Jews and other concentration camp prisoners, persecution and murder of, 38, 49
Warsaw ghetto, 23
death marches, 38, 155
discovery of Auschwitz, 45–6
Lódź ghetto, 63–4
Stutthof, 94–5, 122
Lauenburg, 117
Nikolayev and Odessa, 169
forced to rework US incendiary bombs, 174
Belsen, 191
massacres in Leipzig area, 191–2
Eisenhower’s reactions and caring for prisoners, 203
Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, 274, 290
Schulstrasse transit camp, 294–5
in Berlin, 346–7, 393, 419
Ravensbrück, 363
and view of Wermacht generals, 429
Jodl, Col. Gen. Alfred, 7, 13, 83, 152, 201, 250, 275, 276, 288, 295, 331, 338, 341, 350, 402
Juhlin-Dannfel, Maj. C. H., 132, 148, 149, 173, 181
July Plot (20 July 1944), 7, 8, 58, 153, 154, 198, 320, 346, 386
executions, 57, 74, 75, 181
Jung, Prof. Dr Gerhard, 374–7, 406
Junge, Gertrud (Traudl), 252, 278, 343, 344, 358, 359, 361, 382, 388
Jüterbog, 92, 200, 238, 256
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, Dahlem, 139, 210, 232, 324–5
Kaltenbrunner, SS-Gpfh. Dr Ernst, 22, 42, 75, 160, 194, 250, 251, 346
Kardorff, Ursula v., 2, 74, 205, 250, 410, 411, 414, 415
Karlshorst, 179, 269–70, 404, 405, 428
Karlsruhe, 192
Karpov, Gen. V. V., 61
Kassel, 195
Katowice, 22, 60
Katukov, Col. Gen. M. I., 64, 116, 118, 121, 222, 223, 229, 235, 255, 265, 296, 297
Katyn massacre, 99
Kazakov, Col. Gen. V. I., 216–17, 262, 280
Kee, Robert, 41
Keitel, Field Marshal Wilhelm, 6, 7, 12, 52, 83, 90, 127, 152, 250, 275, 276, 284–5, 288, 295, 337, 338, 357, 403, 404, 405
Kempka, Erich, 358
Khrulev, Col. Gen. A. V., 324
Khrushchev, Nikita, 428
Kiel, 361, 364
Kielce, 17, 18
Kienitz, 69, 70
Kinzel, Lt. Gen. Eberhardt, 158, 179, 400
Kissel, Gen. Hans, 40
Klochkov, Capt., 226
Knef, Hildegard, 1, 311
Knesebeck, Lt. Col. von dem, 22
Koblenz, 140
Koch, Dr Edgar, 374–7
Koch, Gauleiter Erich, 27, 50, 64, 68, 75, 187
Köhler, Gen. Carl-Erik, 284
Kolberg, 116, 124
Koller, Gen. Karl, 267, 275, 289
Komsomol, Central Committee and rape of Soviet women, 108–9, 365
Konev, Marshal Ivan, 16, 17, 41, 44, 45
in Silesia, 60, 125–6, 129–30, 132
and Berlin operation, 146–7, 165, 206, 229, 230, 234, 238, 239, 244, 255–6, 265, 271, 295, 296, 297, 305, 329, 330, 333, 362, 401
Königsberg, 24, 25, 28, 37, 50, 75, 86, 87, 88, 91, 93, 149, 174
fall of, 187–8, 235
Königsplatz, 355, 356
Königswusterhausen, 261
Kopelev, Lev, 28, 30, 35
Köpenick, 269, 297
Köslin, 125
Kosmodemyanskaya, Zoya, 212–13
Kraków, 44, 60, 112
Krampnitz, 266, 276
Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star), 25, 194, 196–8
Krasovsky, Gen. S. A., 230
Krebs, Gen. Hans, 91, 150, 152
appointed Chief of General Staff, 153
and Bormann’s circle, 154
and Oder front, 188, 225
and Hitler, 250
and threat to Zossen, 265–6
