(NA, RG., box ).
Goebbels quotation: From his diary.
Target was Dresden: OKL war diary, Feb. ; in general, David Irving, The De-
struction of Dresden (London: ), and DJ films , , and .
British code-breakers: Himmler’s message is quoted in SRH- (see note
“British code breakers,” Chapter ); and see his subsequent telegram to
Alvensleben, Feb. , : “My dear Alvensleben! Received your telex re-
port of Feb. . . Approve relocating your office, but only to suburbs of
Dresden. Any further would make a rotten impression. . Now is the time
for iron steadfastness and immediate action to restore order. . Set me a
good example of calm and nerve!” (NA film T//).
Bodenschatz to report: Bodenschatz, overheard in SRGG..
Flying Fortress unit: Interrog. of the survivors by APWIU (th Air Force), re-
port no. /, and by APWIU (st Tac. Air Force), report no. / in NA,
RG., box ; further on KG’s special operations in ADI(K) report
C/, and HG interrog., June , , at “Ashcan”; also the overheard
remarks of survivors Lt. Magdanz (SRX.), Capt. Pliefke (SRA. and
), and Helmdach (SR draft ).
Admitted to Görnnert: Görrnert interrog. of May , (DJ film ). HG in-
terrogated on July , , by Shuster.
Cargo of art treasures: Party Chancellery report in NA, RG., box .
“Stark staring mad?”: Koller, letter to Exner, Mar. , (Salmuth Papers),
and memo on this case by Hitler’s stenographers Heinz Buchholz, Dec. ,
, and Gerhard Herrgesell, July , (IfZ, SI).
Mistletoe project: Koller papers (DJ film ) and interrog. by USSBS, May
–, ; OKL war diary and annexes; and HG interrog., SAIC/X/,
May , .
“Imagine,” he told Koller: Koller Papers, “War conf., F. ..” (DJ film ).
Lammers: Overheard talking with HG, May , (SAIC/X/).
Movie director: Dr. Otto Stahmer, application for witness, Mar. , (NA,
RG., box ).
Concerned to end the bloodshed: From Koller’s diary (DJ film ); a later
shorthand diary kept by him has survived only in English translation a s
ADI(K) report / (DJ film ); a copy is also in Sir Norman Bottom-
ley’s papers, AC/ file , at the R.A.F. Museum, Hendon.
Suicide missions: Goebbels diary entries for Mar. and Apr. ; OKL war diary,
Mar. ; HG’s message to Geschwader commodores, Mar. , is in SRH-
(see note “British code breakers,” Chapter ); Galland, SRGG..
Werewolf: For British reports on this little-known operation, see ADI(K) re-
port /, and Gollob’s views in report /. That the operation was
attempted is evidenced by the OKL war diary, Apr. and , .
The deserter Henry Fay: See his explicit interrogs. by APWIU (th Air Force),
nos. and /, and the scathing entry in the diary of Gen. Hap Arnold,
Apr. , (Library of Congress, Arnold Papers).
Letters to the bank: Carbon copies in HG’s papers in NA, Ardelia Hall Collec-
tion, RG..
Hitler’s birthday: BAOR interrogation of von Below, Jan. , . Soviet inter-
rogs. of Otto Günsche and Heinz Linge (IfZ, SI); Koller diary; Julius
Schaub, typescript memoirs (IfZ, SI); and author’s interview of Rear