Antony Beevor - Berlin - The Downfall 1945

p. 213‘tortured to death…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 314

p. 213‘ Liricheskoe’, quoted Senyavskaya, 1995, p. 101

p. 214‘Soon we will return home…’, TsAMO 236/2675/440, p. 16

p. 214‘It felt like a huge…’, Gall, conversation, 2 November 1999

p. 214‘We warned all…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2000

p. 216arrival of Zhukov, Merezhko, conversation, 10 November 1999

p. 217‘The hands of the clock…’, Zhukov, iv, pp. 242–3

p. 217‘A terrible thunder…’, Klochkov, p. 73

p. 218‘ Alarm! so fort… ’, Ramm, 1994, p. 33

p. 218‘In a matter…’, Wagner, quoted ibid., p. 200

p. 218‘In the field of view…’, Kleine and Stimpel, p. 39

p. 218‘burning farmhouses…’, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 200

p. 218‘Christ, the poor…’, Baumgart, quoted ibid., p. 67

p. 218‘shavingofficers…’, SS Kriegsberichter Heinz Heering, BA-MA MSg2/3448, p. 6

p. 219‘These men were sacrificed…’, Obersturmführer Helmut Schwarz, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 170

p. 219‘It seemed that not…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 244

p. 219‘Along the whole length…’, letter, Pyotr Mitrofanovich Sebelev, 2nd Sapper Bde, 16 April, quoted Shindel (ed.), p. 160

p. 219‘the light was so blinding…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2000

p. 220‘producing losses’, etc., TsAMO 233/2374/92, pp. 257–8

p. 221‘Maximum Alert’, Schröder diary, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 177

p. 222‘So you’ve underestimated…’, Zhukov, iii, p. 245

p. 223‘His outstanding bravery…’, BA-MA RH19/XV/24, p. 36

p. 224‘a dull, continuous…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 17

p. 224‘women and girls stood…’, Boldt, pp. 108–9

p. 226‘not a killing field…’, Harald Arndt, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 270

p. 226‘We moved across terrain…’, Sebelev, Shindel (ed.), p. 160

p. 226‘covered with the corpses…’, Klochkov, p. 73

p. 226‘bad organization’, etc., TsAMO 233/2374/92, pp. 27–30

p. 227‘in some regiments…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, pp. 31–2

p. 228‘became much more frequent’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 31

p. 228footnote: Medical personnel, Senyavskaya, 1995, p. 124

p. 228‘How many matches were burnt?’, Senyavskaya, 2000, p. 227

p. 229‘I was deeply…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096

p. 229‘Berlin on the sixth day…’, VOV, iii, p. 270

p. 229‘Are you sure that…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 247

p. 230‘Even when I was…’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, pp. 47–8

p. 230‘The god of war…’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 32

p. 230‘At the fascist lair’, etc., TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 34

p. 23013th Army observation post, Konev, p. 91

p. 231‘The assault boats were launched’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 35

p. 231‘We had nowhere to hide’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 33

p. 231‘Ivan don’t shoot, we are prison’, TsAMO 236/2675/336, pp. 6, 55–6

p. 232‘unbearably slow’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 50

p. 232‘Zhukov is not getting…’, TsAMO TsGV/70500/2, pp. 145–9, quoted Zhukov, iv, pp. 226–7

p. 233‘[Antonov] said…’, NA RG334/Entry 309/Box 2

p. 235‘He was wearing a long…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2001

p. 236‘distinctly uncultured’, Erickson, p. 569

p. 236‘In the opinion of the infantry’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 355

p. 236‘We infantry were once…’, Tillery, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 35

p. 237‘completely shattered…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096, p. 4

p. 237‘This is my artillery…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096, p. 5

p. 237attacks on Oder bridges, RGVA 32925/1/130, p. 259

p. 238German pilots’ suicide attacks, NA 740.0011 EW/4–2445

p. 238 Leonidas squadron (2./II./KG 200), BA-MA MSg2/4429, pp. 1–44

p. 239‘if the Germans…’, TsAMO 236/2675/149, p. 258

p. 239‘How are you going to fire it?’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 56

p. 240‘No German town…’, BA-MA RH19/XV/9D, p. 131

p. 240‘non-employed and those…’, BLHA Pr. Br. Rep. 61A/443

p. 241 Nordland casualties, BA-MA RH 19 XV/9b, p. 62

p. 243‘Today is the moment…’, BA-MA RH19/XV/9, p. 264

p. 243wounded soldier at Hermersdorf, Kleine and Stimpel, p. 35

p. 243‘426 Soviet tanks’, Der Angriff, Nr. 92, 20 April

p. 244‘And this is the army’, Kleine and Stimpel, pp. 35–6

p. 244‘In the town of Gusow…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 356

p. 245‘a defence of the capital…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 18

p. 245‘Berlin would…’, Speer interrogation, 22 May, ΝA 740.0011 EW/5–145

p. 245‘the sacrifice of children…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096, p. 6

p. 246‘The Russians are eating…’, Martin Kleint, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 296

p. 246‘ Der Iwan kommt’ ibid., p. 96

p. 247executions on Küstrin sector, Wuth, conversation, 10 October 1999 p. 247 SS to Schleswig-Holstein, BA-MA MSg2/3448, p. 6

p. 248Saalborn to Bürgermeister of Woltersdorf, BLHA Pr. Br. Rep. 61A/443

p. 248‘Well, we’ll have to start…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 224

p. 249‘with heartiest congratulations’, RGVA-SA 1355/4/11, p. 54

p. 250‘I wondered whether he was mad’, Kardorff, p. 307

p. 251‘disappointed by the cowardice…’, Speer interrogation, 22 May, NA 740.0011 EW/5–145

p. 251‘Führer’s birthday’, GARF 9401/2/97, pp. 32–48

p. 252‘It was horrible…’, Traudl Junge, quoted Sereny, p. 512

p. 252‘Eva Braun and Dr Stumpfegger’, Bormann’s diary, GARF 9401/2/97, pp. 32–48

p. 252‘a really foul trick’, letter of 19 April, quoted Gun, p. 247

p. 252‘to keep the mystic legend…’, Brandt paper, ΝA RG319/22/XE 23 11 00

p. 254‘She was always…’, Below, pp. 407–8

p. 254‘We can already hear…’, letter to Herta Ostermayr, quoted Gun, p. 252

p. 254‘Suddenly one remembers…’, Friday 20 April, Anonymous, p. 9

p. 255‘the long-range artillery…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 250

p. 255‘a historic task: to break into Berlin…’, TsAMO 233/2307/193, p. 88

p. 256‘Comrade Rybalko’, TsAMO 236/2712/359, p. 35