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The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin

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by Cornelius Ryan


  Rozanov, Vladimir Pavlovich, 1st Lt. [Reconnaissance, 3rd Shock Army, 4th Artillery Corps]

  Samchuk, John Amkeevich, Col. [Chief of Staff, 32nd Corps]

  Samsonov, Konstantin Yakovlevich, Lt. [Battalion Comdr., 171st Rifle Div.] Colonel

  Samusev, Ivan Semonovich, Sgt. [Artillery, 3rd Shock Army]

  Slobyudenyuk, Grigorii Afanasyevich, Sgt. Maj., Hero of the Soviet Union [1st Ukrainian Front]

  Sokolovskii, V. D., Gen. [Chief, Operations Staff, 1st Ukrainian Front to 14 April, 1945; Deputy Comdr., 1st Belorussian Front from 15 April, 1945] Marshal of the Soviet Union; Inspector Gen., Soviet Armed Forces

  Svishchev, Nikolai Alexandrovich, Sgt. [Gun crew comdr., 1st Belorussian Front]

  Telpuchovskii, Boris S., Maj. Gen. [Official historian, Zhukov’s Hdqrs.]

  Tilevich, Mark, Sgt. [POW, Sachsenhausen]

  Troyanoskii, Pavel, Lt. Col. [War correspondent, Red Star] Author and journalist

  Yushchuk, Ivan Ivanovich, Maj. Gen. [Comdr., 11th Tank Corps] General of Tank Troops (retired)

  *Interviewed outside the U.S.S.R.

  GERMAN

  Heinrici, Gotthard, Col. Gen. [Army Group Vistula] Colonel General (retired)

  Ache, Kurt, Capt. [Berlin Defense Unit—Zoo Flak Tower] Private means

  Annuschek, Karl Heinz, Capt. [1st Flak Div.] Company director

  Arnold, Hans-Werner, 1st Lt. [Luftwaffe, 9th Parachute Div.] Civil servant

  Bensch, Willy, M/Sgt. [SS Div. Nordland] Factory worker

  Bila, Heinrich von, Capt. [Army Group Vistula] Seed company sales manager

  Bombach, Walter, M/Sgt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Caretaker

  Bonath, Herbert, Pvt. [Hitler Youth] Clerical officer, West German Army

  Böttcher, Friedrich, Lt. Col. [18th Panzer Grenadier Div.] Ministry of Defense

  Bruschke, Waldemar, Co. Comdr. [Volkssturm] Salesman

  Burghart, Roman, Cpl. [SS Div. Nordland] Office worker

  Busse, Theodor, Gen. [Ninth Army] Civil defense director

  Clauss, Paul, Cpl. [SS Div. Nordland] Businessman

  Cords, Helmuth, Capt., Wehrmacht [Lehrterstrasse Prison] Research director, Calif.

  Dethleffsen, Erich, Gen. [OKH] Economics consultant

  Draeger, Willi, District Lt. [Berlin Fire Dept.] Retired

  Drost, Günter, Lt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Pharmacist

  Ducke, Josef, Lt. [18th Panzer Grenadier Div.] Bank clerk

  Dufving, Theodor von, Col. [56th Panzer Corps] West German Defense Dept.

  Eismann, Hans Georg, Col. [Army Group Vistula] Retired

  Feldheim, Willy [Hitler Youth] Importer

  Fritz, Albert, Lt. [Panzer Div. Müncheberg] Accountant

  Gareis, Martin, Gen. [3rd Panzer Army] Retired

  Gold, Walter, Sgt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Retired

  Gröll, Artur, Cpl. [Volkssturm] Shoemaker (retired)

  Gross, Ernst, Sgt. [SS Div. Nordland] Electrician

  Günsche, Otto, SS Col. [Führer’s Adjutant] Company director

  Haaf, Oskar, Co. Comdr. [Volkssturm] Radio program director

  Haas, Fritz, Cpl. [SS Div. Nordland] Wine salesman

  Hagedorn, Walter, Capt. [Luftwaffe—Zoo Flak Tower] Doctor of medicine

  Hagemann, Wolf, Lt. Gen. [Ninth Army] Retired

  Halt, Karl Ritter von, Battalion Comdr. [Volkssturm] *

  Hartmann, Rudolf, Pvt. [Volkssturm] Company manager

  Heckscher, Edmund, Sgt. [Volkssturm] *

  Hein, Heinrich, SS Col. [Asst. to Bormann] Retired

  Hellriegel, Hermann, Pvt. [Volkssturm] Traveling salesman

  Henseler, Hans, SS 2nd Lt. [SS Div. Nordland] Independent wholesaler

  Hirsch, Alfred, Lt. [9th Parachute Div.] Railway station luncheonette manager

  Hock, Manfred, Sgt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Retired

  Höhne, Heinz, Fire Capt. [Berlin Fire Dept.] Official, Fire dept.

