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(1945) [MARC] Author: Folke Bernadotte Translator: Eric Lewenhaupt - Tema: War
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BERLIN
February 1945



I had no illusions as to the difficulties of my task,
and little hope of obtaining more than a partial
success. Though well aware of the many obstacles
in my path, I nevertheless persuaded myself that
if I could only meet Himmler I could not fail to
obtain some concession. The difficulty was just
how to reach this man, at that time believed to be
the most powerful personage in Germany. He
was then commanding the German armies on the
Oder front, and as the Russian pressure on them
was very great, his presence on this front was
indispensable. My difficulties were not diminished
by the fact that I could not give the real reason
for my visit to those on whose help I was counting
to bring about a meeting. It would have been

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