| Description | The item is a typescript copy of the testimony of Hanna Reitsch obtained by Work in 1945. After an introduction it details Reitsch's trip to Berlin, her arrival at the bunker, Hitler's denunciation of Goering, her determination to die for the 'honor' of the Luftwaffe, Hitler's realisation that the War was lost, the other occupants in the bunker, observations on the occupants, especially Frau Goebbels, Eva Braun, Martin Borman, and Adolf Hitler; she also gives details about the possibility that Hitler still was alive, her opinion of Hitler, his suicide council in the bunker, the betrayal of Himmler, and her own departure from the bunker on 30 April, as well as explanations of the events and the interrogator's interpretation, and his evaluation of her reliability. |
| Admin History | Hanna Reitsch (1912-1979), aviator and pilot, flew Lt. Gen. Ritter von Greim to Hitler in Germany just before the end of the Second World War. As a result she spent several days in the Berlin bunker, leaving not long before the suicide of the occupants. She surrendered to the Americans in Kitzbuhl on 9 May 1945, and later gave testimony to Captain Robert F. Work, Chief Interrogator, regarding the last days of Hitler. |