "Can I see your identity card?" "You're talking to the Führer here." "–Alright then." "And you, Fräulein Braun, are you of Aryan descent?" "Then there's nothing to stop us." "I'm asking you now:" "Do you, mein Führer, Adolf Hitler take Eva Braun, present here, as your wife?" "Answer "yes."" "Do you, Eva Braun, take Führer Adolf Hitler, present here as your husband?" "Answer "yes."" "Then I declare you man and wife." "200 00:20:01,600 -- 00:20:04,319 Frau Junge." "–Thank you." "Krebs." "I'm happy you could be here." "–Congratulations, but I didn't know about it." "When I had to sign, I almost wrote Braun instead of Hitler." "I had to cross it out." "Is there a response from our telegram to Keitel?" "Do we have news of Wenck and his army?" "No, mein Führer, I regret to report." "He's injured." "Everything will be alright." "You must go to the Führer right away." "–At this hour?" "How long can we hold out?" "–Twenty hours, no more." "The Russians are within a few hundred meters." "For the moment we've brought them to a standstill." "You know, Mohnke, the western democracies are decadent." "They'll succumb to the people from the east." "All the best." "Thank you." "It wasn't only for Germany." "A message from Keitel." "1." "Wenck's vanguard is stuck south of Schwielowsee." "2." "The 12th Army cannot continue the attack on Berlin." "3." "The 9th Army is completely surrounded." "What do we do when the last ammunition reserves have been exhausted?" "I'll never surrender." "Never." "I forbid you, and the other commanders, to surrender." "Listen, Günsche." "My wife and I are going to commit suicide." "I don't want my corpse exposed by the Russians." "I don't want them to get me, dead or alive." "I want to be burned and never to be found." "Günsche, I want you to promise me that you will do all it takes." "Mein Führer that's a terrible order, but I will carry it out." "Kempka." "–Erich, I need 200 liters of gasoline." "Are you crazy?" "Where will I get that from?" "From the parked vehicles." "What's all that gas for?" "–I can't say over the telephone." "Come, please." "The Führer wants to see us." "Should I tell the Führer you're indisposed?" "It's only my collapsed lung." "I'll die soon anyway." "Excuse me." "Over here, Herr Professor." "One moment, please." "Excuse me." "I'm sorry to interrupt your important work." "Mein Führer, keep faith in the final victory." "Lead us and we shall follow." "Come on." "Join the crowd." "Come." "Have a drink." "Anyway there isn't much else we can do." "–Do sit down." "That's better." "Yes sir, the situation is pretty shitty." "Can we sit down?" "–Please do, Fräulein Br..." "Frau..." "–You can call me Frau Hitler." "It's alright." "A pity we can't go outside anymore." "Only if you want to die a heroic death." "Fritz, control yourself a bit." "–Yes." "Control." "Take cover." "Let's go." "What are you doing here?" "–I have to report to the Führer." "You can't right now." "Sit down." "Sit." "Drink." "May I present Frau Hitler?" "So young and so many decorations." "You must be proud." "Excuse me." "I'm not used to drinking anymore." "You can use our toilet." "If your hand shakes, the bullet might only hit the optic nerve." "That's why it's good to take the poison too." "When you bite through the capsule, pull the trigger." "Will I have enough time?" "The poison starts working after one or two seconds." "Tornow, you too." "Come Blondi." "You know, Frau Junge, I've known... my husband for more than 15 years." "But when I think about it, I know nothing about him." "Even though he likes to talk." "I longed for Berlin, but he's so different now." "He only talks about dogs and vegetarian food now." "I hate Blondi." "Sometimes I kick her, and the Adolf wonders why she's acting funny." "He doesn't want anyone to see into his heart." "I mean he can be so caring in his private life." "And then he says those cruel things." "When he's the Führer, you mean?" "Come, let's smoke another one." "I'm sorry." "You have so many worries and here I am, whining." "Frau Junge, I'm giving you this coat as a farewell gift." "I like fashionable ladies." "I want you to enjoy it." "What a surprise." "Thank you." "I just