  Illum, Gunnar, SS 2nd Lt. [SS Div. Nordland] Taxi owner

  Jansen, Hans, Lt. [9th Parachute Div.] Shoe store manager

  Jung, Albert, Pvt. [SS Div. Nordland] Clerk

  Kempka, Erich, SS Col. [Führer’s chauffeur] Mechanic

  Kirchner, Heinz, Lt. [1st Flak Div.] Church councillor

  Koder, Hans, Pvt. [SS Div. Nordland] Office worker

  Kratschmar, Heinz, Cadet [German Navy] Engineer

  Krüger, Heinz, Comdr. [Berlin Defense Unit] Retired

  Krüger, Ulrich, Hitler Youth [Berlin Defense Unit] Teacher

  Krukenberg, Gustav, SS Maj. Gen. [SS Div. Charlemagne and SS Div. Nordland] Retired

  Kühn, Alfred, Pvt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Retired

  Kunz, Helmut, SS Col. [SS Medical Office, Berlin] Dentist

  Lambracht, Erich, Lt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Retired clerk

  Lampe, Albrecht, 1st Lt. [Berlin Commandant HQ] Doctor of philosophy, Director of the Berlin Municipal Archives

  Lang, Hellmuth, Capt. [Army Group Vistula] Store owner

  Lohmann, Hanns-Heinrich, SS Lt. Col. [SS Div. Nederland] Insurance company executive

  Manteuffel, Hasso von, Gen. [3rd Panzer Army] Retired

  Meissner, Max, Capt. [Ninth Army] Salesman

  Muller-Hillebrand, Burkhart, Maj. Gen. [3rd Panzer Army] Lt. Gen. NATO, Paris

  Niedieck, Gerda Castrup [Women’s Army—Zoo Flak Tower] Radio programming coordinator

  Nolte, Wilhelm, Fire Col. [Berlin Fire Dept] Industry official

  Oppeln-Bronikowski, Hermann von, Maj. Gen. [20th Panzer Div.] General (retired); estate manager

  Patzer, Heinz, Sgt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Photo engraver

  Pemsel, Max, Lt. Gen. [6th Mountain Div.] General (retired)

  Pfoser, Alfons, 1st Lt. [SS, Battle Group Todte] *

  Pienkny, Günther [Hitler Youth] Brewery employee

  Pluskat, Werner, Maj. [Artillery Comdr., Magdeburg] Engineer

  Refior, Hans, Col. [Berlin Commandant HQ] Director, industrial combine

  Reichhelm, Günther, Col. [Twelfth Army] Company director

  Rein, Hans, Lt. [9th Parachute Div.] Judge, Administrative Court

  Reitsch, Hanna, Fl/Capt. [Luftwaffe] Aviation consultant

  Reuss, Franz, Maj. Gen. [Luftwaffe] Business executive

  Reymann, Hellmuth, Maj. Gen. [Berlin Commandant] Retired

  Römling, Horst, Hitler Youth [Berlin Defense Unit] Secondhand dealer

  Rose, Heinz, Maj. [Volkssturm] Retired

  Schack, Friedrich August, Gen. [32nd Army Corps] Retired

  Scherka, Erich, Cpl. [1st Flak Div.] House painter

  Schirmer, Bruno, Police Lt. [Berlin Police Dept.] Police official

  Scholles, Hans-Peter, Sgt. [SS Div. Nordland] Wine merchant

  Schuhmacher, Manuel, Lt. [Ninth Army] Art photographer

  Schulz, Aribert [Hitler Youth] Typesetter

  Schumann, Werner, Capt. [Zoo Flak Tower] Doctor of medicine

  Sixt, Friedrich, Lt. Gen. [101st Corps] Retired

  Speidel, Hans, Maj. Gen. [Potsdam Military Prison] Lt. Gen., NATO

  Steiner, Felix Martin, SS Gen. [Group Steiner] Retired

  Strauss, Erwin, District Lt. [Berlin Fire Dept.] Retired

  Strenka, Gustav, Police Supt. [Berlin Police Dept.] Retired

  Thamm, Willi, Pvt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Master house painter

