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deserted us. That is our victory.” Two days later the
Russian troops began to penetrate into Berlin.
It gave me a strange feeling to arrive in Berlin
on this day that in other years had been
celebrated with such enthusiasm by the Führer’s
faithful, devoted, idolatrous people. Now Berlin
had become a silent city. The barricades were
completed, and people wandered about waiting
for what was going to happen.
An air-raid warning compelled me to spend
several hours in the shelter of the Swedish
Legation, after which I immediately sought out
Brigadeführer Schellenberg. He informed me that
Himmler was not to be found in Berlin. I pointed
out that it was imperative for me to return to
Friedrichsruh the following morning and asked
him to do his utmost to arrange a meeting for
sometime during the night of April 20th–21st. A
few hours passed. Then came a message from
Schellenberg asking me to proceed to
Hohen-Lüchen Sanatorium, where I would be able to see
Himmler in the course of the night. When I left
Berlin in the afternoon I could hear the thunder
of the Russian guns.
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