and battle for Berlin, 268, 275, 277, 286, 299, 304, 322, 337, 340, 350, 351, 359, 362, 364
and surrender, 367, 368, 369, 370
and suicide, 382, 387
Kriegsmarine, 120–21, 149, 343, 402
Sprengboote, 159
scratch troops, 159–60, 298, 322
SHIPS
Admiral Hipper, 51
Admiral Scheer, 88
Leipzig, 120
Lützow, 88
Prinz Eugen, 117, 120
Schlesien, 120
Krüger, Elsa, 278
Krukenberg, SS-Brigfh. Gustav, 116, 291–3, 299, 301, 303, 304, 322, 352, 370
and blowing up S-Bahn tunnel, 370–72, 382, 383, 384
Kryukov, Gen. Vladimir, 116, 427–8
Kummersdorf, 333, 362, 377
Kunz, Dr Helmuth, 361, 380, 381, 391
Kurchatov, Prof. Igor, 138, 325
Kurfürstendamm, 339, 345
Küstrin, 69, 70, 132, 142, 149, 152, 185, 206, 207, 219, 220
Kuznetsov, Gen. V. I., 384
Lammerding, SS-Brigfh., 54, 131
Landsberg, 273
Lange, Franz, 386, 387
Lange, Lt. Col. Heiner, 238
Lauban, 126
Lauenburg, 117, 122, 247
Lasch, Gen. Otto, 87
Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de, 192, 404
Laue, Dr Max v., 325
League of German Officers (BDO), 69, 198
Leba, 125
Leipzig, 146, 191, 203
Lelyushenko, Gen. D. D., 17, 62, 126, 229, 232, 245, 256, 265, 298
Lend-Lease, 66
Leningrad, 117
Lichtenberg, 416
Lichtenrade, 271
Lichterfelde, 416
Linge, Heinz, 359
Lódź, 44, 64
Loewe, Lothar, 2
Lohbeck, Col., 179
Lorenz, Heinz, 299, 341–2
Lötzen, 50
Löwenstein de Witt, Hans Oskar Baron, 294–5
Lübben, 147, 232, 296
Lübeck, 137, 141, 292, 294, 400
‘Lublin government’, 20, 81
Luchinsky, Gen. A. A., 298, 318, 333
Luckenwalde, 256, 306
Luftwaffe, 131, 249–50, 430
and attacks on Oder bridges, 133, 159, 237–8
paratroopers, 159
scratch troops, 159–60, 323
and Oder battle, 237–8, 243
and Elbe front, 263
and battle for Berlin, 266, 267, 287, 342
1st Flak Division, 178–9
9th Parachute Division, 159, 223, 236, 243, 246–7, 286, 385, 388
25th Parachute Regiment, 92, 117
27th Parachute Regiment, 218, 223, 237
Leonidas squadron, 238
Luttwitz, Gen. Smilo Freiherr v., 22
Lvov, 100
Magdeburg, 190, 196, 202, 431
Magnuszew bridgehead, 17
Mahlsdorf, 269
MaiziAre, Col. Ulrich de, 89, 153, 203, 243, 276, 277
Makhnev, Col. Gen., 324, 325
Malchow, 265
Malenkov, G. M., 108, 137, 325
Malinin, Gen. M. S., 230
Manhattan Project, xxxiv, 78, 138, 324
Mannheim, 195
Manteuffel, Gen. Hasso v., 5, 160, 248, 304, 337, 338, 400
Manzialy, Constanze, 278, 358, 382, 388
Marienburg, 49, 115, 117
Mariendorf, 296
Marshall, Gen. George C., 78, 79, 80, 142, 195, 364
Masur, Norbert, 250
Matrosov, Aleksandr, 166
Memel, 121
Merezhko, Capt. Anatoly, 216
Meseritz line, 63, 66, 68
Meshik, Gen. P. Ya., 44–5, 61, 308
Misch, Rochus, 359, 360
Moabit, 347
Mobilization of German civilians, 106–7, 185
Model, Field Marshal, 142–3, 156, 190, 200, 201, 283
Mohnke, SS-Bdefh., 287, 322, 357, 366, 370, 379, 382, 383, 388, 389
