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"All that silly talk about the advance of science and such leaves me cold. Give me peace and a retarded science."Thomas Dodd, late 1945
15 Mar 2011 05:22:11 PM
HITLER'S UNIFORM OF THE DAY, WITH BLONDI:
In 1939 Hitler started to ware gray military
jacket with eagle/swastika sewn on the upper left sleeve, peak hat w/eagle, cockades with
wreath and black pants. Some photographs show
him with black jackboots. He also carried two Walther pistols of different calibers.
On the jacket, he wore his W.W.I Iron Cross 1st or 2nd Class Medal, Wound Badge and what looks like the 1938 Golden Party Badge.
Golden Party Badge:
This badge was authorized by Hitler to honor
party members who have been active since the beginning of the NSDAP's reforming in 1925.
When Hitler wore civilian clothes, he had a
Eagle of Sovereignty Pin on his suit lapel that denoted his rank as fuhrer worn between 1933 to 1935.
Hitler didn't ware the brown party uinform at any point during WWII. In 1941 Hitler appointed himself Commander-in Chief of the
Wehrmacht
23 Jul 2011 01:38:38 PM
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer
One People, One Nation, One Leader...
During the Hitler era every German civilian
organization, political or para-military used small stick pins. One stick pin had the likeness of Hitler, with the worlds Ein Volk,
Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer.
These awards ranged from civil achievement to Nazi party membership, Hitler youth and Sports awards.
AWARDS FOR EVERYTHING IN THE REICH:
Miscellaneous awards and badges along with the small stick pins, and cloth badges.
Pins and party badges were worn on civilian clothes and on military and para-military uniforms, and the regulations for wearing them.
The Fuhrer himself wore a small stick pin on his civilian suit coat lapel, this was the The Eagle of Sovereignty denoting his rank as Fuhrer. Surviving stick pins and badges are in collections throughout the world.
15 Jan 2012 07:44:18 PM
THE FALL OF NAZI GERMANY: RELICS
Adolf Hitler's jack-boots, Dinner Jacket and
VIP Guest Book, are now on display at the
Russian Military Museum Moscow, Russia these items have only been revealed after the fall of Communism in the former USSR.
FOR MOTHER RUSSIA: VICTORY
Over two hundred symbols of Nazism such as
standards and flags that were captured by the
Red Army in 1945, and thrown down in front of
the marble steps of Lenin's Mausoleum in
Red Square, during the official celebrations
at war's end.
The most prized trophy was the standard of
the SS Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler", among other items, was the huge bronze eagle that once adorned Hitler's Reich Chancellery in Berlin.
WWII documentaries show Russian troops that marched up to Lenin's Mausoleum, and then throwing down the captured Nazi standards.
These items are now on display at the Russian
Military Museum Moscow, Russia...
15 Jan 2012 08:22:05 PM
BLONDI AND THE FUHRER:
Adolf Hitler...one of the most diabolical
criminals in history, and committed heinous crimes against humanity. Even poor blondi had to die for him.
Why couldn't this evil man have been stopped earlier? if only, its a what if, question for History. Sure he was stopped but only after millions and millions died.
Has anything been learned, has everything been forgotten? Evil has always been, and always will be in the shadows...waiting.
20 Feb 2012 09:02:12 PM
SUPREME MILITARY COMMANDER: ADOLF HITLER
Commander of the Wehrmacht the German Armed
Forces,made up of the Heer(Army)Kriegsmarine(Navy)and the Luftwaffe(Air Force).
The Waffen-SS was the military arm of the Nazi Party, that started out as a small
para-military section of Heinrich Himmler's
Allgemeine-SS that grew to 1,000,000 strong
during WWII.
This was De Facto, a fourth branch of the Wehrmacht that was under the operational command of OKW and OKH
De Facto Force:
The Waffen-SS was not officially part of the Wehrmacht. A political para-military force given power,supported and maintained by its Government.
OKW: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Supreme Command of the Armed Forces.
OKH: Oberkommando des Heeres
Army High Command
note*
Information is for reference only. I do not approve or support the evils of National Socialism, Fascism or Communism.
