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BERLIN, Germany -- The last remaining witness to Adolf Hitler's final hours in his Berlin bunker, Rochus Misch, who also served as the fuhrer's devoted bodyguard for most of World War II died Thursday, aged 96.
Burkhard Nachtigall, who helped him write his 2008 memoir, told The Associated Press in an email that Misch passed away after a short illness.
Misch remained proud to the end about his years with Hitler, whom he affectionately called "boss."
In a 2005 interview with The AP, Misch recalled Hitler as "a very normal man" and gave a riveting account of the German dictator's last days before he and his wife Eva Braun killed themselves as the Soviet Red Army closed in around their bunker in Berlin.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/06/20356377-last-remaining-witness-to-hitlers-final-hours-dies-aged-96?lite
How many times can you post a headline like that? Sounds like the guy was in denial to the end...read the last few paragraphs.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Buh-bye.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Mean looking fucker, I must say:
And he's Hitler's constant companion, but he apparently had a great case of selective deafness:
"That was never a topic," he said emphatically. "Never."
"Never," my ass.
Was the character of Sgt. Shultz based on this guy? "I know NNnnnnaaaaa-zing!!!!! I seee Nnnnnaaaaa-ZING!!!!"