He arrived on the Obersalzberg at : .. The villa was
crowded Edda, Emmy, her sister, nephews, and nieces. Since
Hermann’s sister Paula was here too the Russians were
sweeping across Austria he was surrounded by the females of
his family. Here, he was at peace. No s barked into the tran-
quil mountain skies, no searchlights fingered the horizon, and
when phones jangled they did so only distantly.
Dismissing from his mind even the six railroad cars with
Hofer and the art collection down at Berchtesgaden, Hermann
Göring tucked himself into his bed and fell into a long and
dreamless sleep.