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heroic act was the last thing of which he was
capable. His decision to stay in Berlin was almost
certainly due to his knowledge that, whatever
happened, his days were numbered. For the
German people, especially, it is of peculiar importance
that this fact be made quite clear: There is nothing
heroic in the manner of Adolf Hitler’s death. The
accounts of his last heroic fight are a pure myth.
He died as a hunted man and as a cowardly man—
as cowardly as all his henchmen showed
themselves to be in the days of the breakup. The
deadliest of all possibilities is that the German people
will feel itself impelled to erect Adolf Hitler into
a demigod on a pedestal.
The conference went on.
Himmler: “In the situation that has now arisen
I consider my hands free. In order to save as great
a part of Germany as possible from a Russian
invasion I am willing to capitulate on the Western
front in order to enable the Western Allies to
advance rapidly towards the east. But I am not
prepared to capitulate on the Eastern front. I have
always been, and I shall always remain, a sworn
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