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“The cause for which Göring stood,” the Seventh Army interro-
gation center had reported on May , , “is lost. But the
canny Hermann even now thinks only what he can do to salvage
some of his personal fortune, and to create an advantageous po-
sition for himself. He condemns the once-beloved Führer with-
out hesitation. Up to now he has not made a plea in favor of his
former henchmen, alive or dead. Yet behind his spirited and
often witty conversation is a constant watchfulness for the op-
portunity to place himself in a favorable light.”
Göring’s treatment at Mondorf had undoubtedly shaken
him. His valet Robert had been taken away from him. His room
was barely furnished and unlit. Of his toilet articles he had been
left only a sponge, soap, and toothbrush  nothing else, not
even a comb. He wrote to protest to Eisenhower at this illegal
treatment. “I cannot believe that Your Excellency wishes and
knows about the humiliating effect this treatment has upon me.”