Beck, Gen. Ludwig, 43
Bedford, Duke of, xv, 57, 65, 72, 203, 262–3, 337
‘Beerhall Putsch’, 27, 60–1
Beigbeder, Juan, 231–2
Belgium, 93, 133, 245, 274, 300, 346
Benesch, Eduard, 292
Benson, Flight Lt, 177–9, 184, 187, 225–6
Berghof, 160, 197–204, 213, 351
Berne, 86, 125–6, 132, 340
Bevin, Ernest, 134, 168–9, 176, 195, 230, 338
Bird, Col. Eugene, 324–8, 330, 333, 349
Blackford, Group Capt. D.L., 117–8, 182, 224
Blenheim Palace, 107, 115
Bletchley Park, 109, 135, 279, 353
Blumenthal, Werner, 235
Blumentritt, Gen. Günther, 70
Blunt, Anthony, xvi, xxxiii–xxxiv, 271–3, 347
Bodenschatz, Gen. Karl, 198, 200
Bohle, Ernst-Wilhelm, 102, 104, 180, 215–6, 228–9, 298, 345, 354
Bohle, H., 228–9, 345
Bonde, Baron Knut, 63, 125–6, 132
‘Boniface’, see ‘Ultra’
Borenius, Lars, 134–5
Borenius, Prof. Tancred, 133–5, 149, 232, 334, 340, 344, 359
Bormann, Albert, 198–9
Bormann, Martin, xvi, 147, 157, 198, 213, 216, 334
Bowen, Professor David, 16, 350
Boyle, Air Commodore Archibald, 106, 111, 115–9, 121–2
Bracken, Brendan, 194, 301–3
Brauchitsch, Gen. Walther von, 48
Braun, Eva, 198–9
Brocket, Lord, xvi, 51, 54, 57–8, 63, 65, 127–31, 203
Buccleuch, Duke of, xvi, xx, 51, 54, 57, 65, 68, 71, 108, 123, 130–1, 203, 271, 273–4, 360, 362
BUF, see Fascists, British Union of
Burckhardt, Carl, xvii, 81, 83, 130, 133, 148–9, 152, 156, 203, 298, 334, 340–1, 344, 359
Burgerbräukeller
see ‘Beerhall Putsch’
attempt on Hitler’s life, 60–2
Burgess, Guy, xxviii, xxxiv, 271–2
Butler, R.A. ‘Rab’, xvii, 52, 59, 81–5, 130, 142, 203, 243, 245, 263, 274, 347
Cadogan, Sir Alexander, xvii, 64, 96–7, 104, 118, 121, 125–6, 130–2, 139–41, 188–9, 196, 206–7, 217–8, 221–2, 227, 234–6, 245, 256, 268, 299, 335, 341, 345, 347
Cameron, Prof. J.M., 13–16
‘Camp Z’, see Mytchett Place
Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm, xvii, xxiii, xxvii, 75, 109–10, 135, 273, 275, 311, 357–62
Carl Eduard, Duke, 344
Chamberlain, Neville, xviii–xxi, xxxv–xxxvi, 46–7, 49, 51–3, 59, 65, 359
Channon, Sir Henry ‘Chips’, 82
Chartwell, 68
Chequers, 189, 194
Churchill, Winston
early life, xviii–xx
opposes ‘appeasement’, xxxv, 9, 83
shown Albrecht Haushofer’s letter to Clydesdale, 52
appointed Prime Minister, xv, 67
character as leader, 67–76
and Jews, 68–9, (learns of massacres of Jews) 279–80
his US strategy, 69, (threatened) 73
his Russian strategy, 69, 85
determination to fight on alone, 71–4, 140–1
moral conviction, 141, 218–9
appoints Hoare Ambassador to Spain, 88, 136–7
appoints Duke of Windsor Governor of Bahamas, 89
