Mysteries of history. Hitler's entourage

  • 12.12.2023


There have been many publications in the press about Jews from Hitler’s inner circle
:
- who were themselves responsible for the militarization of Germany,
- her unleashing of a world war
- and the extermination of Jews
- let's give examples

Julius Streicher - tribune of German anti-Semitism
:
- hanged by decision of the International Tribunal in Nuremberg
- at the trial he suddenly declared that his real name and surname were Abram Goldberg
- then they didn’t believe him and thought that he was trying to avoid responsibility in this way
- he was hanged for deeds he committed during Nazi rule
- but modern research has proven its Jewish origin

Rudolf Hess - Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party
:
- born in Egypt, his mother was Jewish
- he was related by distant blood ties to Winston Churchill
- whose mother was also an American Jew

And then - more:
Air Marshal Erich Milch - Deputy of Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering for aviation:
- was Jewish on his father's side
- Goering invented a false pedigree for Milch,
- making him the illegitimate son of an Aryan
- and joked about it like this: “we turned Milch from a Jew into a bastard”

Admiral Canaris - head of the German military intelligence ABWERH
:
- also turned out to be a Jew, though of Greek origin
- he was executed for participating in a conspiracy against Hitler
- an important detail of his biography - since the First World War he was an agent of British intelligence

Baron von Lanz - publisher of the Vienna Anti-Semitic Journal
:
- spiritual teacher of young Hitler
- purebred Jew
- an ardent anti-Semite

Putzi Hanfstaengl - Hitler's press attaché

- after the suppression of the Munich Beer Hall Putsch in 1923
- Hitler was hiding in the home of the wealthy Jewish family Hanfstaengl
- the head of this family - Putzi was Hitler's press attache for a long time
- then he went to the USA and
- Served as an advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II

Jewish Trebitsch-Lincoln
:was a close friend and financier of Hitler

Jewish bankers financed the Nazis in Germany
:
- even before Hitler came to power
- even after he published his odious anti-Semitic book "Mein Kampf"
- and even after the start of WWII

I read other similar messages in the foreign press...
When I reported to my boss about what I had read, declaring that the publications were probably “bullshit,” he usually told me:
“Anything can happen, but don’t be surprised by anything. There are even more complex tricks in life!”

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Publisher's abstract:

In his memoirs, Georgy Afanasyevich Litvin (“On the ruins of the 3rd Reich, or the pendulum of war”) talks about events and phenomena that he had the opportunity to witness and participate in.
He, a soldier of the Great Patriotic War, saw and experienced a lot. No wonder his chest is decorated with Orders of Glory.
The author reflects on the reasons for the military failures of our army and about the victory that, absolutely naturally, went to our people and their valiant army.
The author pays a lot of attention to exposing the secret forces of the world Behind the Scenes, which constantly for many centuries pits the 2 largest European nations of the Germans and Russians against each other.
What happened in the middle of the 20th century, as stated on the pages of the book, should never happen again.
This is contrary to the interests of Russia, Germany and the whole world.
http://jewish-library.ru/litvin/na_razvalinah_tretego_reyha_ili_mayatnik_voynyi/1-13.htm
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Bonus - Hitler and the Jews
:
- young Hitler - opponent of anti-Semitism:
- chess - Hitler and Trotsky:
- Red Army soldier Hitler in the service of international Jewry:
- Ivan Pavlov, “Communism gave birth to fascism”:
- Hitler is a genetic Jew:
--- Napoleon, Hitler and Stalin are oriental despots, genetically:
--- Hitler is a descendant of Jews and blacks:
--- Hitler - founder of Israel:
- Hitler's Jewish entourage:
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--- http://jewish-library.ru/litvin/na_razvalinah_tretego_reyha_ili_mayatnik_voynyi/1-13.htm
--- Goering is also a prostitute.