21 Feb 2012 06:46:05 PM
SO HOW MANY CIVILIAN AND MILITARY AWARDS DID HITLER RECEIVE: AS FUHRER OF THE REICH:
Listed in comment number 1 are his WWI awards
and party badge. I'm also listing his other Nazi Party & Political Decorations, they are Blood Order, Coburg Badge, Nuremberg Party Day Badge 1929
Eagle of Sovereignty as listed in comment number 1.
POLITICIAL AWARDS BESTOWED BUT NOT DISPLAYED
NSDAP Long Service Award (25 years) Golden
Hitler Youth Badge w/Oak Leaves, this award was worn at youth functions, Honor Chevron for the Old Guard and the Nazi Gau (District)
Badge.
CIVILIAN DECORATIONS:
That were never displayed or worn was the Olympic Games Decoration, as host of the 1938 Games in Berlin.
MILITARY DECORATIONS WWII:
None were granted to Hitler himself and he was never a recipient However, Hitler was granted by default the Cross of Honor, The Anschiuss Medal, Sudetenland Medal w/Prague Castle Bar, Memel Medal and West Wall Medal w/1944 Bar.
Did you know Hitler didn't qualify for the Eastern Front Medal, because he didn't have enough time at that front.
Hitler did qualify for a Wound Badge as a result of the July 1944 bomb plot against him, but he continued to ware his WWI Wound Badge.
17 Mar 2012 09:59:22 PM
THE FUHRER'S DOWN TIME:
Everyone knows about his Fuhrerbunker in Berlin, but did you know Hitler had his own apartment above his office in the Reich Chancellery with fine furnishings, paintings and sculptures, that's living pretty good.
HIS OFFICE HOURS:
Hitler's office was huge, this would awe and humble any visitor. He also had an office in Munich, Germany that was called the Fuhrerbau (Leaders Building) this was a former Nazi party building in Munich, where Hitler held the Munich Conference in September 1938
GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL:
The Berghof was his Mountaintop Bavarian retreat and the closest to Hitler. He bought the house after becoming Chanceller in 1933, with money from his book Mein Kampf.
Berghof means Mountain Farm did you know, Hitler spent more time at the Berghof, than at his Berlin office.
PLANS FOR WAR:
Away from Berlin, it was still an important center of the Third Reich, it was here with
his Generals that plans for the invasion of Poland, France and Russia were made.
The Berghof was damaged during the war, and
in 1952 the Bavarian Government blew it up, all that's left is the foundation walls and the forest has reclaimed the area
INFAMOUS BERCHTESGADEN: EAGLES NEST
Berchtesgaden in Southeast Bavaria built for Hitler's 50th Birthday, the building remained intact at the end of World War II.
EAGLES NEST:
Built on top of a mountain at an altitude of 6,014 feet, with views of both the German and Austrian Alps.
TAKE THE TOUR:
Today you can tour Berchtesgaden during the post-war period, it was used as a recreation center by the US Army, and has been returned to Germany in the 1990s.
While stationed in West Germany during 1966 to 1967 I took the tour to Berchtesgaden as a student of History it was very interesting
I was glad, I took the opportunity to travel and visit some of the places and cities I read about while in school.
HITLER'S BUNKERS:
Besides the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin he spent
time at the Wolf's Lair in Northeast Poland and other Military Headquators in France.
I thank the editor/ww2db for allowing me to leave these comments, based on historical fact and personal experience.
2 Apr 2012 03:32:47 PM
File Photograph Hitler with Blondi, taken at the Berghof.
FUHRER HEADQUARTERS: (FHQ)
Hitler spent very little time in Berlin during the war, he stayed at the Berghof and the Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) spending 800 days there.
During World War II there are fourteen known
FHQs that he used throughout Europe when traveling to the front the most famous are the Wolf's Lair and the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin
13 Apr 2012 09:17:30 PM
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL: ADOLF HITLER IN FILM
Films listed below deal with the last day's of Adolf Hitler, leading up to his death in the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin. There have been more films made, about Adolf Hitler's last days, but I have listed these three.
