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...hrer's eyes" and two horoscopes were sent for-Hitler's and that of the German Republic. They predicted a change of fortune after a period of disaster. A few days later came news of Roosevelt's death. Reported a witness, Count Schwerin von Krosigk: "We felt the wings of the Angel of History rustle through the room. Could this be the long-desired change of fortune...
Shakespeare, Weeds, Fish. For amusement the Nazis lectured each other. Ley spoke on the role of private capital in rebuilding Germany. The Foreign Minister in Doenitz' short-lived surrender government, Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, discussed Shakespeare. Hans Joachim Riecke, Nazi agriculturist, described the best methods of fighting weeds, and Lieut. Colonel Ernst John von Freyand, former aide to Field Marshal Keitel, spoke freely on the breeding of fish...
Inside the school were Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, "the last Reichsführer," and his ill-assorted but determined ministers-Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, acting premier, foreign minister and minister of finance; Franz Seldte, labor minister; Herbert Backe, agriculture; Julius Dorpmüller, transportation; and Albert Speer, Hitler's master of production. All but Dorpmüller were hyperactive Nazis...
...Allied cameraman got a picture, released last week by the British, of Doenitz and a naval aide walking past a German guard at the door (see cut). Another correspondent talked his way in. He failed to see Doenitz but found Krosigk more amenable...
...colleagues and I," said Krosigk, "feel that we cannot abandon the German people in this dark hour ... if there is to" be no central organization by the Allied occupying powers in which we as experts could help, I greatly fear for the future. There will be hunger . . . chaos ... a big political swing either to left or right. . . . Neither could be a good thing for Germany...