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...from its exile in Ottawa. . . . The old Parliament reassembled for the first time since that day in 1942 when Hitler had sat in the Speaker's chair and Mr. James Maxton [sharp-tongued Labor M.P.] had been shot dead as he rushed forward to brain the Führer with the Mace...
Cried Wells: "Winston Churchill, the present would-be British Führer, is a person with a range of ideas limited to the adventure and opportunities of British political life. . . . When the British people were blistered with humiliation by the currish policy of the old Conservative gang in power, the pugnacity of Winston brought him to the fore. The country meant to fight and he delighted in fighting. For want of a better, he became the symbol of our national will for conflict, a role he has now outlived...
...callers. Then he gave in. Rundstedt spoke first, announced that henceforth Hitler's military genius must not interfere with the conduct of the war. Hitler flared up, threatened to have Rundstedt hanged. Then Himmler cut in and said that "with all respect for the Führer." the war came first, and that the SS supported the Wehrmacht's demands...
Hitler turned contemptuously to Goebbels, asked: "And you?" Goebbels replied that neither the Wehrmacht nor the SS were "wavering in their love, reverence and loyalty for the Führer," that outwardly nothing would be changed. Hitler would still be Führer, but "waving aside expert generals' advice must cease once...
...Peace of Heaven. On April 9, Führer Quisling ordered the arrest of Bishop Berggrav and four other leaders of the Christian Council. The five were thrown into Grini concentration camp. A week later Berggrav was removed to solitary confinement in his forest...