by Bernd Freytagvon Loringhoven (Author)
Published in France in March as "Dans Le Bunker De Hitler", this is the story of a young German officer who not only survived Stalingrad and another year on the Russian Front, but also made it out of Hitler's bunker to surrender to the British. He was ADC to the Hitler's last two commanders-in-chief, and the link between Hitler's Berlin bunker and the army's headquarters. He briefed Hitler on the deteriorating military situation, and the same time trying to help his friends arrested in the wake of the assassination attempt on Hitler in July 1944. He spent the last weeks of the war underground with Hitler after Berlin was surrounded, but escaped with two other officers to avoid falling into Russian hands.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Edition: English Translation
Publisher: Orion
Published: 13 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0297845551
ISBN 13: 9780297845553
Book Overview: The author was a combat veteran, and a much better informed eyewitness than Traudl Junge He is the only living person to have experienced the events portrayed in THE DOWNFALL