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different opinion is held. The Führer did not die
like a hero: it can be considered quite certain that
he was murdered. True, he kept his leadership
until the very last days of the Third Reich. But
he had long lost the capacity for initiative. All he
could do was to veto decisions made by his
lieutenants. To his entourage he had become a figure
of terror in almost the same degree as to the world
at large. If anyone displeased him, he immediately
had an order for execution prepared. At this final
stage Adolf Hitler was physically and
psychologically a branded man, in all probability marked
by the disease that provides a tenable explanation
of his insane acts and ideas. His hands shook; he
could no longer walk; he could cross a room only
with difficulty. He felt that the sands of his life
were running out, and he was more than
conscious of complete failure—of enemies about to
corner him, of a situation more and more
desperate. To the very last he kept telephoning to
Himmler, roaring out his accusations in a
desperate attempt to conjure up a change in the situation.
In Hitler’s immediate entourage there was, in
the first place, Eva Braun, his mistress. Eva Braun,
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