don't know where and when I can 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 finished." "The Führer wants to say goodbye." "Come with me." "You're the bravest mother of the Reich." "Mein Führer, you've made me the happiest woman in Germany." "Say hello to my beautiful Bavaria." "Children, what are you doing here?" "We want to see Aunt Eva and Uncle Hitler." "Have you eaten anything yet?" "–Only breakfast." "Stay here, I'll get something to eat." "I'll be right back." "Comrades, this is the latest news from the outside." "Berlin is full of warehouses:" "There were houses here, there were houses there." "Herr Günsche, I want to speak to the Führer." "Please, I have to." "Frau Goebbels, the Führer doesn't want to be disturbed." "Please, Günsche, just for a moment." "Please." "Mein Führer, Frau Goebbels is here." "What is it?" "Mein Führer, I beg you." "Leave Berlin." "Mein Führer, don't leave us." "What will become of us?" "Tomorrow, I'll be cursed by millions, but fate wanted it this way." "Get up." "Come on." "Come." "Aunt Traudl, I like it when it thunders." "Yes?" "Why?" "Nothing can happen to us down here, can it?" "–No." "Direct hit!" "Reichsleiter, it's over." "The Führer is dead." "There's daddy." "Are you crazy?" "For that damned gasoline of yours..." "Erich, shut up." "Stand back." "Come on, keep going." "Go on." "No, don't." "Let grandpa go." "Order." "Order." "We must have order." "Order must be restored." "This way." "We know the way." "You can trust us." "Hurry." "I was on the side of the Red Beasts." "I supported the Bolsheviks." "Let's hope the Russians got our message." "We'll soon find out." "–Or not." "Nicely done." "Perfect." "Very good." "Comrade General, the German delegation is here." "Already?" "–They're out front." "Ask them to wait a moment." "Come on, comrades." "Put these medals on." "My generals are still at the front." "You'll replace my general staff." "Act as if you're a general." "Everything must look official." "Let's go, comrade." "Don't say a word." "Keep still." "Enter." "We know each other." "From the Kremlin, before the war." "I was an attaché at the German embassy." "What news do you have, General?" "This morning, Adolf Hitler and his wife committed suicide in the bunker." "We're aware." "Surprising." "The new government has authorized me to open peace talks between our countries, that both suffered severe losses." "General, if you were me, would you make peace with you?" "That is my mission." "–Notify your government of this:" "Berlin must surrender unconditionally." "All those who capitulate must lay down their arms." "Then we can talk." "My government will never accept unconditional surrender." "Given the situation, you have no other choice." "Surrender?" "Never." "That's shameful." "Years ago, I conquered Berlin from the Reds and I'll defend this city to my last breath." "In the short time I have as Chancellor I'll never sign a surrender treaty." "It's for the sake of the people." "–The Führer's orders are final." "This is crazy." "We have to start negotiations." "I repeat, gentlemen:" "I do not surrender." "Send a message to Marshal Zhukov." "–Zhukov?" "What's happening?" "–We're surrendering." "Then I must kill you." "The Führer forbids any surrender." "How long does it last?" "–About four hours." "Children, Doctor Stumpfegger has the medication I told you about." "It's a bit bitter, but it helps." "A sip for everybody." "Who wants to go first?" "Heide, you're always so brave..." "Have another sip." "See?" "That wasn't so bad." "Well done." "Helmut." "This medicine will make sure you don't get sick in this damp bunker." "But it's not damp in the bunker." "Well done." "Helga." "I don't want to." "What's that?" "Do you want to get sick?" "–Please, mommy." "I don't want to drink it." "Don't cry, baby." "That doesn't help." "You have to drink the medicine." "Helga." "Come on, open your mouth." "Goodnight, children." "One day the lie will collapse and there will be light in the darkness." "Please read that." "One day the lie will collapse and there will be light in the darkness." "Let's do it differently." "One day the lie will collapse and truth will triumph once