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...BITTER END (632 pp.)-Hans Bernd Gisevius, translated by Richard and Clara Winston-Houghton Mifflin...
...conclude from the two volumes that Hitler's death in the ruins of Berlin is not so hard to believe as his continued survival through a dozen years of intraparty intrigue. As far back as 1938, German bigwigs planned their first Putsch. In on the deal, according to Gisevius, were Chief of Staff Franz Haider, General Erwin von Witzleben and a string of other generals. Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht, Major General Hans Oster (the brains of Wehrmacht counterintelligence) and Author Gisevius himself were among the conspirators. The calendar, he says, explains why the plot failed. Putsch...
...apparently authentic description of several plots on Hitler's life; the other tries to piece together the details of his death. Both deserve considerable credence. Trevor-Roper's book, the heart of which has already appeared in LIFE, is the report of the official British historian. Gisevius, a German, was rescued from Germany by the OSS, which thus, to some extent, vouches...
...said the police file mentioned by Gisevius was probably forged. After all, the whole thing was a Nazi conspiracy. She admitted that Goring had helped eliminate one of her lovers ("I wanted to marry this other man but Von Blomberg was crazy for me"). Even Hitler had been friendly at first. "He was really a man women could go for," mused Erika, ". . . with his dark hair and restless eyes...
...Despite Gisevius' "terrible accusation," Frau Von Blomberg, now 34, hopes to go to work for the Americans. "I want it to be a decent job," she said...