Country: Germany, Arte, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Studio: Universum Film GmbH
Release: ZDF Enterprises, 21. March 2005
Concept and direction: Guido Knopp
Screenplay and direction: Guido Knopp, Ursula Nellessen
Original music: Klaus Doldinger
Narrator (voice): Christian Brückner
Director: Guido Knopp

Without translation A documentary series about Hitler's accomplices, which shows the life and actions of the dictator's closest associates, who helped him stay in power and who served the infernal machine of the Third Reich.
The series contains detailed descriptions of the actions of these people who contributed to the outbreak of a devastating war in Europe. More than half a century after the death of Adolf Hitler, the directors managed to obtain from private collections a large amount of material and official footage of Hitler's entourage that had never been shown before. Rare, unpublished film materials and living witnesses of those events will tell the story of the rise and fall of people from the leadership of the Third Reich...

Hess


Rudolf Hess was Hitler's first lieutenant who blindly followed the demagogue, and until his death in Spandau prison in 1987, was the last survivor of Hitler's inner circle. Until the very end, he believed blindly in the “movement.” As Hitler's deputy recalled, he extolled the cult of his Fuhrer like no other, but his real influence among Hitler's circle of accomplices did not extend very widely. Hess was the typical embodiment of a totalitarian lackey. Exploring and analyzing family archives, documents and films from the private collection of Hess, whose guilt was never really proven, we see a man who really wanted to become a “manager”.

Himmler


Heinrich Himmler, a blind executive with personal SS troops, was the most all-powerful of all Hitler's lieutenants - and the most ruthless. His Brave New World consists of concentration and death camps, security forces and the Gestapo. No one was more deeply involved in the Holocaust than Himmler. Heinrich Himmler's talent was to be callous. He knew how to take advantage of all the advantages of power; he had to track the rest of Hitler's assistants for a long time. No one could have imagined that, of all people, he would become the most powerful man in the Third Reich after Hitler. We envisioned a very different career for a son from a devout Roman Catholic family. Heinrich was named after his godfather, Prince Henry of Bavaria.

Goering


Half warmonger, half buffoon... More than any other character, Hermann Goering embodied the two sides of the Nazi regime. His contemporaries saw in him the smiling face of the great Reich Marshal - the “third” man in the Reich. Being one of Hitler's oldest associates, Goering, occupying the chair of speaker, managed to give Nazism a certain social orientation, for which he was raised by the future dictator to the heights of unlimited power. An old warrior and an extremely popular war hero - he willingly communicated with ordinary people - was on short terms with Hitler, and many believe that at the end of the war he was second in command after the Fuhrer.

Speer


He created the ideological form of the brownshirts of stone and concrete, who brought into art the developing swastika banner and work for the entire population in wartime: Albert Speer is a technocrat, among the followers of the Fuhrer. He met the dictator in his youth; he was attracted by the young architect’s organizational skills and resourcefulness. They both shared a passion for monumental architecture, which became the basis of their close relationship and personal friendship. When the National Socialist state collapsed spontaneously, Speer said that he was Adolf Hitler's only friend. He did everything for his own, the Fuhrer. As Inspector General of Berlin and Minister of State for Armaments and Munitions, he saw Jews and forced laborers who were deported and brought to the Reich for slave labor. But Speer was not a political scientist, an artist who moved according to the rules of his circle, or only pretended to support ideology?

Borman


Gained influence after Rudolf Hess fled to England in 1941. Managed Hitler's financial affairs and was the head of the huge Hitler Foundation. At the end of April 1945, Bormann was with Hitler in Berlin, in the bunker of the Reich Chancellery. After the suicide of Hitler and Goebbels, Bormann disappeared. However, already in 1946, Arthur Axman, the chief of the Hitler Youth, who, together with Martin Bormann, tried to leave Berlin on May 1-2, 1945, said during interrogation that Martin Bormann died (more precisely, committed suicide) before his eyes on May 2, 1945.

Adolf Eichmann


Nazi war criminal. Born in Solingen. From 1934 he served in the Imperial Security Directorate, and subsequently headed the department for Jewish Affairs. During the Second World War 1939-1945, he participated in the development and implementation of plans for the physical extermination of the Jewish population of Europe, and directly supervised the organization of the transportation of Jews to concentration camps. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, he fled to Argentina. In 1960 he was captured by Israeli intelligence agents. At the trial in Jerusalem he was sentenced to death; executed in Ramla.

V. M. Sklyarenko, M. A. Pankova, M. A. Rudycheva, V. V. Syadro

Mysteries of history. Hitler's entourage

© V. M. Sklyarenko, M. A. Pankova, I. A. Rudycheva, V. V. Syadro, 2016

© E. A. Gugalova, artistic design, 2016

© Folio Publishing House, series brand, 2007

Companions or accomplices of the Fuhrer?

Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann, Heinrich Müller - all these Nazi leaders formed the inner circle of Adolf Hitler. During the Third Reich they were called the elite of Nazi Germany, after its collapse - henchmen and accomplices of the Fuhrer, but never - comrades-in-arms. Although, it would seem that it is the last definition, implying “like-minded people,” “comrades in struggle,” “companions,” that could best correspond to their relationship. Moreover, all of them not only shared Hitler’s views, carried out his any plans and instructions, but also, literally, deified their idol and were even ready to give their lives for him. They all saw in him a leader proposing a new structure for the German state, a tribune capable of leading the people, the only person who could lead the national revival of Germany.

One evidence of such an enthusiastic perception of Hitler is the enthusiastic tirade of Rudolf Hess: “We believe that the Führer was sent to us by Providence to overcome our deepest need. By supporting Hitler, we are fulfilling the will of the one who sent us the Fuhrer. We Germans will stand under the banner of the Fuhrer and let what will be!”

In addition to this desire for the national revival of the country after the humiliating Treaty of Versailles, Hitler and his team had much more in common. Almost all future Nazi leaders had something happen along their life path that formed in them various complexes - most often of inferiority or imperfection. First of all, this concerned physical disabilities. Thus, Himmler was visually impaired, which is why they did not want to take him (as well as Hitler) into the army, and Goebbels, as a result of an illness suffered in childhood, had a limp on his right leg, and therefore constantly heard the humiliating ridicule of his comrades behind his back. who called him the “little mouse doctor.” Another reason that caused a feeling of inferiority was their origin: most of the Fuhrer’s entourage did not belong to the ruling elite of society, but dreamed of joining it. Take, for example, Martin Bormann, the son of a sergeant in a cavalry regiment, who inherited rudeness, uncouthness and bad manners from his father, or Joseph Goebbels, born into a large family of a gas lamp manufacturer, or Heinrich Müller, who came from a modest family of a manager and began his career as an apprentice. an apprentice at a Bavarian aircraft factory. The future Nazi bosses also did not shine with high culture and education, with the possible exception of Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels.

Another unifying feature for most people from Hitler’s circle was a critical, skeptical attitude towards Christianity, a desire to create a new religion, and a penchant for mysticism.

But what is most striking is that none of these figures could serve as the standard of a “purebred Aryan,” compliance with which in Nazi Germany was the main criterion of a person’s racial usefulness. Firstly, almost all of the Nazi bosses had Jews among their relatives, close or distant. Secondly, their appearance lacked the typical Aryan parameters, such as strong, tall, blue-eyed blonds with golden skin, a long skull and thin lips. Seeing among the creators of the “racial theory” a discrepancy between the standards of the “breed” and reality, contemporaries awarded them mocking nicknames: the ugly dwarf Dr. Goebbels was called a “shrunken German” and a “lanky-legged monkey”, the dark-skinned Hess was called the Egyptian and Black Bertha, and the overweight Goering was called "flying hog"

If we believe the words of the famous German Christian mystic, seer and theosophist of the 17th century, Jacob Boehme, that “the body bears the imprint of the internal forces that move it,” then their appearance eloquently testified to spiritual degradation. Noting this, the French historian Jacques Delarue wrote: “... murderers bear the stigma of bestiality. And most of the Nazi leaders illustrate this rule: Röhm had the head of a murderer, Bormann’s face could only inspire horror, Kaltenbrunner and Heydrich had the faces of murderers. As for Himmler, his face was smooth but hopelessly banal."

At the same time, initially they were all little different from those around them. The criminal essence began to appear on their faces, like disfiguring features in the portrait of Dorian Gray, gradually, as their personalities degraded. This phenomenon was rightly noted by the historian B. L. Khavkin, who wrote: “If you look at the biographies of the leaders of German National Socialism, you can come to paradoxical conclusions: ordinary, at first glance, people mutated, turned into monsters capable of committing any crime . A typical example of the “banality of evil” for the Third Reich was Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler.”

