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During . poripda whon tho.•situation was unfavorable, HITLER took it out on tho
difforontbran'ehos oftho . armod for oos and .blamod their hoads for all mistakes.
Souroo was singled out quito often, and had to tako robukos in front of all the
officer° .•prosont• This load to the point whore tho officers bogan to loso thoir
rosPoct for . 06,M,ING! s military ability. .
t' homotingd' HITLER always presented tho latest dispatches of tho foreign
prose,. whi'Oh ho thon di isoUssoct in his well mannor
During tho last` fovi'montho the situation mootings woro hold in tho Winter
'Garden or,i fhb . Cyqtrwollory arid thon to the vory last in HITLfft' e bunkor Luldornoath
had a dimon sion of only in 54 All the officers
'had 1oriid trite thi -s' dial' space and many of. thorn faintod during . thci, mootingo •
The night mooting which usually started botwoon 2400 end 0100 hours Was not
attended by àll tho offioors, but HITLER was always prosont After the meeting
HITLER' a eamou tIcia`!1;tot11CF- tako pl asi3O Hero a ..emall circle of 'trusted friond a
r'souldlnake doci sion a of prirso political importo.noo • Hero, too, BORMANN, Usod his
strong influonoo to oVorrulo HITLER, who was usually tirod aftor . the previous
inooting. OOERING maintains that all things not directly oonnootod with : tho
conduct of tho war boom° tho rosponeibility of BORMANN.'• .-.• • •
Th9 FUEHRER! toa guosts Usually included the following ,Poreons:
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b)"}rITLER' S PLANS FOR THE VIOLATION OX TH, GZIEV4
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PW claims that it VMS HI nga .1 intention to doneunoo the GENE'VA
Convention if tho yarl would havo 'lasted anothor threci months .......:4I: Allied 'PW
oxoopt those valuable to tho Gorman war oconomy . Wore -to bo okterminatod .
4.4,2,10.4f,S4rIg ti9 '.:09uroo, thiB plan booamo known to the gon oral. a . and tho
Naa1„‘artr, . , le'adois;". all of whom took: a stand squarely against it, with the
;oxoeption of . GOEBBELS • , .
Itt ytaa ,pol.ntod..out to HITLER that Gorman :FT in Allied hands would have
'to oxpOcst'thO danici fato. To this th? FUEHRai roplied'.that the-se millions of
• .Goimans woro of no more u so to the war effort anyway ., but that aft.cir his
F,Pro.pci pod no:tion thoro would be no moro do sortor .s. from tho German .z-my. The
Gorman pooplo, Said ho, would thon fight to the last Men.
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Stato that',HITLER was rostrainod from the uio of OW during tho
; last, poriod oA" thO .War only by
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his fear of Alliod rot,aliation. Ho often
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-admitted +that ; hrid'missod tho °halloo to u se OW at the right tiino (i •o•,
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"diaring % tho !'stagos of the wok) • .4t that timo ho had boliovod German
victory jclortctik;With ,,the uso of normal woapon a •
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, Whon the in BEalg had dotorieratod . boyond.'hopd, HITLER allowed
foit'011 .76.51-4,3:1! 4,D„r .MOREL.L, to °soap() to the SOUTH of GorMany. MORELL had
boon,:iadRItin ,ift,,oxink. er,„voky largo daily, :dose of hormones to tho FUEHRER • .SoUrco.
boliOvOs % thatit.waajtho r suddon absonco of these tiortnonos which .oadeod HITLFA!ii
genc 1 bra1cdowr cljn sub soquont doath .
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!IA: tlio .FUEHRt ' 0 hoalth had boon declining. His 'right, log
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&UM .f.:,'.'t41.41-acii..t9$111,agnoClia,aiy, and tho Epralost contradiction .irritatod .h1m....to, a
high dogroo • .,* drilY BORMittr, WESSELS and FEGELEIN still' had any influoii60. , osti. .,.klim •
•PW says , the. 'atm .° sphore of HITLM ' s sholtor was horriblo . Hi 0 aocrotary and. hi a
int stroeis could stand it only by
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