Hitler:
The Last Ten Days(1973)Sir Alec Guinness portrays Adolf Hitler. If you get a chance to watch this film and its available on DVD, as you look at the map of Europe shown along with the opening credits, shows the post-war map of Europe with the Oder-Neisse-Line as Germany's Eastern frontier.
Dramatic Music:
Opening Music credits, this is the Prelude to Act II of the Opera "Lohengren" by
Richard Wagner. Hitler's favorite Opera was Wagner's Rienzi, that he saw over forty times
Closing Music:
Overturn to Die Fledermaus Act I By Johann Strauss II. Several witness accounts tell that immediatelly after his suicide was confirmed, Officers, Aides, Secretaries in the Fuhrerbunker lit cigarettes, as shown in the final scene.
Adolf Hitler is the only European who, more than over half a century after his death is still known around the world.
Other comtemporary politicians as Churchill or de Gaulle, are remembered within cultural spheres, as well as intellectuals like Gothe and Shakespeare...
The Bunker:
Anthony Hopkins portrays Adolf Hitler(1981)
also on DVD.
Downfall:(2004)German Actor Bruno Ganz gives a frightening performance as Adolf Hitler.
also on DVD.
14 Apr 2012 10:23:02 AM
CULTURE AND EVIL:
With the exception of Richard Wagner, Hitler wrote, I have no forerunner...
Whoever wants to understand National Socialist Germany, must first know Wagner
-Adolf Hitler-
No other composer made a impact on world events than Richard Wagner. The music used and politicial legacy is second only to Adolf Hitler. Wagner wasn't just a musician, he was to many Germans a National figure and a powerful politicial force. Both Wagner and Hitler were racist, and both were artist and politicians.
Wagner's anti-semitic views and writings were to have a quasi-religious effect on Adolf Hitler, his theories of racial purity were in part drawn from Wagner.
THE DARK PAGES OF HISTORY:
A student of art and history can learn two perceptions from Wagner in music and culture that are almost unrecognized from one another
Those who know Wagner by his work, and those who know him by his reputation. Even today his music is linked in the minds of many with Nazism and his operas are often used to extol the virtues of German Nationalism.
ART AND POLITICS:
Nazi propaganda art was captured by the US Army at the end of WWII, among them was a painting of Adolf Hitler on horseback, dressed in armor as a Teutonic Knight bearing
the National Socialist Flag, portraying Hitler as Lohengin in Wagner's Operas.
Did you know, Wagner's prelude to the Rienzi Overture was often used at Nazi Party Rallies
Not every Nazi was into Wagner, Hitler was a
ardent fan of Wagner, However many in the Nazi hierarchy were not, and many had to endure watching the lengthy epics at the Fuhrer's inistence...
THE FUHRER'S FAVORITE COMPOSERS:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Anton Bruckner
Bach
Mozart
On May 1, 1945 Berlin radio played Anton Bruckner's Seventh Symphony to announce Hitler's death. Hitler's favorite song
was "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven
RADIO SUSPENSE: ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG!
May 1, 1945 Berlin radio played Wagner to announce Hitler's death. Later Hamberg radio played Wagner's "Tannhauser" and a piano concerto by Weber, later followed by Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" Twilight of the Gods, still more music followed with Wagner's Wagner's "Rhinegold", followed by Anton Bruckner's Seventh Symphony closing with the German National Anthem and Horst Wessel song.
Its chilling to think how music could be used to move the masses and even change world events and history just by the views of one man Adolf Hitler. How music could be used as a propaganda tool and turning point based upon Hitler's own philosophy and the entire Nazi system on ideas drawn from Wagner's writings and operas.
Richard Wagner: German Composer
May 22, 1813-February 13, 1883
I thank the editor/ww2db for allowing me to continue to provide lesser facts about WWII
15 Apr 2012 11:02:17 AM
TO THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER:
Music is open to interpretation it can mean many different things to many people.
Historical and Political events can move nations and people, in opera there are those moments, those special moments that move your heart and fills the listener with excitement.
It doesn't matter that men have used music for both personal good or evil, Wagner's music and all music cannot be surpassed in its own form. Music will be apart of the human spirit for ages to come.