A convincing example of this kind of pathological transformation of personality is Hermann Goering. To confirm this, we refer to the opinion of another Nazi leader, General Heinz Guderian. In his memoirs, he wrote that this “rude man, with a completely shapeless physique,” ​​“showed great energy in the early days of his activities and laid the foundations of the modern German air force.” And then he noted that, having ascended to the pinnacle of power, Goering succumbed to the temptations of the newly acquired power: “... he developed the habits of a feudal ruler, began collecting orders, precious stones, various antiques, built the famous Caringal palace and turned to culinary pleasures, and achieved notable success in this area. One day, deep in the contemplation of ancient paintings in a castle in East Prussia, he exclaimed: “Magnificent!” I am now a Renaissance man. I love luxury!“ He always dressed pretentiously. In “Karingal” and on the hunt, he imitated the clothes of the ancient Germans; he appeared for service in a uniform not provided for by any regulations: in red yuft boots with gilded spurs - shoes completely unthinkable for a pilot. He came to his report to Hitler in untucked trousers and black patent leather shoes. He always smelled of perfume. His face was painted, his fingers were decorated with massive rings with large precious stones, which he loved to show off to everyone.”

© V. M. Sklyarenko, M. A. Pankova, I. A. Rudycheva, V. V. Syadro, 2016

© E. A. Gugalova, artistic design, 2016

© Folio Publishing House, series brand, 2007

Companions or accomplices of the Fuhrer?

Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann, Heinrich Müller - all these Nazi leaders formed the inner circle of Adolf Hitler. During the Third Reich they were called the elite of Nazi Germany, after its collapse - henchmen and accomplices of the Fuhrer, but never - comrades-in-arms. Although, it would seem that it is the last definition, implying “like-minded people,” “comrades in struggle,” “companions,” that could best correspond to their relationship. Moreover, all of them not only shared Hitler’s views, carried out his any plans and instructions, but also, literally, deified their idol and were even ready to give their lives for him. They all saw in him a leader proposing a new structure for the German state, a tribune capable of leading the people, the only person who could lead the national revival of Germany.

One evidence of such an enthusiastic perception of Hitler is the enthusiastic tirade of Rudolf Hess: “We believe that the Führer was sent to us by Providence to overcome our deepest need. By supporting Hitler, we are fulfilling the will of the one who sent us the Fuhrer. We Germans will stand under the banner of the Fuhrer and let what will be!”

In addition to this desire for the national revival of the country after the humiliating Treaty of Versailles, Hitler and his team had much more in common. Almost all future Nazi leaders had something happen along their life path that formed in them various complexes - most often of inferiority or imperfection. First of all, this concerned physical disabilities. Thus, Himmler was visually impaired, which is why they did not want to take him (as well as Hitler) into the army, and Goebbels, as a result of an illness suffered in childhood, had a limp on his right leg, and therefore constantly heard the humiliating ridicule of his comrades behind his back. who called him the “little mouse doctor.” Another reason that caused a feeling of inferiority was their origin: most of the Fuhrer’s entourage did not belong to the ruling elite of society, but dreamed of joining it. Take, for example, Martin Bormann, the son of a sergeant in a cavalry regiment, who inherited rudeness, uncouthness and bad manners from his father, or Joseph Goebbels, born into a large family of a gas lamp manufacturer, or Heinrich Müller, who came from a modest family of a manager and began his career as an apprentice. an apprentice at a Bavarian aircraft factory. The future Nazi bosses also did not shine with high culture and education, with the possible exception of Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels.

Another unifying feature for most people from Hitler’s circle was a critical, skeptical attitude towards Christianity, a desire to create a new religion, and a penchant for mysticism.

