Adm. von Puttkamer, . In general, Walter Baum’s essay, “The Col-
lapse of the German Military Command in ,” in WR (), p. ff.
Hitler splits the High Command: Hitler order, Apr. , (NA film
T//f); and Grand Adm. Dönitz’s war diary (NA film
T//ff).
The curious discussion with Himmler on Apr. , : HG was overheard re-
lating this to Lammers, May , (SAIC/X/); interrog. of Gerda
Christian, Apr. , (DJ film ). British files contain a telegram from
the British minister in Stockholm dated Apr. , , reporting that Count
Bernadotte had spoken “last week” with Himmler, who, however, still felt
bound by his oath of allegiance to Hitler to whom he owed everything.
“Göring, it is said, has taken to cocaine [sic] again, dressed up in a toga,
and paints his fingernails red.” See too Ohlendorf, SRGG..
Göring visits the shelters: Brauchitsch diary (narrated in SRGG.); HG
overheard in SAIC/X/; Milch in SRGG.. In general, with caution, see
Koller’s edited text of his diaries, Der letzte Monat (Mannheim: ).
Pilsen: Milch, SRGG..
Chapter : Into the Cage
HG’s capture: The Fighting th: A Pictorial History of the th Div. (Austin,
Texas: ); Capt. Harold L. Bond, “We Captured HG,” in The Saturday
Evening Post, Jan. , ; Robert Stack, “Capture of Göring,” in The T-
Patcher, th Div. Journal, Feb. ; and T-Patch, special edition, May ,
.
Dahlquist: Reports in The New York Times, May , ; The Washington Post,
May , ; and albums in John E. Dahlquist Papers (USAMHI).
Spaatz: HG interrog., May , (Library of Congress, Spaatz Papers, box
). Criticized later for having saluted HG, Spaatz stoutly told Charles
Lindbergh who noted it in his diary on May that he had returned
HG’s salute as one officer to another, in accordance with proper military
customs.
Barcus: Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus’s description of the interrog. in Oral His-
tory, Aug. –, (Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, archives).
At Augsburg: Reports of HG’s “press conference” are in The New York Times
and others on May , . “Shaking Hands with Murder,” News Chroni-
cle; “Coddling of German War Killers,” New York World Telegram, May
(Dahlquist Papers); and telegram from Gen. G. C. Marshall to
Eisenhower, May (NA, RG., box ).
Sidestepped all knowledge of atrocities: Eric Warburg, interrog. of HG, May ,
; and HG interrog., SAIC/X/.
Hidden microphones: HG overheard talking with Lammers on May ,
(SAIC/X/), and with Ohnesorge on May , (SAIC/X/).
Art collection found: Report by Lt. Charles L. Kuhn, in NA, RG., box ;
inventories and lists in box . And report by Lt. R. F. Newkirk, Aug. ,
, in NA, RG., box .
Rothschild painting: HG in conversation with Anton Zoller, reported in Han-
noversche Presse, Oct. , . HG interrog., May , : SAIC/X/.
Wall Street financier: Letter from Lt. Col. Ernst Englander to Justice R. H. Jack-