again." "At that moment, we will stand above everyone pure and immaculate." "On April 30 1945, the Führer committed suicide and in doing so, deserted everyone who was loyal to him." "You, soldiers of Germany, were loyal to the Führer and were prepared to continue the battle for Berlin, ...despite that ammunition was in short supply and further resistance was pointless." "I hereby declare an immediate cease-fire." "Each hour you continue fighting prolongs the suffering of the people of Berlin, ...and of our wounded." "In accordance with the supreme command of the Soviet troops I order you to stop fighting immediately." "Weidling, former commandant of the Berlin garrison." "A glass of water, please." "Dad, the Führer committed suicide." "We don't stand a chance." "–So what?" "I want to get away." "How will we get through the lines?" "–It doesn't matter." "I'm leaving." "We'll die." "–Gerda, it won't be that bad." "If we stay, the Russians will get us for sure." "All the best." "Come on, let's go." "Johannes, aren't you going?" "–I have to stay with the generators." "If they break down, the hospital will have no electricity or fresh air." "Say hello to the Russians." "–I will." "I don't need you anymore." "The game's over." "Doctor, the time is upon us." "–Don't you see what's going on here?" "I insist that you help us, as a doctor." "Well then..." "Go." "You've done a lot." "Thank you." "Schädle, come with us." "–I'm not going anywhere anymore." "Come on." "Listen up." "Tomorrow the General will hand the city over to the Russians." "For soldiers, that means becoming a prisoner of war." "I must give the Führer's will to the new president, Grand Admiral Dönitz." "Those who wish to join me are welcome." "Tomorrow morning we must get through the Russian lines." "Questions?" "I will lead the first of ten groups." "The women will come with me." "The other groups will leave every 20 to 30 minutes." "Good luck." "Are you alright?" "Come on." "Stop." "Turn out the light." "If those are Russians..." "–Then we'd be dead already." "Flashlight." "We thought "Here comes Ivan." See any Russians over there?" "No, and you?" "–They haven't been here yet." "We've got to keep going." "Sturmmann Krüger and his group defended the Wolf Bridge and he receives the Iron Cross, second class." "Sturmmann Wagner took out two machine-gun nests and therefore, receives the Iron Cross, second class." "Sturmmann Rauch has gotten messages through the lines and receives the Iron Cross, second class." "The coast is clear." "Fräulein Manziarly, we must go on." "I'm sorry, but I can't." "–Come on." "Come on, let's go." "Get up, Gerda." "We must go on." "The others are coming." "Oh my god." "Take cover, Müller." "Why don't you come with us?" "No, we're not leaving here." "Good luck." "Halt." "Who's there?" "A German." "Herr Hewel?" "Thank God, you're alive." "Where are the others?" "I don't know, Frau Junge." "Somewhere." "Maybe." "Most people from my group must be dead." "I should have never left that bunker." "I should have shot myself, but I couldn't." "Eat something first." "There's always time to die." "Where is Adolf Hitler?" "Adolf Hitler is dead." "He shot himself and his body was burned." "Where is Hitler's wife?" "–Dead, as well." "Poison." "Where are their clothes?" "–I'll show you." "Not there." "Come." "You stay with the women." "Come along." "I'm tired." "I can't go on." "Find a way, Gerda." "We've already come this far." "I can't do it anymore." "Go see where the Russians are." "They've surrounded us." "–What's going to happen to us?" "Maybe you can get through." "Try." "It's better than waiting here." "And you?" "What will you and your soldiers do?" "For us the trip stops here." "I'm not taking another step." "Think about it." "The Russians are upon us." "As women, you might have a chance." "Try it." "Good luck." "When you walk past the Russians, don't look them in the eyes." "Remember that." "All the best." "Herr Doctor." "My comrades want to surrender." "May I join you?" "The Führer is dead." "Do you want to continue the war on your own?" "I'm bound by my oath." "Then you'd best talk to the Brigade Führer." "Enter here." "The Russians." "Gerda, let's