But what is most striking is that none of these figures could serve as the standard of a “purebred Aryan,” compliance with which in Nazi Germany was the main criterion of a person’s racial usefulness. Firstly, almost all of the Nazi bosses had Jews among their relatives, close or distant. Secondly, their appearance lacked the typical Aryan parameters, such as strong, tall, blue-eyed blonds with golden skin, a long skull and thin lips. Seeing among the creators of the “racial theory” a discrepancy between the standards of the “breed” and reality, contemporaries awarded them mocking nicknames: the ugly dwarf Dr. Goebbels was called a “shrunken German” and a “lanky-legged monkey”, the dark-skinned Hess was called the Egyptian and Black Bertha, and the overweight Goering was called "flying hog"

If we believe the words of the famous German Christian mystic, seer and theosophist of the 17th century, Jacob Boehme, that “the body bears the imprint of the internal forces that move it,” then their appearance eloquently testified to spiritual degradation. Noting this, the French historian Jacques Delarue wrote: “... murderers bear the stigma of bestiality. And most of the Nazi leaders illustrate this rule: Röhm had the head of a murderer, Bormann’s face could only inspire horror, Kaltenbrunner and Heydrich had the faces of murderers. As for Himmler, his face was smooth but hopelessly banal."

At the same time, initially they were all little different from those around them. The criminal essence began to appear on their faces, like disfiguring features in the portrait of Dorian Gray, gradually, as their personalities degraded. This phenomenon was rightly noted by the historian B. L. Khavkin, who wrote: “If you look at the biographies of the leaders of German National Socialism, you can come to paradoxical conclusions: ordinary, at first glance, people mutated, turned into monsters capable of committing any crime . A typical example of the “banality of evil” for the Third Reich was Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler.”

A convincing example of this kind of pathological transformation of personality is Hermann Goering. To confirm this, we refer to the opinion of another Nazi leader, General Heinz Guderian. In his memoirs, he wrote that this “rude man, with a completely shapeless physique,” ​​“showed great energy in the early days of his activities and laid the foundations of the modern German air force.” And then he noted that, having ascended to the pinnacle of power, Goering succumbed to the temptations of the newly acquired power: “... he developed the habits of a feudal ruler, began collecting orders, precious stones, various antiques, built the famous Caringal palace and turned to culinary pleasures, and achieved notable success in this area. One day, deep in the contemplation of ancient paintings in a castle in East Prussia, he exclaimed: “Magnificent!” I am now a Renaissance man. I love luxury!“ He always dressed pretentiously. In “Karingal” and on the hunt, he imitated the clothes of the ancient Germans; he appeared for service in a uniform not provided for by any regulations: in red yuft boots with gilded spurs - shoes completely unthinkable for a pilot. He came to his report to Hitler in untucked trousers and black patent leather shoes. He always smelled of perfume. His face was painted, his fingers were decorated with massive rings with large precious stones, which he loved to show off to everyone.”

Hitler, being a good psychologist and expert on people, had a good idea of ​​who he was dealing with. Having a low opinion of his immediate surroundings, especially lately, he realized that ultimately he could only rely on himself: “I have no time to waste. My successors won't have as much energy. They will be too weak to make life-changing decisions.” And he turned out to be right. His “comrades in struggle” were with him as long as he led them “from success to success,” and almost everyone, with rare exceptions (R. Hess, J. Goebbels), distanced themselves from him on the eve of the collapse of the Third Reich . This can be illustrated by the words of the author of the book “Brown Dictators”, the famous Russian publicist L.B. Chernaya: “The more hopeless the situation in Germany became, the more fiercely its elite squabbled. Goering said that if Hitler had listened to him, he would have overthrown Bormann and gradually deprived Himmler of power, although this is more difficult, because “Himmler has all the police at his disposal.” Goebbels, on the contrary, wrote that it was time to remove Goering: “Fools hung with orders and vain, perfumed veils cannot engage in waging war...”

It seems that this unpleasant picture, showing the “relationships” of Nazi leaders on the eve of Germany’s surrender in World War II, is more similar to the “showdown” of accomplices in a gang than to the resolution of personnel issues by military and political comrades. Moreover, the very concept of “accomplice” means participation in a criminal plan or act. And as it was established at the Nuremberg trials, in unleashing the bloodiest and cruelest war of the 20th century, in the death of tens of millions of people, it was not only Hitler who was guilty, but also his entire entourage, who became accomplices in a monstrous crime against humanity.

The fate of the military-political elite of the Third Reich is very indicative for everyone who wants to create a “New World Order” on the planet. At the end of the war, many of them completely lost their human appearance and reason, including their leader, Adolf Hitler. Until the end, Hitler made unrealistic plans for the liberation of Berlin by Theodor Busse's 9th Army, which was surrounded east of Berlin, and by Wenck's 12th Shock Army, whose counterattacks were repulsed.