  Timm, Walter, SS Lt. [SS Div. Nordland] Market researcher

  Ulisch, Walter, Lt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Executive, health insurance office

  Usberg, Otto, Sgt. [26th Panzers, 1st Army Corps] Businessman

  Verleih, Max, Regt. Supply Officer [Berlin Defense Unit] Minister (retired)

  Volk, Helmut, Sgt. [OKH] Employee, Berlin Senate

  Voss, Peter, 1st Lt. [3rd Army Corps] Bank clerk

  Wedell, Günter, 1st Lt. [Berlin Defense Unit] Doctor of medicine

  Wenck, Walther, Gen. [Twelfth Army] Company director

  Werner, Franz, Paymaster [Berlin Defense Unit] Retired clerk

  Wetzki, Hans Joachim [Hitler Youth] Senatorial assista
nt

  Winge, Hans-Joachim, Pvt. [SS Div. Nordland] Purchasing director

  Wöhlermann, Hans Oscar, Col. [56th Panzer Corps] Retired

  Wrede, Fritz, Cpl. [Wehrmacht] Retired

  Wurach, Kurt, Maj. [Ninth Army] Veterinarian

  Zabeltitz, Leonhardt von, Capt. [1st Flak Div.] Estate owner

  BERLINERS

  Antz, Ilse [Wilmersdorf ] Director, children’s home

  Apitzsch, Bertha [Schöneberg] Nurse (retired)

  Batty, Marie [Pankow] Housewife, London

  Baumgart, Johanna [Zehlendorf] Housewife

  Bayer, Anne-Lise [Wilmersdorf] Housewife

  Bethge, Eberhard [Lehrterstrasse Prison] Minister

  Blank, Georg [Köpenick] Retired

  Bochnik, Juliane [Reinickendorf] Actress

  Boese, Helena [Wilmersdorf] Teacher

  Bohg, Kurt [Lichtenberg] Assistant director, trade school

  Bollensen, Lydia [Wilmersdorf] Dress designer

  Bombach, Marianne Lorenz [Wilmersdorf] Housewife

  Borgmann, Ruby [Charlottenburg] Housewife

  Buchwald, Gerd [Reinickendorf] Director, Board of Education

  Burmester, Charlotte [Schöneberg] Telephone supervisor

  Sister Caspario [Wilmersdorf] Mission Sisters of the Holy Sacred Heart

  Cords, Jutta Sorge [Lehrterstrasse Prison] Housewife, Calif.

  Curth, Franz [Lichtenberg] Window washer

  Dehn, Madeline von [Mitte] Professor of zoology

  Diekermann, Ruth Piepho [Wilmersdorf] Actress

  Dietrich, Willi [Mitte] Baker

  Dohndorf, Emmy [Tempelhof] Retired

  Durand-Wever, Anne-Marie [Schöneberg] Doctor of medicine

  Eberhard, Elisabeth [Zehlendorf] Housewife

  Echtmann, Fritz [Charlottenburg] Dentist

  Fenzel, Klaus [Tempelhof] Archaeology student

  Florie, Manfred [Reinickendorf] Typesetter

  Friedrichs, Paul [Potsdam] Catholic priest

  Frölich, Hans [Charlottenburg] Police commissioner

  Geisler, Erika Wendt [Friedrichshain] Housewife, Conn.

  Goertz, Eugen [Charlottenburg] Director, insurance company

  Golz, Kurt [Tempelhof] Baker

  Haller, Annemarie Hückel [Tiergarten] Graphologist

  Happich, Bernhard [Zehlendorf] Priest

  Harndt, Ewald [Fangschleuse] Dentist

  Heck, Lutz [Tiergarten] Zoologist

  Heim, Wilhelm [Tiergarten] Doctor of medicine

  Heinrich, Erich [Treptow] Hospital administrator (retired)

  Heinroth, Katherina [Tiergarten] Zoologist

  Hellberg, Irmgard [Steglitz] Housewife

  Henneberg, Amalia [Charlottenburg] Doctor of medicine

  Henneberg, Georg [Charlottenburg] Vice president, West German Health Office

  Hennig, Margarethe [Charlottenburg] Housewife

  Hensel, Alex [Friedrichshain] Municipal employee

  Hentschel, Frieda [Steglitz] Housewife

  Heusermann, Käthe Reiss [Charlottenburg] Dental technician

  Heydekampf, Hildegard von [Wilmersdorf] Housewife

  Hofmann, Margarete [Spandau] Housewife

  Hohenau, Ilona [Tempelhof] Musician

  Höhn, Karl [Neukölln] Baker

  Holz, Hans [Kreuzberg] Retired

  Horltiz, Albert [Charlottenburg] Mayor (retired)