objects to Menzies appointment as ‘C’, 108
receives ‘Ultra’ intelligence, 109, 156
views Admiral Canaris as catalyst for German resistance, 110, 357–8
establishes SOE, 112
dissatisfaction with his leadership, 143, 157, 340
sends Halifax to Washington, 126
rejects peace feelers, 140–1
confidence in Hoare, 156
warned Hess is flying to Britain, 176, 338, 242
orders Hamilton to Ditchley Park, 192–5, 335
told of Hess’s arrival, 195–6
his intended statement on Hess, 217–22
on Hess’s ‘repentance’, 222, 348
and Eden–Hoare ‘secret plan’, 231–3
refers to ‘conversational parts’ of Hess’s interviews, 234, 294, 345
his need to suppress Hess’s proposals, 243, 245, 253, 294, 301, 346–7, 351
exiles Col. Pilcher internally, 273
informs Roosevelt of Hess’s proposals, 301
tells Stalin Hess is mad, 303
refuses to allow Hamilton to visit USA, 304, 344, 351
‘Iron Curtain’ speech, 319
reveals Hess has made statements not in public interest to disclose, 348
Clark Kerr, Sir Archibald, 292–5, 346
Clydesdale, Marquess of, see Hamilton, Duke of
Colville, Jock, xix, 68, 137, 156, 158, 188–9, 191–5, 227, 339, 342
Colyton, Lord, see Hopkinson, Henry
concentration camps (Boer War), 248, 278–9
Cook, Thomas, 99, 106, 113
Cowgill, Felix, 75–6
Craigiehall House, 208–10, 220, 226, 336
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 294, 302
Cuddie, Pilot Officer William, 173
Czechoslovakia, 47, 93, 96, 134–5, 142, 205, 219, 290–1, 339
Dagsposten, 299
Dahlerus, Birger, 52–4, 63
Daladier, Eduard, 52–3
Dalton, Hugh, 112
Dansey, Claude, xix, 132–6, 232, 288, 334, 340–2, 359–60
Danzig, 47, 52, 223
Darré, Walther, 36
Day, Sqdn Ldr Frank, 207–8, 226, 336
De Courcy, Kenneth, xx, 81–2, 269–75, 277, 286, 294, 345–8, 360–2
Denmark, 67, 93, 274, 300, 341, 346
Dicks, Maj. Henry, 242–3, 245, 252, 257, 259–62, 265, 354
Ditchley Park, 192–6
Dohnanyi, Hans von, 357
Dollan, Sir Patrick, 263
Donald, Maj. Graham, 180–4
Dönitz, Grand Admiral Karl, 309, 317, 319–20
Donovan, Col. William, 139, 232
Double-Cross Committee, 119, 131, 135, 143, 234, 241, 340, 359
Double Standards, 288–9, 300, 336
Douglas, Air Marshal Sir W.S., 122
Douglas, James, 169–70, 338
Douglas-Hamilton, Lord David, 41–2, 115–6
Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Douglas, see Hamilton, Duke of
Douglas-Hamilton, Lord George ‘Geordie’, 41, 116
Douglas-Hamilton, Lord James, 118, 194
Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm, 41
Drem, RAF, 174, 182
Drymen Military Hospital, 187, 204, 210, 217, 220, 223, 240, 336, 348
Duff Cooper, Alfred, 217–8, 221
