Copyrighted Image? DMCA | In the hours before completing his suicide pact with Eva Braun, Hitler found time to leave orders for his art, his people, and dismiss those he felt betrayed him.
"Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days" of the Third Reich is a volume from the World War II series Echolof (Sonar) by German writer Walter Kempowski. It combines letters, diary entries, memorandums, and reports by participants and witness from WWII into a collage that paints a compelling portrait of the Reich's demise. Swansong focuses specifically on four days at the end--the 20th of April (Hitler's final birthday), the 25th of April (when the Soviets and Americans met at the Elbe), the 30th of April (when Hitler and Eva Braun completed their suicide pact), and May 8 (VE Day). What follows in the excerpt from the chilling book are portions of Hitler's last testaments... |
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