Molotov, Vyacheslav, 77, 137, 143
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard, 84, 140, 141, 146, 195
and looting, 193
and surrender, 400–401
Morell, Dr Theodor, 252, 275, 277, 359
Müller, SS-Gpfh. He
inrich, 22, 342
Müllrose, 270
Mummert, Maj. Gen. Werner, 339
Müncheberg, 228, 243, 246, 254, 256, 259
Munich, 350, 402
Murphy, Robert, 84–5, 409
Mussolini, Benito, 98, 357
National Committee for a Free Germany, 36, 69, 181, 197, 363
National Redoubt, see Alpine Fortress
National Socialist Party, 131, 134
and Freikorps Adolf Hitler, 134–5, 160
and obsession with 1918, 174–5, 428
and Werwolf, 175
and defence of Berlin, 178–9, 356
and departure of senior officials, 251, 252, 261
and legacy, 430
Nauen, 274, 290, 384
Nehring, Gen. Walther, 45, 62
Neisse, German Army executions in, 127
Nemmersdorf, 28, 118
‘Nero Order’, 155–8, 202
Neuhardenberg, 222, 223, 242, 243, 244
Neukölln, 282, 297, 303, 312–13, 323, 352
Neustrelitz, 291, 293
Neustroev, Capt., 349, 354, 365, 372
NKVD, 16, 20, 421–2
rear area troops, 29, 30, 36, 38, 45, 61, 82, 97, 98–100, 102–6, 113, 199, 207, 260, 273, 308, 415, 419–20
postal censorship, 34
at Yalta, 78
prisoners, 166, 185, 422
and Soviet prisoners of war, 167–8, 402
and Red Army discipline, 168, 184, 273
and deserters, 184
arrest of Polish political leaders, 195
and arrests for contacts with foreigners, 307
commanders, 308–9, 420
and Operation Borodino, 324–5
and chemical weapons, 377
NKVD DIVISIONS
57th Rifle Division, 96–7
NKVD REGIMENTS
105th Frontier Guards, 308
127th Frontier Guards, 102
157th Frontier Guards, 308
217th Frontier Guards, 107
333rd Frontier Guards, 308
108th Special Communications Company, 165
Novikov, Marshal A. A., 298
Oderbruch (Oder flood plain), 70, 71, 72, 132, 161, 207, 216, 225–6, 232, 236, 248
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 142
Ohlau bridgehead, 61, 125, 129
OKH HQ Zossen, 7, 12, 13, 89, 151
bombing raid on, 150–51, 152, 153, 200
and Red Army offensive, 225, 240, 241, 243, 265–7
OKW HQ, 241, 304
Oldershausen, Libussa von, 118–19, 123
Operation Barbarossa, 91, 98, 138, 147, 301, 304
Operation Borodino, xxxiv, 138, 324–6, 406
Operation North Wind, 8
Operation Plunder, 192
Operation Seraglio, 276–7
Operation Sonnenwende, 90–91, 125, 200
Oppeln, 60, 62, 112, 127, 129
Oranienburg, 194, 269, 274, 292
Osnabruck, 195
Oster, Maj. Gen. Hans, 181
Ostermayr, Herta, 252, 254, 278
Pachur, Capt., 293
Papen, Franz v., 364
Patton, Gen. George S. Jnr, 141, 146, 152, 191, 325–6, 364
Paulus, Field Marshal Friedrich, 68, 69
Pehrsson, SS-Hauptstfh., 302, 323
Perkhorovich, Lt. Gen. F. I., 373, 375, 376
Petersohn, Gerda, 282, 312–13
Pichelsdorf bridge, 356
Pieck, Wilhelm, 417
Pillau, 37, 50, 88, 93
Plön, 361
Plötzensee, 246