  Hunsdörfer, B. [Wedding] Doctor of medicine

  Jacobi, Gerhard [Charlottenburg] Bishop of Oldenburg

  Jakubek, Erwin [Mitte] Restaurant owner

  Janssen, Dora Grabo [Neukölln] Housewife

  Jentgen, Lotte [Zehlendorf] Chemist

  Jodl, Luise [Zehlendorf] Housewife

  Johst, Elisabeth Schwarz [Tiergarten] Zoologist

  Kay, Rose von Winkel [Spandau] Housewife, Yorkshire, England

  Kelm, Alexander [Wilmersdorf] Engineer (retired)

  Ketzler, Gertrud [Charlottenburg] Editorial secretary

  Klotz, Jurgen-Erich [Tempelhof ] Book dealer

  Klunge, Helga Ruske [Kreuzberg] Housewife

  Koch, Jolenta [Tempelhof] Housewife

  Köckler, Maria [Charlottenburg] Political society chairman

  Kolb, Ingeborg [Spandau] Researcher

  König, Ilse [Schöneberg] Medical laboratory technician

  Korab, Alexander [Babelsberg] Newspaper correspondent

  Kosney, Herbert [Lehrterstrasse Prison] Mechanic

  Kosney, Kurt [Lehrterstrasse Prison] Mechanic

  Köster, Ursula [Zehlendorf] Housewife

  Kraemer, Franz [Wilmersdorf] Jeweler

  Kraft, Fritz [Wedding] Retired city councillor

  Krüger, Albert [Steglitz] Police officer

  Küster, Klaus [Reinickendorf ] Musician

  Lamprecht, Günther [Wilmersdorf] Doctor of medicine

  Langen, Paula [Mitte] Retired

  Leckscheidt, Arthur [Kreuzberg] Minister

  Lévy, Hanni Weissenberg [Schöneberg] Housewife

  Lietzmann, Sabina [Wilmersdorf] Journalist

  Lilge, Irmgard Rosin [Wedding] Stenographer

  Lipschitz, Eleanore Krüger [Lichtenberg] Doctor of political economy

  Mahlke, Walter [Wilmersdorf] Retired printer

  Maigatter, Elfriede Eisenbach [Kreuzberg] Housewife

  Majewski, Elena Wysocki [Tiergarten] Housewife

  Matzker, Alfons [Charlottenburg] Catholic priest

  Menzel, Gerhard [Charlottenburg] Photographer

  Meyer, Herbert [Neukölln] Telephone supervisor

  Michalke, Josef [Charlottenburg] Catholic priest

  Miede, Hans [Charlottenburg] Chemist

  Milbrand, Elisabeth [Schöneberg] Telephone supervisor

  Müller, Werner [Reinickendorf] Policeman

  Naumann, Werner [Mitte] Company director

  Nestriepke, Siegfried [Wilmersdorf] Retired

  Neumann, Edith [Kreuzberg] Housewife

  Neumann, Kurt [Wedding] Police commissioner

  Panzer, Hildegard [Wilmersdorf] Radio network employee

  Penns, Wilhelm [Köpenick] Section manager

  Perseke, Erich [Neukölln] Retired

  Pfeuti, Emma Müller [Zehlendorf] Housewife

  Piotrowski, Walter [Wedding] Butcher

  Poganowska, Richard [Zehlendorf] Dairy farm worker

  Probst, Margarete [Kreuzberg] Homeopathic therapist

  Promeist, Margarete [Tiergarten] Housewife

  Radusch, Hildegard [Prieros] Civil servant (retired)

  Rau, Dorothea [Tiergarten] Housewife

  Ravené, Liese-Lotte [Tempelhof ] Municipal employee

  Reineke, Ella [Tiergarten] Administrative assistant

  Reisner, Käthe [Zehlendorf] Housewife

  Reschke, Rudolf [Zehlendorf] Advertising copywriter

  Richter, Charlotte [Wilmersdorf] Retired

  Richter, Helene [Neukölln] Retired

  Riedel, Gustav [Tiergarten] Zoologist (retired)

