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and Reitsch's extremely dangerous flight. It also does not explain According to Reitsch, the flight reached Rechlin at about 3.00 why the pair's flight from the Luftwaffe air base at Rechlin near am. Here, she states, Greim attended a conference. Then she and Berlin to Gatow airport on Berlin's periphery was accompanied by —_ Greim flew—apparently using a different aircraft—to Ploen, a an escort of 30-40 fighter jets—in other words, the extant Luftwaffe distance of some 400 miles. Their next destinations were Dobbin, virtually in its entirety. Clearly, the flight had a more serious where Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel was,"' Luebeck, Ploen again purpose than we have been led to believe. One writer believes that —_ ("to see Doenitz"), and finally Koeniggraetz (in Bohemia, now Greim and Reitsch ferried Martin Bormann out of Berlin.” Hradec Krdlové in the Czech Republic).” If we assume, as I think However, in a striking passage in his memoirs, former we should, that Hitler was present during at least the first of these Volkssturm member Dieter H. B. Protsch relates an incident that several stages, we can say that at Rechlin the trail goes cold. took place in Berlin on 29 April 1945. That day, which happened If Hitler left Berlin with Greim and Reitsch, then that would to be his thirteenth birthday, in the course of searching for food —_ account for the series of bizarre events—the marriage to Eva for his family he stumbled upon a basement occupied by several Braun, the writing of the Political Testament, the recurring Waffen-SS men operating radio equipment who gave him bread —_yages—that have been enshrined in official history as "the last and chocolate: days of the Third Reich". Obviously, Hitler's last days in the "After some small talk about the family, they suddenly stopped —_ hunker needed to be accounted for, and so a lurid series of talking when the radio operator raised his hand to demand quiet. episodes had to be invented to fill in the yawning gap. The 'Funker' (Radio Operator), wearing a head set, started smiling This three-part series has not tried to resolve the many and stated that 'der Fuehrer’ got his belated birthday present. He questions raised by these bizarre episodes for the obvious reason explained further that he [Hitler] made it safely out of Berlin, that they all depend on an underlying assumption—that Hitler flown out by his personal pilot Hanna Reitsch, Germany's best committed suicide in the bunker—which we feel we have shown female test pilot. The report stated that she was flying a small one to be nothing but a propaganda fiction. oo engine, two or three seater plane, a so-called 'Fiseler [sic] Storch'."” Thus the truth seems to be that, exactly as the Soviets About the Author: subsequently alleged, Hitler did indeed make it out of Berlin— Giordan Smith is an independent academic from Sydney, more or less around the time that the official story tells us thathe Australia, with a special interest in modern German history. He was still in the bunker dictating his Political Testament—and that —_can be contacted by email at giordansmith@gmail.com. Erich Kempka knew precisely when and how this had taken place, The text of this article is available at the NEXUS website but withheld the information from the Americans. (http/www.nexusmagazine.com). According to Reitsch, the flight reached Rechlin at about 3.00 am. Here, she states, Greim attended a conference. Then she and Greim flew—apparently using a different aircraft—to Ploen, a distance of some 400 miles. Their next destinations were Dobbin, where Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel was,"' Luebeck, Ploen again (to see Doenitz"), and finally Koeniggraetz (in Bohemia, now Hradec Kralové in the Czech Republic).” If we assume, as I think we should, that Hitler was present during at least the first of these several stages, we can say that at Rechlin the trail goes cold. If Hitler left Berlin with Greim and Reitsch, then that would account for the series of bizarre events—the marriage to Eva Braun, the writing of the Political Testament, the recurring rages—that have been enshrined in official history as "the last days of the Third Reich". Obviously, Hitler's last days in the bunker needed to be accounted for, and so a lurid series of episodes had to be invented to fill in the yawning gap. This three-part series has not tried to resolve the many questions raised by these bizarre episodes for the obvious reason that they all depend on an underlying assumption—that