Poland, 65, 66
Soviet policy towards, 20, 69, 77, 80–82, 84, 99–101, 185, 420
NKVD arrest of Polish leaders, 195, 401
political unrest in Polish formations, 199–200
Pomeranian and West Prussian campaign, 87, 89, 90, 91–2, 115–22, 165
Popov, Col. Gen., 184
Potsdam
bombing of, 204–5, 224
children’s clinic, 224, 272, 298, 328
and Berlin operation, 256, 258, 266, 268, 276, 285, 294, 329, 353, 377
Potsdamerplatz, 339, 342, 347
Poznan (Posen), 44, 64, 65, 66, 67, 91–2, 158, 216, 317
Prenzlauerberg, 323, 388
Prisoners
Allied, 85, 86, 295
German, 106, 283
Soviet civilians, 107–12, 165–6, 273, 295, 395, 423–4
French, 179, 192, 269, 271, 272, 273, 295, 314, 346
Prisoners of war, Soviet, 41, 85–6, 110–12, 113, 166, 272, 423, 424, 429
Prague, 225, 280, 297, 340, 364, 401, 402
Propaganda Ministry, 56
Prützmann, SS-Obergpfh. Hans, 173–4, 175
Pukhov, Gen. N. P., 230
Pulawy bridgehead, 17, 18
Puttkamer, Jesco Freiherr v., 47, 55, 118–19
Puttkamer, Admiral v., 276–7
Radom, 60
Rape by Red Army
in East Prussia, 28–32, 118, 188, 326, 410
of Soviet women, 65, 67, 107–9
and sack of Schwerin, 67
abortion after, 157–8, 412
Ehrenburg on, 197
in Berlin, 274, 295, 300, 312–13, 314, 326–7, 345–6, 409–12, 414, 418
Ratibor, 60, 129, 130, 132
Rattenhuber, Hans, 388, 389
Ravensbrück concentration camp, 363
Red Army, 11, 13–14
and SMERSH, 128, 421–4
and hygeine, 128–9
and discipline, 184–5, 346, 413
and tactics in Berlin street-fighting, 316–18
FRONTS
1st Belorussian, 15, 17, 44, 63, 64, 67–8, 87, 93, 111, 115, 145, 147, 184, 206, 210, 216–23;
and battle for Berlin, 268, 283, 296, 330, 369, 375, 399
2nd Belorussian, 15, 25, 26, 28, 35, 36, 87, 100, 102–3, 104, 106, 115, 145, 206, 248, 304, 337–8, 363
3rd Belorussian, 17, 24, 25, 28, 33, 50, 97
1st Ukrainian, 12, 41, 44, 60, 61;
in Silesia, 108, 110, 111, 125–30, 145, 147, 165, 167, 169;
and Neisse-Berlin operation, 206, 207, 225, 230–32, 256, 296, 330, 340
3rd Ukrainian, 82–3
4th Ukrainian, 129
ARMIES
3rd Guards, 239, 245, 271, 330
5th Guards, 61, 232, 238, 239, 245, 307
8th Guards, 17, 44, 65, 66, 67, 71, 87, 149, 150, 151, 163, 206, 210, 220, 222, 227, 242, 246;
and assault on Berlin, 265, 269, 271, 287, 297, 303, 316, 319, 324, 339, 340, 352, 353, 356, 357, 367, 370, 372
11th Guards, 24, 187
2nd Shock, 117
3rd Shock, 64, 116, 172, 184, 211, 215, 217, 219, 226, 235, 236, 242, 243, 255, 260, 265, 269, 280, 283, 300, 301, 317, 323, 342, 356;
and assault on Reichstag, 347, 348, 354–6, 357, 365–6, 370, 384, 389
5th Shock, 17, 44, 69, 149, 167, 220, 222, 226, 227, 242, 243, 244, 256, 265, 269, 287, 297, 300, 339–40, 370, 388, 389
3rd Army, 34, 105, 303, 323, 330
13th Army, 230, 238, 245
19th Army, 29, 30, 117
21st Army, 60, 129, 164
28th Army, 245, 298, 318, 330, 340