  Rocholl, Edit [Zehlendorf] Foreign Office employee

  Römling, Horst [Prenzlauer Berg] Secondhand dealer

  Rosensaft, Josef [Belsen Concentration Camp] Realtor, New York

  Rosenthal, Hans [Lichtenberg] Radio and television entertainer

  Rosetz, Günther [Neukölln] Retired

  Rühmann, Heinz [Zehlendorf] Actor

  Ryneck, Erich [Pankow] Retired

  Saenger, Erna [Zehlendorf] Housewife

  Saenger, Ingeborg [Zehlendorf] Social worker

  Sauerbruch, Margot [Mitte] Doctor of medicine

  Schadrack, Else [Pankow] Administration employee

  Schewe, Ida [Kreuzberg] Retired

  Schirach, Henriette Hoffmann von [Munich] Housewife

  Schmidt, Paul [Schöneberg] Minister

  Schneidenbach, Hilde [Schöneberg] Secretary

  Schoele, Gertrud Radeke [Neukölln] Administration employee

  Schroeder, Helena [Schöneberg] Telephone supervisor

  Schröter, Georg [Tempelhof] Writer

  Schultze, Erna [Fried
richshain] Secretary

  Schultze, Robert [Köpenick] Economist

  Schulz, Wilhelm [Steglitz] Deputy police commissioner

  Schwarz, Heinrich [Tiergarten] Retired

  Schwarz, Margarete [Charlottenburg] Certified accountant

  Schwerdtfeger, Albert [Lehrterstrasse Prison] Retired

  Schwinski, Werner [Pankow] Textile representative

  Sobek, Johannes “Hanne” [Mitte] Sports store owner

  Stalla, Ursula Möhrke [Tiergarten] Clerical worker

  Stammer, Gertrud [Charlottenburg] Office worker (retired)

  Sternfeld, Leo [Tempelhof] Cinema owner

  Thiemann, Camilla [Schöneberg] Housewife, London

  Tietze, Albrecht [Wedding] Doctor of medicine

  Ulrich, Gertrud [Steglitz] Housewife

  Ungnad, Vera Wysocki [Tiergarten] Technical designer

  Van Hoeven, Pia [Schöneberg] Actress

  Vogel, Erich [Zehlendorf] Bottling plant foreman

  Vollert, Else [Wilmersdorf] Retired

  Wagner, Herta Alwes [Schöneberg] Housewife

  Walbrecht, Gerda Carl [Tiergarten] Housewife

  Wassermann, Elfriede Haubenreisser [Kreuzberg] Housewife

  Weber, Brigitte [Charlottenburg] Housewife

  Wehmeyer, Dorothea [Charlottenburg] Stenographer

  Weigand-Schott, Inge [Charlottenburg] Actress

  Weinsziehr, Stefanie [Wilmersdorf] Manager, yard goods company

  Wellmann, Ruth [Charlottenburg] Housewife

  Weltlinger, Margarete [Pankow] Housewife

  Weltlinger, Siegmund [Pankow] Stockbroker

  Wendt, Walter [Tiergarten] Retired

  Winckler, Charlotte [Wilmersdorf] Housewife

  Wohlgemuth, Albert [Wedding] Police commissioner

  Youngday, Brigid Jungmittag [Prenzlauer Berg] Housewife, London

  Zacharias, Fritz [Charlottenburg] Police commissioner

  Zarzycki, Bruno [Neuenhagen-Hoppegarten] Businessman

  FRENCH

  Bourdeau, André [POW, Marienfelde camp] Railway worker, Lisieux.

  Boutin, Jean [Forced laborer, Spandau] Machinist, Paris

  Delaunay, Jacques [Forced laborer, Tempelhof] Architect, Evreaux

  Demoulin, Clovis [POW, Klinker camp] Teacher, Boulogne-sur-Mer

  De Puniet de Parry, Sophie [Forced laborer, Treptow] Writer, French West Indies

  Douin, Jean [Forced laborer, Pankow] Engineer, Paris

  Gasquet, Marc [Forced laborer, Marienfelde camp] Draftsman, Paris

  Gouge, Robert-Albert [Forced laborer, Pankow] Salesman, Paris

  Hambert, Philippe [Forced laborer, Zehlendorf] Architect, Paris

  Legathière, Raymond [POW, Düppel camp] Perfume shop manager, Paris

  Savary, Jacques [Forced laborer, Spandau] Engineer, Vincennes

  DANISH

 

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