In the Bunker with Hitler: 23 July 1944-29 April 1945
by Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven
Book Summary Information
Author: Bernd Freytag von LoringhovenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-30
ISBN: 1933648392
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Book Reviews of In the Bunker with Hitler: 23 July 1944-29 April 1945
Book Review: Treason All Around Hitler, Even in the Bunker
Summary: 4 Stars
THE TREASON SURROUNDING HITLER RAN DEEP
Having just finished the book published by Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven in 2005, In the Bunker with Hitler, apparently when he was 92 years old, I've found that this volume from the former aide-de-camp to Hitler's last two Army chiefs of staff, Heinz Guderian and Hans Krebs (from 23 July 1944 to 29 April 1945), contains only one real nugget that we did not already have from earlier sources.
On page 47, Loringhoven writes that "on 1 April 1944, Wessel had remarked to me that he felt he was being watched by the Gestapo ... we arranged to meet for strolls in the forest surrounding the headquarters. There it was that he mentioned to me the existence of a new plot against Hitler."
By not reporting this event to his superiors, Loringhoven, a member of the General Staff, violated a most basic trust in the officer corps of any military organization, of any nation.
Wessel was Loringhoven's cousin, and, after the 20 July assassination attempt on Hitler, he was sent, on the morning of 26 July to look for him. "I found him a kilometer away, lying dead, a pistol by his side ... My cousin ... had committed suicide."
"I denied everything, a credible position since nobody had seen me walking with my cousin Wessel ... It was only much later that I discovered that my cousin had provided Stauffenberg with the detonator."
Sadly, L., as a busy lower-ranking staff officer, must have had very, very little actual contact with the Fuehrer, even in the bunker. There are only one or two sentences of firsthand quotes in the entire book. L. does not recount very much, as firsthand oberservation of conversations, as an eye-witness. Much of the narrative reads as if simply copied and rewritten from Guderian's own early 1950's memoir. Still, an interesting addition to personal Third Reich home library collections.
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