HITLER’S LAST HOURS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1945, Page 8

HITLER’S LAST HOURS

PLAYING AT SOLDIERS. "LONDON, Dec. 5. Hitler, in his last recorded hours, behaved like a little boy playing with soldiers, as he directed the phantom rescue of the army of Germans which no longer existed, according to Hanna Reitsch, the noted German aviatrix. The Associated Press correspondent at Oberwesel says: Reitsch, whose story is revealed by American intelligence officers, claims she was present in the Fuehrer’s bunker at the Chancellery, and flew in the last plane from Berlin. Reitsch said: “Hitler was running blindly from wall to wall, waving papers that fluttered like leaves from his twitching hands. He raved execrations against Goering, who, he declared, had betrayed him.” Reitsch said that Bormann remained writing at his desk. Frau Goebbels was the bravest, but eventually even she broke down. Goebbels’s children, not comprehending the situation, thought it fun to be in the cave. Eva Braun kept manicuring her nails. Reitsch said that Hitler, who to the last was pinning his faith on General Wenck breaking 'through to the rescue, told her to go off and fly with orders that Wenck must have all available Luftwaffe support.