Dungavel House, 164, 166, 173, 175, 178, 180, 185, 198, 209, 300, 336–7, 352
Dunglass, Lord, 203
Dunkirk, 70–1
Dupree, Tom, 283
Eccles, David 136, 138,
Eckhart, Dietrich, 26
Eden, Anthony, xx, 126, 133–4, 138, 140, 189, 193, 196, 203, 205, 217–9, 231–4, 236, 243, 252–3, 256, 268, 283, 288, 302, 342, 346
Edward VIII, King, see Windsor, Duke of
Eichmann, Adolf, 49–50, 78–9
Eisenmenger, Prof. W., 14–16, 350
Eisner, Kurt, 24
Ekeberg, Dr Birger, 94–6, 135, 346
Elizabeth, Queen, xxxvi, 101, 133, 352
Elser, Georg, 61–2
Emmanuel III, King, 128
Engel, Maj. Gerhard, 198–9
Fascists, British Union of, 71–4
Fath, Hildegard, 14, 17, 98, 326
Fenton,
Walter, 304
‘Fifth Column’, 71–4
‘Final Solution’, see Jews, liquidation of
Finland, 93, 136
Firebrace, Col. R., 178
Fleming, Peter, 191–3
Fletcher, Harold, 76
Focus, The, 68
Foley, Maj. Frank, 111, 132, 234–6, 243–4, 252, 259, 261, 267–9, 273, 278–80, 289–90, 293, 331, 334, 348
France, 51, 53, 67, 71, 78, 81, 88, 93, 134, 143, 227, 245, 271, 274, 289, 292, 300, 318, 339, 341, 346
Franco, Gen. Francisco, 136, 138, 143, 154, 232
‘Freedom for Rudolf Hess’ appeal, 176, 322–3
‘Freiburg’, see Fath, Hildegard
Frick, Wilhelm, 153
Fritsche, Hans, 215, 339
Fuller, Gen. J.F.C., 271
Funk, Walter, 311, 317, 320
Fyers, Capt. Fitzroy, 131
Gabel, Charles, 324, 328–31, 344, 349, 351
Galland, Adolf, 167–8, 170
George V, King, 87
George VI, King, 58, 71, 101, 133, 159, 203, 208, 216, 221, 237, 239, 243, 245, 251, 266, 333–4, 347, 352, 362
Gerl, Prof., 38, 216, 288, 343
German opposition, xvii–ii, xxi, xxii, xxvi–ii, 43, 48, 54, 127, 137, 275, 342, 344, 357–61; see also Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm; Hassell, Ulrich von
Gibraltar, 138–9, 143, 233
Gilbert, Dr Gustave, 311, 315
Gisevius, Hans Bernd, 167
Goebbels, Joseph, xx, xxxi, 37, 39, 59–61, 66, 71, 81, 83, 86, 91, 101, 123, 145–6, 158, 204, 213–5, 217, 262, 278, 339, 355
Goodall, Nancy, 182–4, 338
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 2, 331
Göring, Hermann, xx–xxi, xxvi, xxxi, 44, 47–8, 52–3, 58–60, 63, 85, 97, 101, 125–8, 133, 146, 153–4, 158, 167–8, 170–1, 198–201, 261, 277–8, 308–11, 314–5, 354
Graham, Col. Gibson, 236–7, 239–40, 333
Grenfell, Cdr Russell, 210–11, 267, 271
Grey, Sir Edward, 53
Guerber, André, 154–5, 229
Gustav V, King, 93–4, 112, 139, 334, 341
GW, 110
Halifax, Lord, xxi, xvi–xvii, 46–8, 51–5, 59, 63–6, 81–6, 93–5, 109, 124–32, 138–9, 274, 344, 352, 359
Hamilton, Duchess of, 45, 183–4, 188, 209
