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The roads were crowded with troops and
refugees, and progress was not easy. However, we
got to our destination by nine o’clock the same
evening, and I was informed by Professor
Gebhardt that he had not yet heard from Himmler.
There was nothing to do but to wait. We dined,
and I was shown over the hospital. It was filled
with wounded soldiers from the Eastern front; I
was even invited to be present when some of them
were operated on. At half-past twelve there was a
telephone message that Himmler would arrive at
Hohen-Lüchen for breakfast at six in the morning.
The head of the Gestapo was a very spent and
weary man when he entered the breakfast room at
the appointed hour. Perhaps he felt he owed me
some explanation, for he told me that he had slept
hardly a wink for several nights. He gave the
impression of being unable to remain long in one spot
and of darting from place to place by way of
outlet for his anxiety and restlessness.
The breakfast was both ample and excellent,
and Himmler ate with a good appetite.
Occasionally he tapped his front teeth with his
fingernails—according to Schellenberg, a sure sign that
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