Richard Wagner was a great composer long before Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich came upon the world stage.
One interesting note, but no fault of the composer, was the use of Mozart't really wonderful little tune "Deutschland" that was worked into "Deutschland uber Alles, and later used as the German National Anthem during the National Socialist era in Germany.
OPERA:
Comes from the Latin word Work
There is no exact date when Opera began, it
was a product of musical evolution that emerged from various forms of Classical music that was popular in the 1400s.
Opera has been part of Western Classical Music, since the 16th Century, and soon spread throut Europe, each nation created its own national tradition in mood and form.
In the 18th Century Italian opera dominated most of Europe.
The late 17th and 18th Centuries created the great German composers, the 19th Century saw the "Golden Age" of opera dominated by Wagner
and Verdi in Italy, duringthis time,parallel opera was formed in Eastern Europe and Russia.
The 20th Century saw experiments with modern style, with the advance of technology through Radio, Records and live Performances and later Television, VHS, CDs and DVDs has moved opera into private and personal enjoyment and has become known to audiences throughout the world.
One German composer that I forgot to list was Carl Maria von Weber
16 Apr 2012 07:35:37 AM
CULTURE IN THE FUHRERBUNKER:
Among the many personal items Hitler took with him to the bunker were over one hundred Classical recordings, these were found later
by Soviet intelligence and kept secret for decades and has only come to light with the death of one of the last soviet personnel who entered the bunker.
Besides the great German composers, many of these recordings were by Russian and Jewish composers of the 19th-century rather than Soviet.
IN ONE INSTANT:
At the age of twelve, I saw the first opera
of my life, "Lohengrin". In one instant I was addicted. My youthful enthusiasm for the
Bayreuth Master knew no bounds.
-Adolf Hitler-
Each summer from 1933 to 1939, Hitler attended the Bayreuth Festival, and made the Wagner estate his second home.
SALUTE TO A TYRANT: THE BIG EVENT
In April 1943 Hundreds of Nazi Party Members Military Officers and their wives attended a music concert for Hitler's 54th Birthday at the same time across Europe millions were being shipped to death camps.
Did you know, that Wagner's music has been played in over 200 films so far, Wagner's
Ride of the Valkyrie has occured in 27 of those films.
WAGNER: STARRING RICHARD BURTON
The late Actor Richard Burton, starred as Composer Richard Wagner, in this 1983 made for television British nine-hour miniseries the length of this film, must have taken a cue from Wagner's long-winded operas! the running time is about 540 minutes.
This series, covered the last four decades of his life. His radical politics, and his bigotry his support for unification of all the seperate kingdoms to become one united Germany. This film is available on DVD & VHS
*
Note
In comment # 9, I listed the Bunker (1981)
as available in DVD, its only available in VHS.
I thank the editor, for allowing me to make
a significant contribution to ww2db.
It has always been my intention to provide continued interest into the history of the Second World War.
Bill
16 Apr 2012 12:38:18 PM
I have always tried to bring historical fact to ww2db, and from time to time, I have made an error which I've always been quick to correct.
IN COMMENT #9 LISTED IN DRAMATIC MUSIC:
The opening music credit is Wagner's Prelude to Act III, of the opera "Lohengrin" this is the correct Act, and not Act II as listed.
As a student of Art & History how could I have made such an error my apologies, In the future, I'll be more vigilant...
German March Music at the beginning of the film, before Wagner was Horst Wessel Lied
or (Horst Wessel Song) which became a Nazi Party Anthem.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Actor Adolfo Celi played General Krebs, he is best known as Largo in the James Bond film
Thunderball. To the editor/ww2db, thank you for bearing all this with me, it's time to call it a day.
Going to log off now and watch all the films that I've listed, and later listen to Wagner
and other Great Classical Music.
Best Wishes
Bill
20 Apr 2012 03:25:08 PM
In comment #9 I forgot to list Wilhelm Zander
who brought a copy of Adolf Hitler's last testament from the bunker. In the 1973 movie
Hitler The Last Ten Days, actor Simon Ward
was loosey based on Zander, Ward played
Hauptmann, Hoffmann.
