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Bormann, Martin 32, 144, 202, 227, 231, 236, 245, 259, 315, 350, 372, 375, 378, 396, 405, 406, 421, 424, 425, 428–9, 506, 508, 522, 568, 569, 616, 698, 707, 709–12, 738, 741, 776, 789, 798, 800, 801, 816, 819, 825, 827, 829, 832; and the assassination attempt 706; begs Speer to persuade H to leave the bunker 806; in the Committee of Three 568, 570; forces Göring to resign 807–8; H relies on concerning domestic matters 571; and H’s cremation 829, 830; names Fromm 689; Party Minister 823, 830; political and organizational matters 714; position strengthens 715–16; the Prussian Finance Ministry 575; remains wholly loyal 774; restructures the Party 790; and the Schirach incident 590; ‘Secretary of the Führer’ 572, 715; sets up quasi-guerrilla organizations 790–91; signs the Political Testament 823; suicide 833–4

Borneo 326

Bornewasser, Bishop Franz Rudolf 427

Bosch, Hieronymus 85

Bottrop 761

Bouhler, Philipp 253, 258, 259, 260, 429, 571

Brabant 518

Brack, Viktor 258–61

Brahms, Johannes 513

Brandenburg asylum 261

Brandt, Frau 651

Brandt, Lieutenant-Colonel Heinz 661, 662, 674

Brandt, Karl (H’s doctor) 137, 235, 253, 256, 259, 260, 294, 429, 727

Brandt, SS-Sturmbannführer Rudolf 484

Bratislava 169, 791

Brauchitsch, Walther von 58, 72, 75, 76, 78, 94, 97, 101–4, 146–7, 178, 209, 215, 216, 217, 225, 246, 247–8, 266, 268, 269–70, 277, 278, 290, 296, 298, 303, 306, 335, 344, 345, 346, 355, 384, 396, 407, 411–14, 417, 418, 434, 441, 450–53,454, 536

Braun, Eva 199, 512, 564, 634, 639, 797, 807, 816; cremation 829–31; in the Führer Bunker 776, 798, 801, 804, 821, 827; H’s treatment of 34; marries H 820–21; her room in the ‘Führer Apartment’ 32, 34; suicide 828; suicide attempts 35

Braun, Gretl 199

Braun, Wernher von 622

Braunau am Inn 79

Bräutigam, Otto 478

Bredow, Major-General Ferdinand von xxxvi

Breitenbuch, Rittmeister Eberhard von 670

Bremen 535

Brenner border 76

Brenner Pass 291, 327, 382

Breslau 762, 779, 823; Festival of German Singers (1937) 37–8; Jews deported from 485; under siege 759

Brest 504, 719, 720

Brest-Litowsk 395, 398

Britain 752; accepts the need for war 174; the Blitz 309, 310; Churchill evokes resilience and idealism 286; and Czechoslovakia 95–6, 97, 118, 173; declares war on Germany 223; economic blockade of 284; economy 402–3; ‘encirclement policy’ 178; the ‘eternal trouble-causer in Europe’ 783; Foreign Office 25, 203; Goebbels favours the devastation of English ‘cultural centres’ 510; Göring wants an agreement 50, 67, 771–2; Guarantee to Poland 155, 175, 178, 179, 190, 212, 216, 218, 237, 586; H obsessed with ‘beating England’ 278; H prepares for conflict with 169, 192–3; H warns against underestimating 43; hatred for 275, 300; Heé’s flight to Scotland 369; Home Guard 370; H’s high esteem of British resilience and fighting-power 264; H’s ‘Offer’ regarding Poland (August 1939) 213, 216, 217; H’s ‘peace offer’ 300, 301, 306, 379; H’s ‘peace plan’ 3–4; H’s plans for dealing with 292–3; intelligence 585, 586; intervention in Greece 366; invasion seen as a last choice 301–2; and Iraq 381; Jewish influence 489; Jewish refugees 145, 146; military alliance with Poland 215; mutual assistance agreement with Russia (1941) 457; Naval Pact with the Reich (1935) xxxviii, 23, 189, 190; oil supplies 530, 537; the race for Norway 287–8; rearmament 25, 157; Ribbentrop’s hatred of 44, 90, 159, 160; Secret Service 271, 274, 373, 377, 380; and the Soviet-German non-aggression pact 206, 212, 213; ultimatum to Germany 223, 230; War Office 295; weakness of xxxvi, 43, 44, 48

British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) (BBC) 373, 600, 816

British Empire 25, 48, 49, 95, 168, 190, 213, 216, 293–4, 295, 298, 302, 304, 377, 401, 405, 456, 504

British Expeditionary Force 295, 297, 367

British Guarantee to Poland 155

British Union of Fascists 302 ‘Britons, The’ (antisemitic organization) 320

Brittany 718, 720

Brjansk and Viaz’ma double battle 433 broadcasting: the Berlin Olympics 8; the ‘people’s radio’ (Volksempfänger) xl

Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), West Prussia 242, 763

Brooks, Collin 211

Bruckmann, Frau Elsa 33

Bruckmann, Hugo 33

Bruckner, Anton 513

Brückner, SA-Gruppenführer Wilhelm 31, 186, 218, 235

Brûly-de-Pesche 297

Brussels 722

Buchanan Castle, near Loch Lomond 371

Bucharest 328, 723

Buchenwald concentration camp 141, 768

Bückeberg, Hanover 38

Budapest 627, 734, 735, 736, 757; Citadel 734–5, 736, 738; Jews 624, 736; Soviet troops enter 758

Bug river 238, 244, 630

Bühler, Josef 493

Bukovina 332, 351, 384

Bulgaria 361, 603, 617, 719, 723–4, 734

Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM; German Girls’ League) 81–2, 142

Bürckel, Gauleiter Josef 81, 315, 323

Burckhardt, Carl 201, 202, 203, 250

Burgdorf, General Wilhelm 733, 788, 797, 798, 803, 823, 825, 827, 830

Burgsinn, Lower Franconia 142–3

Burgundy 267

Burma 326

Busch, Field-Marshal Ernst 103, 464, 646, 647, 649, 667, 670

business community, Groraumwirtschaft concept xliv

Bussche, Captain Axel Freiherr von dem 669

Busse, General Theodor 788, 793, 802, 809, 813, 814

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Cádiz 16

Cadogan, Sir Alexander 203, 211, 379–80