Hamilton, 14th Duke of, xix, 19, 40–6, 51, 59, 72, 99, 102–4, 106–7, 111, 114–9, 121, 148, 159–61, 169, 174–89, 192–6, 198, 201–10, 216–7, 220–9, 232, 234, 236–9, 243–5, 251, 259, 266–7, 279, 282–5, 291–4, 297–8, 302–4, 308, 327–8, 331, 333–9, 344–5, 348–9, 351–3
Hamilton, Gen. Sir Ian, 99
Hanfstaengl, ‘Putzi’, 29
Hankey, Sir Maurice, 54
Harmsworth, Lord, 57
Harriman, Averell, 284
Harris, John, 112, 134, 184
Hassell, Fey von, 54–5, 64
Hassell, Ilse von, 64, 148–9, 340
Hassell, Ulrich von, xxi, 43, 54–5, 63–6, 127–33, 137, 139–40, 148–9, 340–2, 344
Hassell, Wolf von, 129
Haushofer, Albrecht, xxii, 26, 40, 42–6, 51–2, 86, 98–104, 106–7, 111–9, 121, 131–2, 135–40, 145–50, 152, 156–7, 179, 182, 185, 202–3, 216, 232, 234, 298, 308, 327, 334–6, 340–2
Haushofer, Heinz, 26, 309
Haushofer, Prof. Karl, xxii, 25–7, 29–30, 98–101, 107, 116, 140, 147–51, 156–7, 179, 202, 213, 216, 224, 232, 258, 298, 308–9, 324, 327, 341, 353–4
Haushofer, Martha, xxii, 27, 104, 113–4, 125, 140, 143, 150, 202, 213, 309
Haw-Haw, Lord, see Joyce, William
Heal, Albert, 168, 204
Heisenberg, Werner, 289
Henkel, Carl, 130
Hess, Alfred, 159, 215
Hess, Ilse, xxii, 87, 155, 157, 159–61, 163, 166, 177–81, 185–6, 200–1, 216, 305–7, 315, 320, 322, 324, 326
Hess, Rudolf
early life, xxii–xxiii,
in First World War, 23–4, 26, 176
joins Flying Corps, 24
enrols at Munich University, xxii, 26, 39
in SA, 27
in Landsberg Castle prison, 28–30
and Mein Kampf, 30
Deputy Führer, xvi, xxviii, xxxi, 31
intelligence agencies, 31
and ‘Night of the Long Knives’ (30 June 1934), 32, 155, 218, 354
‘Conscience of the Party’, 33
and Nuremberg Laws, 37–8
and friendship with Britain, 38–40, 43, 78, 87, 109
on Polish ‘incitement’, 55
and 8 Nov. 1939 attempt on Hitler’s life, 60
and Duke of Windsor, 87
conceives peace mission, 97–8
practises flying, xxx, 97, 102, 105, 150, 152–3
approaches to British, 98–101, 105, 137–8, 148–9, 228, 246
in discussions with Haushofers, 98–101, 139–40, 143, 148–9, 156, 340–1
possible involvement in Baur deception, 122–3
reputed flight to Spain, 143–4, 148, 154, 156, 341
address on Hitler’s birthday (April 1941), 148
last talk with Hitler, 153–6, 158
flight to Scotland, 19, 21, 76, 104, 162–75, 182, 249–50, 258, 265, 297–301, 330
captured, 178–80
meets Hamilton, 185–6
first German radio announcements of his flight, 196, 202, 213–5, 217–8, 339
tells Kirkpatrick why he has come, 204–11, 220–1, 232, 236
Goebbells’ diary comments on, 204, 213–4
at Drymen Military Hospital, 187, 204, 336
moved to Tower of London, 224, 281
his documents found, 20, 225
moved to Mytchett Place, 231, 234ff.