MARCH 1970, MAGDEBURG EAST GERMANY:
A team of KGB agents exhumed the remains of Adolf Hitler, his wife Eva Braun, Joseph Goebbels, his wife Magda and their six children from a secret location, known only by the KGB.
The five wooden crates holding the remains of ten or eleven bodies were taken to a secret location.
GOTTERDAMMERUNG: Twilight of the God's
Gasoline was poured on the crates, and for the last time, like an ending to a Wagnerian Opera set alight. Once the remains were
burned, the ashes were collected and put into a sack, the team drove to another undisclosed location.
As the KGB agent stands on the bank he opens
the sack, the wind catches the ashes and scatters them across the Elbe river.
Like an ending to a Wagnerian Opera, one could almost hear Wagner's prelude to Act III Lohengrin Overture...
OVERTURE:
An instrumental composition intended as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera.
20 Apr 2012 07:55:20 PM
CAST OF CHARACTERS THE FINAL ACT: GOTTERDAMMERUNG TWILIGHT OF THE GOD'S
In March 1970 what other bodies besides Hitler his wife Eva, their dogs, Joseph Goebbels, his wife Megda and their six children, who were put to sleep w/morphine
and later poisoned with cyanide.
General Heinz Krebs committed suicide in the bunker and was kept with the others, buried with them and later burned in March 1970.
All the bodies were kept by SMERCH did you know, this unit guarded, transported, buried
dug up and re-buried the remains about nine times since the end of WWII.
The final location where the bodies were buried in East Germany was known by SMERCH and its successor, the KGB all agents who had knowledge of this event, were sworn to secrecy.
FOR DECADES AND CENTURIES TO COME:
Some will say its hard to believe any version
speculations and controversies will continue for decades and quite possibly centuries to come.
FORTUNATE SON:
Did you know Magda had a son by a previous marriage, Harold was born in 1921.
He survived the war, served as a Luftwaffe
Lieutenant he was injuried and captured by Allied forces in Italy in 1944 and released in 1947.
GOTTERDAMMERUNG:
The dictionary now defines this word, as a turbulent ending of a regime or institution.
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE FUHRERBUNKER IN BERLIN
Russian intelligence examined the bunker and later tried to destroy the it with explosive some parts broke down however the rest of the bunker later filled with groundwater and was sealed.
The East Germans made another attempt to destroy the bunker, and sealed for the last time. The area above ground shows no trace of the Reich Chancellery or the location of the bunker.
THE BUNKER TODAY:
Today this site is now a parking lot and playground for children and surrounded by residental buildings.
I think this was done by the Russians and East Germans, to avoid it becomong a shrine for Nazi sympathizers.
Berlin is once again the Capitol of Germany the city has been rebuilt the old buildings that were in East Berlin have been torn down and replaced, Berlin is also named city of the seven hills, because of all the debris cleared from the rubble.
HIDDEN TREASURE: THE HITLER GANG
This Black & White movie was made in 1944 for Allied propaganda the film has some inaccuries, but historial facts are correct. Actor Robert Walson bears a very good resemblance to Adolf Hitler, I haven't seen this movie in over 48 years...
COMMENTS ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. PERSONAL VIEWS AND OPINIONS
ARE NOT THOSE OF WW2DB. I CONDEMN THE EVILS OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND FASCISM.
I THANK THE EDITOR/WW2DB FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SITE.
30 Apr 2012 12:59:32 PM
Everybody knows about Hitler's suicide in his Berlin bunker in April 1945, but what about the rank and file?
FOLLOW DER FUHRER:
Many other Nazis committed suicide during the last days of the war, others committed suicide after they were captured by the Allies, some even managed to escape.
NOTABLES WERE:
Among them were NSDAP Political Leaders, Hitler Youth Leaders, SS, Police and the Gestapo. Members of the Wehrmacht, Army Generals, Luftwaffe Generals, Navy Admirals, lower ranking Officers, Hitler Youth, NCOs and Enlisted men.
