Bormann, Martin 32, 144, 202, 227, 231, 236, 245, 259, 315, 350, 372, 375, 378, 396, 405, 406, 421, 424, 425, 428–9, 506, 508, 522, 568, 569, 616, 698, 707, 709–12, 738, 741, 776, 789, 798, 800, 801, 816, 819, 825, 827, 829, 832; and the assassination attempt 706; begs Speer to persuade H to leave the bunker 806; in the Committee of Three 568, 570; forces Göring to resign 807–8; H relies on concerning domestic matters 571; and H’s cremation 829, 830; names Fromm 689; Party Minister 823, 830; political and organizational matters 714; position strengthens 715–16; the Prussian Finance Ministry 575; remains wholly loyal 774; restructures the Party 790; and the Schirach incident 590; ‘Secretary of the Führer’ 572, 715; sets up quasi-guerrilla organizations 790–91; signs the Political Testament 823; suicide 833–4
Borneo 326
Bornewasser, Bishop Franz Rudolf 427
Bosch, Hieronymus 85
Bottrop 761
Bouhler, Philipp 253, 258, 259, 260, 429, 571
Brabant 518
Brack, Viktor 258–61
Brahms, Johannes 513
Brandenburg asylum 261
Brandt, Frau 651
Brandt, Lieutenant-Colonel Heinz 661, 662, 674
Brandt, Karl (H’s doctor) 137, 235, 253, 256, 259, 260, 294, 429, 727
Brandt, SS-Sturmbannführer Rudolf 484
Bratislava 169, 791
Brauchitsch, Walther von 58, 72, 75, 76, 78, 94, 97, 101–4, 146–7, 178, 209, 215, 216, 217, 225, 246, 247–8, 266, 268, 269–70, 277, 278, 290, 296, 298, 303, 306, 335, 344, 345, 346, 355, 384, 396, 407, 411–14, 417, 418, 434, 441, 450–53,454, 536
Braun, Eva 199, 512, 564, 634, 639, 797, 807, 816; cremation 829–31; in the Führer Bunker 776, 798, 801, 804, 821, 827; H’s treatment of 34; marries H 820–21; her room in the ‘Führer Apartment’ 32, 34; suicide 828; suicide attempts 35
Braun, Gretl 199
Braun, Wernher von 622
Braunau am Inn 79
Bräutigam, Otto 478
Bredow, Major-General Ferdinand von xxxvi
Breitenbuch, Rittmeister Eberhard von 670
Bremen 535
Brenner border 76
Brenner Pass 291, 327, 382
Breslau 762, 779, 823; Festival of German Singers (1937) 37–8; Jews deported from 485; under siege 759
Brest 504, 719, 720
Brest-Litowsk 395, 398
Britain 752; accepts the need for war 174; the Blitz 309, 310; Churchill evokes resilience and idealism 286; and Czechoslovakia 95–6, 97, 118, 173; declares war on Germany 223; economic blockade of 284; economy 402–3; ‘encirclement policy’ 178; the ‘eternal trouble-causer in Europe’ 783; Foreign Office 25, 203; Goebbels favours the devastation of English ‘cultural centres’ 510; Göring wants an agreement 50, 67, 771–2; Guarantee to Poland 155, 175, 178, 179, 190, 212, 216, 218, 237, 586; H obsessed with ‘beating England’ 278; H prepares for conflict with 169, 192–3; H warns against underestimating 43; hatred for 275, 300; Heé’s flight to Scotland 369; Home Guard 370; H’s high esteem of British resilience and fighting-power 264; H’s ‘Offer’ regarding Poland (August 1939) 213, 216, 217; H’s ‘peace offer’ 300, 301, 306, 379; H’s ‘peace plan’ 3–4; H’s plans for dealing with 292–3; intelligence 585, 586; intervention in Greece 366; invasion seen as a last choice 301–2; and Iraq 381; Jewish influence 489; Jewish refugees 145, 146; military alliance with Poland 215; mutual assistance agreement with Russia (1941) 457; Naval Pact with the Reich (1935) xxxviii, 23, 189, 190; oil supplies 530, 537; the race for Norway 287–8; rearmament 25, 157; Ribbentrop’s hatred of 44, 90, 159, 160; Secret Service 271, 274, 373, 377, 380; and the Soviet-German non-aggression pact 206, 212, 213; ultimatum to Germany 223, 230; War Office 295; weakness of xxxvi, 43, 44, 48
British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) (BBC) 373, 600, 816
British Empire 25, 48, 49, 95, 168, 190, 213, 216, 293–4, 295, 298, 302, 304, 377, 401, 405, 456, 504
British Expeditionary Force 295, 297, 367
British Guarantee to Poland 155
British Union of Fascists 302 ‘Britons, The’ (antisemitic organization) 320
Brittany 718, 720
Brjansk and Viaz’ma double battle 433 broadcasting: the Berlin Olympics 8; the ‘people’s radio’
Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), West Prussia 242, 763
Brooks, Collin 211
Bruckmann, Frau Elsa 33
Bruckmann, Hugo 33
Bruckner, Anton 513
Brückner, SA-Gruppenführer Wilhelm 31, 186, 218, 235
Brûly-de-Pesche 297
Brussels 722
Buchanan Castle, near Loch Lomond 371
Bucharest 328, 723
Buchenwald concentration camp 141, 768
Bückeberg, Hanover 38
Budapest 627, 734, 735, 736, 757; Citadel 734–5, 736, 738; Jews 624, 736; Soviet troops enter 758
Bug river 238, 244, 630
Bühler, Josef 493
Bukovina 332, 351, 384
Bulgaria 361, 603, 617, 719, 723–4, 734
Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM; German Girls’ League) 81–2, 142
Bürckel, Gauleiter Josef 81, 315, 323
Burckhardt, Carl 201, 202, 203, 250
Burgdorf, General Wilhelm 733, 788, 797, 798, 803, 823, 825, 827, 830
Burgsinn, Lower Franconia 142–3
Burgundy 267
Burma 326
Busch, Field-Marshal Ernst 103, 464, 646, 647, 649, 667, 670
business community,
Bussche, Captain Axel Freiherr von dem 669
Busse, General Theodor 788, 793, 802, 809, 813, 814
Cádiz 16
Cadogan, Sir Alexander 203, 211, 379–80