On the 20th, Hitler learned that the Russian armies were approaching the city; on this day he turned 56 years old. He was offered to leave the capital due to the threat of encirclement, but he refused; according to Speer, he said: “How can I call on the troops to stand to the end in the decisive battle for Berlin and immediately leave the city and move to a safe place!.. I rely entirely on the will of fate and remain in the capital...”. On the 22nd, he ordered the commander of the Steiner army group, which included the remnants of three infantry divisions and a tank corps, General Felix Steiner, to break through to Berlin, he tried to carry out a suicidal order, but was defeated. In order to save people, he began to retreat to the west without permission and refused to carry out Keitel’s order to strike again in the direction of Berlin. On the 27th Hitler removed him from command, but he again did not obey and on May 3rd he surrendered to the Americans at the Elbe.


F. Steiner.

On April 21-23, almost all the top leaders of the Third Reich fled from Berlin, including Goering, Himmler, Ribbentrop, Speer. Many of them started their game trying to save their “skins.”

According to the recollections of the commander of the Berlin garrison, General Helmut Weidling, when he saw Hitler on April 24, he was amazed: “... in front of me sat a ruin (ruin) of a man. His head was hanging, his hands were shaking, his voice was slurred and trembling. Every day his appearance became worse and worse.” In fact, he was delirious, dreaming of “strikes” from the already defeated German armies. His comrades, Goebbels and Bormann, also had a hand in this, who, with the help of Krebs, deceived the Fuhrer. By April, a new Control Center for Hitler and his associates, the Alpenfestung (Alpine Fortress), was already ready in the Bavarian Alps. Most of the services of the Imperial Chancellery have already relocated there. But Hitler hesitated, still waiting for a “decisive offensive,” Goebbels and Bormann convinced him to lead the defense of Berlin. With the help of Hans Krebs, the last chief of the Army High Command, they hid the true state of affairs at the front. From April 24 to April 27, Hitler was deceived by reports of the approach of Wenck's army, which was already surrounded. Weidling: “Either the advanced units of Wenck’s army are already fighting south of Potsdam, then... three marching battalions arrived in the capital, then Doenitz promised to fly the most selected units of the fleet to Berlin by plane.” On the 28th, Weidling told Hitler that there was no hope, the garrison can hold out no more than two days. On the 29th, at the last military meeting, Weidling said that the garrison was defeated and there was no more than 24 hours to try to break through, or it would be necessary to capitulate. Hitler refused to make a breakthrough.


G. Weidling.

Hitler drew up a will, appointing a triumvirate as his successors - Grand Admiral Doenitz, Goebbels and Bormann. But although he said that he would commit suicide, he still doubted and waited for Wenck’s army. Then Goebbels came up with a subtle psychological move to push the Fuhrer to suicide: he brought a message from Italy - the Italian leader Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were captured by partisans, killed and then hanged by their feet in the city square of Milan. But Hitler was most afraid of shameful captivity; the thought that he would be put in an iron cage and displayed in a shameful square haunted him. On the afternoon of the 30th, he and his wife E. Hitler (Brown) committed suicide.

General G. Krebs tried to conclude a truce on May 1, but he was refused, demanding unconditional surrender. On the same day he shot himself.


G. Krebs

Joseph Goebbels, was appointed Reich Chancellor by Hitler in the event of his death. He stated that he would follow his leader, but was trying to negotiate a truce with Stalin. Goebbels and Bormann informed Admiral Dönitz that he had been appointed Reich President, but they kept silent about Hitler’s death.

On the 30th, Goebbels and Bormann sent Goebbels' referent Heinersdorf and deputy commander of the Citadel combat area, Lieutenant Colonel Seifert, as negotiators; they announced that they had been sent to negotiate the reception of General Krebs by the Soviet side. The military council of the 5th Shock Army decided not to enter into negotiations, since there was no proposal for unconditional surrender. And Lieutenant Colonel Seifert was able to establish contact with the command of the Soviet 8th Guards Army, and they agreed to listen to Krebs. On May 1, at 3:30 a.m., G. Krebs, accompanied by Colonel von Duffing, crossed the front line and arrived for negotiations. Krebs informed Colonel General Vasily Chuikov about Hitler's death, so he became the first, except for the garrison of Hitler's bunker, to learn about his death. He also handed over three documents to Chuikov: Krebs' authority on his right to negotiate, signed by Bormann; the new composition of the Reich government, according to Hitler’s will; appeal of the new Reich Chancellor J. Goebbels to Stalin.