Some of the Nazis that for one reason or another didn't commit suicide would utter the classic line of the time "I know nothing nothing, I know nothing at all"
TAKE YOUR PICK: GO WITH THE FLOW
Thousands of Civilians, Nazi Party Members and local Nazi Government Officias committed suicide. Whole families died rather than be captured by the Allies or Soviets, many parents killed their children who believed life without National Socialism had no meaning.
Many of these suicides went unreported due to the chaos of the last months, weeks and days of the war.
Many killed themselves by gunshot,explosives
cyanide, jumping out of windows and hanging
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS:
In 1945 instruction booklets were issued out encourageing suicide by hanging or by other means, with detailed instructions on how to carry it out, if anybody followed these detailed instructions will never be known, but nevertheless, that's German efficiency for you.
ASCENDO TUUM:
JANUARY 1945:
Suicides started when Soviet troops entered German territory.
APRIL-MAY 1945:
Both high and low ranking Nazi Officials Local Government Officials and Party Members committed suicide along with the Armed Forces
MAY 1945: And the following post-war months
Suicides continued after the Allies took control of Germany.
Was it fear of the Russians?, fear of the other Allies?, anxiety and depression, fear of the future. What is really known, is that Nazi Germany and the Third Reich caved in on them...
THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY:
Many Nazis escaped some just took off their uniforms and blended into the population, others avoided capture for years by the Allies and especially the Russians.
Some estimate as many as 10,000 or more Nazis
slipped through war torn Europe to other countries.
I'm sure there were more than 10,000 Nazis and other War Criminals, by 1945 Nazi Party membership was listed as 8,500,000 that's Eight Million Five Hundered Thousand! just where did they all go?
THE LUCKY ONES:
The Nazi Party had members who lived outside Germany, and were pooled as NSDAP/AO for Foreign Organization. I wonder if any of these Nazis committed suicide? and lived to see another day without National Socialism.
I guess they burned their party membership books and said the classic line of the time
I know nothing, nothing, I know nothing at all
BIG FISH AND LITTLE FISH:
Many Nazis fled to South America, Spain or the Middle East, some stayed in Germany and other countries in Europe, and some even made it to the USA.
They were a mix of the criminals who ran the machine of death, that cost the lives of millions. SS, Waffen-SS, Politicial Leaders and the bottom of the barrel Concentration camp guards.
HUNTING NAZIS:
World War II has beenover for decades, but hte search continues for Nazi War criminals.
When will the last Nazi stand trial and be brought to justice?
There will always be Facts & Myths some say
Allied Governments helped some Nazis, some say the Soviets helped some Nazis, some say secret SS-Organizations maybe ODESSA, maybe the Vatican? both East and West, used former Nazis during the Cold War, the truth may never be known files are buried, locked away in Government archives many are classified as secret and will remain so for a long time to come...
SINS OF THE FATHER:
Did you know the Germany is still paying for
World War II, when will the last payment be made, how long will it be before Germany can shake the horrors of the Nazi regime, and when that last payment is made, and World War II is paid in full, that payment will be made by a generation who had nothing to do with Nazi Germany and the Third Reich...
PERSONAL VIEWS AND OPINIONS ARE NOT THOSE OF WW2DB, AND ARE MINE ALONE...
24 Jun 2012 07:02:45 PM
LAST MAN STANDING:
SS-Sergeant Rochus Misch was one of the last to leave the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin on April 30, 1945, he is the last person alive today, who saw Hitler and other top Nazis alive.
Misch served as Hitler's bunker switchboard telephone operator, bodyguard and courier he was also one of the lowest in military rank in the bunker.
FRONT LINE SOLDIER:
Wounded in Poland and was awarded the Iron
Cross 2dn Class, rank SS-Oberscharfuhrer
Senior/Technical Sergeant, later transferred to Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) where he served from 1940 to 1945.
FOR YOU, THE WAR IS OVER:
Captured by the Russians and taken to Moscow
and questioned about the events that took place in the Fuhrerbunker. Held by the Soviets for nine years released in 1954 and
returned to Berlin, where he lives about
2 miles from where the Fuhrerbunker once stood. In 2008, Misch published his memoirs titled "The Last Witness" in Germany.