Hitler committed suicide in the bunker—which we feel we have shown to be nothing but a propaganda fiction. oo Endnotes Normal On February 15", Hamilton Spectator, 33. ibid. 1. Globe and Mail, Toronto, 11 June 1945 7 May 1945 34. Hitler's Death, p. 238. I would observe 2. Joe Grigg, "Berlin Ruins Yield Bodies", 22. For example, Field Marshal Kesselring, that a living Hitler did not need to escape Hamilton Spectator, 10 May 1945 who had last seen Hitler in mid-April when "he —_ Berlin; for example, a courier carrying a box 3. Globe and Mail, 9 May 1945 appeared in excellent health"; Howard Cowan, with the Fuehrer's ashes in it could have taken 4, Ian Colvin, Chief of Intelligence, Victor "Kesselring Most Surprised Hitler Remained In _t out of the city. Gollancz, London, 1951, p. 214 Berlin", Hamilton Spectator, 10 May 1945 35. "Text of British Report Holding Hitler 5. Fred C. McKenzie, The Greatest Illusion: 23. Globe and Mail, 3 May 1945; Hamilton Ended His Life", New York Times, 1 November The Death (?) of Adolf Hitler, 1995, quoted at: Spectator, 3 May 1945 1945 www. blackraiser.com/nredoubt/identity.htm 24. Globe and Mail, 3 May 1945 36. http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/imt/nca/nca- 6. Toronto Daily Star, 28 April 1945 25. Christian Goeschel, "Suicide at the End of 06/nca-06-3735-ps 7. Nevada State Journal, 29 April 1945 the Third Reich", Journal of Contemporary 37. See Hanna Reitsch, "The Last Journey to 8. Hamilton Spectator, 2 May 1945 History 2006; 41(1), p. 155 on Ti te . 9. New York Times, 2 May 1945 26. V_K. Vinogradov et al. (eds), Hitler's New York, ose ENE ts SS 10. Salamanca Republican-Press, 2 May 1945 Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Greim-Reitsch flights Nt the onl: 11. Salamanca Republican-Press, 2 May 1945 Files of the KGB, Chaucer Press, London, etme NEHSCI ANE S Were not even the only flights in and out of central Berlin in this 12. Michael Beschloss, The Conquerors: 2005, p. 236 ies wrmnn ent Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of 27. Cited in Omer Bartov, Soldiers, Nazis, and period In henbook> Reitschirefers|to atleast Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945, Simon & War in the Third Reich, Oxford University 38 Hitler's Death, p. 43 Schuster, New York, 2002, p. 226 Press, New York, 1991, p. 110 39. Carter P Hyd ie GO itical Mass: The Real 13. New York Times, 2 May 1945 28. "To Destroy Hitler, Whether Man or . yeni, Cried! Masse Ie Ned 14. Hamilton Spectator, 2 May 1945 Myth", Toronto Daily Star, 18 July 1945 Story of the Birth of the Atomic Bomb and the 15. Globe and Mail, 2 May 1945; Hamilton 29. Ron Laytner, "The First Astronaut Was A Nuclear Age, 1998, available online at: Spectator, 2 May 1945 Woman", Edit International, http://www. bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/atom 16. Count Folke Bernadotte, "Accounts Of http://www editintemational.com/printstory.php _ !Cbomb/chap12.htm Fuehrer's Last Heroic Fight Are Pure Myth", Yeat=42f3cd58d6fc 1 &sub=44ee0674d77d6 40. Dieter H. B. Protsch, Be All You Can Be: Hamilton Spectator, 5 September 1945 30. Robert E. Work, "Last Days in Hitler's Air. from a Hitler Youth in WWII to a US Army 17. Hamilton Spectator, 3 May 1945 Raid Shelter", Public Opinion Quarterly Green Beret, Trafford Publishing, 2004, p. 32 18. Globe and Mail, 2 May 1945 1946-1947 Winter; 10(4):565-81. A different 41. Keitel confirms in his memoirs, p. 261, that 19. Drew Middleton, "Story of Hitler's Death —_ translation of the same report is included in he was at Dobbin this day, thus confirming As Hero Declared a Lie", Globe and Mail, 3 Hitler's Death, although without the least Reitsch’s reliability. He adds the striking May 1945. However, it is probably worth acknowledgement that Reitsch had repudiated it. information, which Reitsch does not mention, noting that, according to Bernadotte's own 31. The complete document can be viewed that Himmler was at Dobbin, too. Wilhelm account, Himmler had told him that "Hitler was _ online at: Keitel, In The Service Of The Reich: The probably already dead and that, if not, he would — www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/nurseflegell.html — Memoirs of Field Marshal Keitel, ed. Walter be within the next few days". 32. "Text of British Report Holding Hitler Goerlitz, Focal Point Publications, London, 20. Toronto Telegram, 2 May 1945 Ended His Life", New York Times, 1 November 2003 21. Lee McCardell, "Assert Hitler Almost 1945 42. Reitsch, Flying Is My Life, pp. 235-36 40 + NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2008