Chuikov handed over the documents to Zhukov, his translator Lev Bezymensky translated the documents to Zhukov, and at the same time, by telephone, General Boykov communicated the translation to the general on duty at Stalin’s headquarters. At 13:00, Krebs left the location of the Soviet troops, and direct telephone communication was established with the German bunker. Goebbels expressed his desire to speak with the commander or a government representative, but he was refused. Stalin demanded unconditional surrender: “... no negotiations other than unconditional surrender should be conducted either with Krebs or with other Nazis.”

In the evening, in the bunker they realized that there would be no negotiations, Dönitz was informed of Hitler’s death, Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels committed suicide, before which Magda killed six of her children.

On the evening of May 2, Bormann and a group of SS men tried to break out of the city, but were wounded by a shell fragment and committed suicide with poison. This is how the last two main leaders of the Third Reich died; before that they clung to power to the last, beating their party comrades, but they could not deceive death...


J. Goebbels.

Heinrich Himmler, who at one time was the second man of the empire, lost a number of his positions in the spring of 1945. Bormann was able to approve the idea of ​​​​creating Volkssturm battalions throughout Germany, and he also led them. He set Himmler up by inviting him to lead two offensives: on the Western Front and in Pomerania, against the Red Army, both of which ended unsuccessfully. At the end of 1944, he began to try to start separate negotiations with the Western powers; at the beginning of 1945, he met with Count Folke Bernadotte three times, the last time on April 19, but the negotiations did not end in anything. A conspiracy was even drawn up, according to which on the 20th Himmler was supposed to demand that Hitler resign his powers and transfer them to him, he was supposed to be supported by SS units. If Hitler refused, it was proposed to eliminate him, even to the point of killing him, but Himmler got scared and did not agree to this.

On the 28th, Bormann informed Hitler about the betrayal of Himmler, who, on his own behalf, proposed the surrender of the Reich to the political leadership of the United States and Great Britain. Hitler removed Himmler from all positions and declared him an outlaw. But Himmler still continued to make plans - at first he thought that he would be the Fuhrer in post-war Germany, then he offered himself to Dönitz as chancellor, chief of police, and in the end just the prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein. But the admiral categorically refused to give Himmler any post.

I didn’t want to give up and answer for the crimes, so Himmler changed into the uniform of a field gendarmerie non-commissioned officer, changed his appearance and, taking with him several loyal people, headed to the Danish border on May 20, thinking of getting lost among the masses of other refugees. But on May 21, he was detained by two Soviet soldiers, ironically, they were prisoners of concentration camps, who were released and sent to patrol service, these were Ivan Egorovich Sidorov (captured on August 16, 1941 and went through 6 concentration camps) and Vasily Ilyich Gubarev (came to captured on September 8, 1941, went through hell in 4 concentration camps). It is interesting that the British and other members of the joint patrol offered to release the unknown people; they also had documents, but the Soviet soldiers insisted on a more thorough check. So Himmler, the all-powerful Reichsführer SS (from 1929 until the end of the war), Reich Minister of the Interior, was captured by two Soviet prisoners of war. On May 23, he committed suicide by taking poison.


G. Himmler.

Hermann Goering, who was considered Hitler's heir, was accused of failing to organize the air defense of the Third Reich, after which his “career” went downhill. On April 23, 1945, Goering proposed that Hitler transfer all power to him. At the same time, he tried to conduct separate negotiations with the Western members of the Anti-Hitler coalition. By order of Bormann, he was arrested, deprived of all posts and awards, and on April 29, Hitler officially, in his will, deprived him of the post of his successor, appointing Admiral Dönitz. On May 8, he was arrested by the Americans and brought to trial at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg as the main criminal. He was sentenced to hang, but committed suicide on October 15, 1946 (there is a version that they helped him with this). He had plenty of opportunities to obtain poison - he communicated daily with many lawyers, with his wife, he could bribe the guards, and so on.


G. Goering.

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