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...many years. They had been recovered, Heidemann claimed, from the crash of an airplane near Dresden on April 21, 1945. It was one of ten aircraft carrying Hitler's staff and priority cargo from the bunker in Berlin where he killed himself nine days later. The diaries, remarkably preserved, had been pulled from the wreckage, reported Heidemann, and concealed in a nearby hayloft...
Sweden's Crash...
...based substantially upon the sheer mass of the material, including letters, personal papers, and paintings and drawings said to be by Hitler's own hand. Supporting that evidence was his belief that the Stern editors had established a direct connection between the archive and the April 1945 crash of a plane that is reported by eyewitnesses to have been carrying Hitler's personal documents. Said Trevor-Roper: "I must have misunderstood: the link between the airplane and the archive is not absolutely established. Therefore, we must rely on the evidence of the contents of the documents, which have...
...bunker in Berlin. After a frenzied scene of chaos that delayed top-priority military flights, ten airplanes carrying staff members and cargo from Hitler's last command post took off for Salzburg. Nine made the trip safely; the tenth, flying in radio silence for security reasons, crashed. At least two people who were on the scene believe that the downed plane carried Hitler's personal papers. According to the Nazi leader's personal pilot, Hans Baur, the Führer was enraged when he learned of the crash: "That was to be my testimony for posterity." Heidemann...
...Bittermann sought permission to go to Bornersdorf last week to follow Heidemann's story, he and his camera crew got a surprise: there were no delays, no red tape, and no supervision by officials when they interviewed residents. The townspeople offered conflicting and inconclusive recollections of the crash. Said Bittermann: "At least as curious as the villagers' stories is why the East German government wanted them told...