Did you know the switchboard number to the
Fuhrerbunker was 12-00-5-0, the bunker cost
1,350,000 Reich Marks and was built by the firm Hochtief AG.
Albert Speer/Karl Piepenberg Architects.
STRANGE BUT TRUE:
In the movie "Downfall", the German actor
Heinrich Schmider who played Rochus Misch
died in 2010, this means that Misch even outlived the actor who played him in that movie...
Today Rochus Misch is 94 years old and lives in his modest apartment in Berlin, Germany
one of the very few who now has a place in history, witnessed those events, and has lived to tell the tale..
I thank the editor/ww2db for alowing me to present lesser known facts about WWII.
9 Feb 2013 12:29:38 PM
TASTE BUT DON'T SWALLOW:
Did you know Adolf Hitler had his own group of food tasters. One dozen women were assigned not to taste the quality of the food, but to taste and make sure it wasn't poisoned.
Hitler ate the best fruits and vegetables these food items were always fresh, while the German people had to endure food rationing.
PROTECTED BY WOMEN: SS LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER
As many as a dozen women were part of a group to taste the food, before it was served to the Fuhrer this was done about one hour before it was served to Hitler to make sure there were no side effects.
ONLY THE BEST FOR ME, AND I'M LIKING IT:
Hitler's meals were prepared with different types of vegetables such as asparagus, green peppers, green beans, peas & carrots, cabbage, stewed tomatoes, rice along with other recipes.
It has been reported that the Fuhrer also enjoyed slices of ham, bavarian sausage, different types of soups, liver & dumplings and stuffed pigeon, I think I'll pass on the last one.
TABLE MANNERS: NO SOCIAL OCCASION
Hitler ate his food very fast and mechanically like a person who consumed his food as if he were in a race. Little table etiquette here, as reported from a diary of a German solider, who served the food.
DIE NOW OR LATER: A REAL LAST MEAL
Protecting a dictator is nothing new this goes as far back as the Roman Emperors, and even before them. I wonder how many many really died? from food poisoning, or the sword we'll never really know...over the centuries big and small dictators who have ever put a sword or boot upon the face of man have one thing in commom, they have lived in fear...
CHANGE OF MENU:
Margot Woelk one of the food tasters, survived the war she had worked at the Hitler's Wolf's Lair in East Prussia where Hitler spent about 800 days before leaving it, because of the Russian advance.
With the help of a Senior Officer she escaped on Goebbel's train bound for Berlin. Woelk believes the other food tasters were captured and shot by the Russians.
In 1946 she was reunited with her husband who had served in the German Army and was listed as missing in action, he died in 1990 Margot Woelk is 95 years old as of 2013.
Once again I thank the editor/ww2db for allowing me to leave historical facts covering World War II
10 Feb 2013 04:15:02 PM
THE MOST DANGEROUS JOB IN THE REICH:
If Hitler had his food tasters, he must have had a double, or doubles this evil human being who had no regard for life and death over millions surely he must have had some sacrificial lamb to die for him as well.
DECOY:
Did a Hitler look-alike who was trained to appear and impersonate him really exist. The decoy was used to draw attention away from Hitler, and to
"Deal with the Risks" some sources to this day say its possible.
To some this sounds like a crazy hypothesis, but as evil as the Third Reich its possible to go to any length to protect a dictator. After the Battle of Berlin in May 1945, the Russians came across a body of an unidentified man that looked like Hitler, but turned out not to be, but could have been a double? will never really know who this person was.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS:
The body was mistaken to be Hitler because of the identical moustache, haircut. The Russians did find the burnt bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun outside the Chancellery bunker. Forensic exams
found according to the Russians the bodies were that of Hitler and Braun.
For decades after WWII the Russians never really shared any information about Hitler's suicide with the west, disinformation and other leaks were used to confuse and mislead the western powers.
Whatever information was found, was filed away, what happened to the bodies and where they were buried was guarded only by SMERCH and its successor the KGB, its agents past and present were under orders to kept it secret by order of Stalin himself and later Soviet leaders.