33rd Army, 183, 219, 220, 228, 242, 330
39th Army, 24
43rd Army, 24, 29, 187
47th Army, 18, 21, 64, 220, 236, 242, 259, 265, 269, 271, 323, 373–6, 402
48th Army, 50
49th Army, 184
52nd Army, 232, 244, 245
59th Army, 60, 129
60th Army, 45, 60, 129–30
61st Army, 64, 220, 242
69th Army, 186, 220, 225, 242, 330
70th Army, 184
1st Polish, 18, 64, 116, 220, 242
2nd Polish, 232, 245
1st Guards Tank, 18, 44, 64, 66, 116, 117, 118, 206, 220, 235, 242, 246, 255;
and Berlin operation, 265, 269, 287, 296, 303, 316, 319, 372
2nd Guards Tank, 17, 18, 44, 91, 116, 2
20, 235, 242, 255, 259, 265, 269, 299, 315, 323, 356, 384, 404
3rd Guards Tank, 17, 60, 108, 126, 232, 239, 241, 245, 255–6, 260, 270, 271, 296;
storms Teltow Canal, 296–7, 303;
in Berlin fighting, 318, 319, 324
4th Guards Tank, 17, 62, 126, 130, 186, 213, 232, 239, 241, 256, 260, 265, 271, 284, 298, 323, 378
5th Guards Tank, 26, 37, 305
CORPS
26th Guards Rifle, 226
28th Guards Rifle, 226
32nd Guards Rifle, 307
50th Guards Rifle, 331
79th Guards Rifle, 372
96th Guards Rifle, 331
3rd Rifle, 172
9th Rifle, 388
79th Rifle, 255
125th Rifle, 259
1st Guards Cavalry, 307
2nd Guards Cavalry, 115, 116, 330
3rd Guards Cavalry, 26, 115
4th Guards Tank, 307
6th Guards Tank, 105, 271
7th Guards Tank, 271
5th Guards Mechanized, 272, 328
11th Tank, 235
25th Tank, 401
DIVISIONS
12th Guards Rifle, 220
27th Guards Rifle, 227
48th Guards Rifle, 296
50th Guards Rifle, 333
54th Guards Rifle, 331
58th Guards Rifle, 305
89th Guards Rifle, 69
94th Guards Rifle, 167
61st Rifle, 340
107th Rifle, 45
150th Rifle, 347, 348, 349, 354, 355, 365
171st Rifle, 348, 349, 356
200th Rifle, 184
230th Rifle, 73
248th Rifle, 226, 227, 243
266th Rifle, 227
301st Rifle, 227, 340, 351
RED ARMY AVIATION
2nd Air Army, 230, 298, 331, 334
16th Air Army, 221, 298, 334
18th Air Army, 221, 298, 334
Refior, Col. Hans, 177, 178, 179, 180, 224, 286, 301, 320, 364, 367
Refugees
from East Prussia, 36, 37, 47–8, 50, 93
treks, 46–7
statistics, 48
arrival in Berlin, 48–9
by sea, 50, 88, 93, 94, 188
treatment by Nazi authorities, 52, 75, 76
in Brandenburg, 53, 256, 258, 264, 337, 395, 396, 397, 398
from Breslau and Silesia, 62–3, 83
Stalin’s satisfaction, 82, 93
in Pomerania, 117–19
Nazi Party and abortions for rape victims, 157–8
Reich Labour Service (RAD), 70, 260, 284, 287n, 303, 328
Reichenau, Field Marshal Walter v., 276
Reichhelm, Col. Günther, 200, 201, 284, 285, 378, 379, 397
Reichsbank, 406
Reichssportsfeld and Olympic Stadium, 180, 293, 340, 384, 391
Reichstag, xxxiii, 210, 319, 324, 347, 348, 349, 350
assault on, 354–6, 365–6, 372, 388, 394,. 426
Reinecke, Pastor, 386, 387
Reinhardt, Col. Gen. Hans, 12, 50
Reinickendorf, 180, 299
Reitsch, Hanna, 322, 342
Reitwein Spur, 71, 163, 216–17, 222, 379