go." "–You go." "I can't go on." "Please, Gerda." "I have to give it a try." "Don't be angry with me." "I'll be alright." "The Russians are evacuating the square." "–So?" "There's no opposition." "No shooting." "Then they'll be here within the hour." "What shall we do?" "We can't surrender." "–Just what does that mean?" "When the Russians come, we'll empty our weapons on them." "The last bullets are for ourselves." "–That's rubbish." "Is this prestigious murder and suicide our only option?" "We're SS officers." "We can't outlive the Führer." "Who agrees?" "Germany will need young people like you." "You must have a girl who's waiting for you." "After all this she won't be waiting." "Do you have a photo?" "She's pretty." "What will your family say if you don't return?" "They'll be proud of me." "An enlargement of this one is hanging above the fireplace in my house." "I don't want to insist, but..." "–My decision is made." "Tell my bride hello, if you survive your captivity." "Come and sit down with me?" "–Gladly." "Why do you want to continue living?" "–And you?" "Why do you want to die?" "Do you see this?" "The Führer gave it to me personally." "A final decoration?" "–Maybe." "He gave it to me at his farewell." "I had to promise him something." "If the Russians catch me, I have to kill myself." "Hitler made you promise that?" "But why?" "Maybe he didn't want me to be forced to say anything about him." "But you're a diplomat." "You're under international protection." "Who benefits if you comply with your promise?" "There they are." "Don't shoot, comrades." "We surrendered." "The war is over." "It's over." "Unconditional surrender occurred on May 7, 1945." "Hostilities were suspended at midnight on May 8." "The war took the lives of over 50 million people." "6 million Jews were killed in German concentration camps." "Gerda Christian managed to escape and avoid imprisonment." "She died in Düsseldorf on April 14, 1997." "Dr. Schenck was released in 1953 by the Soviets." "He died in Aachen on December 21, 1998." "Wilhelm Mohnke was released by the Soviets in 1955." "He died in Damp, near Eckernförde, on August 6, 2001." "Helmut Weidling died in captivity in 1955." "Werner Haase was arrested in the bunker by the Red Army." "He died in captivity, in 1945." "Otto Günsche was arrested by the Soviets." "He was released in 1956 and died in Lohmar, in 2003." "Hanna Reitsch survived the war and would break many flying records." "She died on August 28, 1979." "Robert Ritter von Greim committed suicide on May 24, 1945." "Linge and Hentschel were arrested by the Soviets." "Linge was released in 1955 and died in 1980." "Hentschel was released in 1949 and died in 1982." "Constanze Manziarly disappeared without a trace during her flight from Berlin." "Albert Speer was arrested in Flensburg, in 1945." "At Nuremberg he was sentenced to 20 years." "He was released in 1966 and died in London, in 1981." "Keitel and Jodl were sentenced to death in Nuremberg and executed." "Hermann Göring was sentenced to death." "He committed suicide in his cell shortly before his execution." "Heinrich Himmler tried to escape using a false name." "After he was unmasked, he committed suicide." "Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger committed suicide on May 2, 1945 near the Lehrter Bahnhof." "Rochus Misch was released by the Soviets in 1955." "He still lives in Berlin." "Traudl Junge was classified as a "young follower."" "She worked as a secretary and lived in Munich, until her death in 2002." "Of course all the horror I heard about during the Nuremberg trials the 6 million Jews and dissidents and people of other races who died, shocked me deeply." "But I still didn't make the connection with my own past." "I reassured myself by thinking I wasn't personally guilty of it." "And that I hadn't known about the sheer size of it." "But one day, I walked past a commemorative plaque for Sophie Scholl, here on Franz-Joseph Street." "I saw that she was my age and that she was executed in the same year I joined Hitler." "And only then did I realize... that youth is no excuse." "And that it might have been possible to have found out the truth."