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With Hitler to the End - The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Valet (Paperback)
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With Hitler to the End - The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Valet (Paperback)
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Heinz Linge worked with Adolf Hitler for a ten-year period from
1935 until the Fuhrer's death in the Berlin bunker in May 1945. He
was one of the last to leave the bunker and was responsible for
guarding the door while Hitler killed himself. During his years of
service, Linge was responsible for all aspects of Hitler's
household and was constantly by his side.
Here, Linge recounts the daily routine in Hitler's household: his
eating habits, his foibles, his preferences, his sense of humor,
and his private life with Eva Braun. After the war Linge said in an
interview, "It was easier for him to sign a death warrant for an
officer on the front than to swallow bad news about the health of
his dog." Linge also charts the changes in Hitler's character
during their time together and his fading health during the last
years of the war. During his last days, Hitler's right eye began to
hurt intensely and Linge was responsible for administering cocaine
drops to kill the pain. In a number of instances--such as with the
Stauffenberg bomb plot of July 1944--Linge gives an excellent
eyewitness account of events. He also gives thumbnail profiles of
the prominent members of Hitler's "court": Hess, Speer, Bormann and
Ribbentrop amongst them.
Though Linge held an SS rank, he claims not to have been a Nazi
Party member. His profile of one of history's worst demons is not
blindly uncritical, but it is nonetheless affectionate. The Hitler
that emerges is a multi-faceted individual: unpredictable and
demanding, but not of an otherwise unpleasant nature.
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