fears liquidation, 236, 251
fears drugs, poisons, 236–9, 245, 251, 256–7, 261, 266, 305, 320
SS parachutist assassins, 240–2
Lord Simon interview, 246–52
writes suicide letters (June 1941), 257–8
suicide attempt (June 1941), 259–60
disinformation on, 285–9
Lord Beaverbrook interview, 280–2
moved to Wales, 269, 289–90, 302, 304
apparent loss of memory, 305, 307–11, 314, 320
persecution mania, 302, 304
suicide attempt (1945), 305–6
arraigned as war criminal, Nuremberg, 114, 304, 307, 320, 325
hysterical behaviour, 311–2, 314
prosecution case, 313
his final statement, 314–5
judgement, 315
sentence, 2, 315–6
Spandau jail, 1–17, 318–31
refuses to meet family, 320
despairs, 321
suicide attempt (1959), 320
lone prisoner (1966), 322
refuses to condemn slaughter of Jews, 323–4
co-operates on Col. Bird’s book, 325–8
moved to British Military Hospital, 325
visited by family, 326
regret for murder of Jews, 330, 349
refers to documents he took to Britain, 330–1, 344–5, 351
suicide note (1987), 14, 16–7, 350
death, 1–17, 19, 350
post-mortem, 13–7, 350
alternative medicines, 33
anti-Bolshevism, 24–5, 30, 36, 39
anti-Semitism, 25, 30, 36, 38, 48, 55, 146, 248, 306, 319
appearance (1941), 223, 265; (1945), 310, 318
and astrology, 33, 150–1, 214, 216, 324
devotion to Hitler, xxiii, 20, 23, 27, 30, 33, 273, 306–7, 314–5, 319
personality, 25, 28, 32–3, 237, 240, 245, 258�
�9, 261, 265, 315, 320, 329, 353–5
sensitivity, 32, 48, 354
Hess, Wolf Rüdiger, xxiii, 12–17, 157, 159, 176, 179, 197, 216, 239, 258, 305, 322, 326, 350
Hesse, Prince Philipp of, xxiii, 128, 130, 208, 343–4, 347
Heydrich, Lina, 167
Heydrich, Reinhard, xxiii–xxiv, 57, 60–2, 79, 146, 167, 173, 216, 277, 286, 288–90, 311
Hillgarth, Capt. Alan, 136, 156, 342
Himmler, Heinrich, xxiii, 25, 36, 49, 56–7, 60–1, 77–81, 93, 146, 153, 157, 167, 200–2, 342
Hitler, Adolf
early life, xxv
worshipped by Rudolf Hess, xxxiii, 26–30
visceral anti-Semite, xxvi, 30, 35–8, 146; see also Himmler, Heydrich
threatens Jews with destruction, 80, 146–7
pitiless nature, 61
appointed Chancellor, 30
rounds up Communists and Jews, 31
and ‘Night of the Long Knives’, 32
desires friendship with Britain, 38
admiration for British Empire, 70–1, 141, 185–6
recognises France and England as enemies, 46
seizes Austria, 47
threatens Poland, 51
offers Britain peace, 52, 59
seizes Poland, 56, 205
assassination attempt (Nov. 1939), 60–1
advances on West, 66ff.
allows British to escape at Dunkirk, 69–70
his Eastern policy, xvii, 77; see also Lebensraum
his Jewish policy, 75–9, 277; see also pure blood
orders gassing trials, 80–1
his terms for peace with Britain, 85–6, 193, 205, 359
orders destruction of RAF, 101
and Baur’s deception
resolves to end British resistance by conquering Russia, 123, 145, 150, 152
offers peace to Britain (1941), 153
his last talk with Hess, 153–5, 229, 286, 297–300, 355
his need to deny knowledge of peace mission, 19–21, 351
his reactions to Hess’s flight, 197–204, 213–5
punishes Hess’s aides, 215–6
launches assault on Russia (Operation ‘Barbarossa’), 261
his high esteem for British ‘peace party’, 262
suicide, 304
Hoare, Sir Samuel, xxvi, xxxiv, 88, 100, 109, 126, 131, 136–44, 148–50, 156, 203, 231–4, 298, 341–2, 352
Holford, Sir George, 108
Holford, Lady, 108
Holland, 93, 133, 245, 250, 274, 300, 346
Hohenlohe, Prince Max zu, xxvi, 59–60, 81–5, 124–5, 132, 139–44, 233, 342
Hohenlohe, Princess Stephanie von, 124–5
Hopkins, Harry, 194, 303–4
Hopkinson, Henry, 104, 112, 139, 162, 230, 285, 292, 334, 341
‘Hossbach Conference’, 48
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