There were over forty attempts on his life. Hitler’s Bodyguard: Hitler’s Dangerous Train Journeys
Fate and a handful of hand-picked bodyguards helped this evil genius to cheat death on so many occasions. ibid.
Another means of transport became available: trains. Official German government coaches. ibid.
He would travel across the vast expanses of his European conquests ... to the battle-fronts. ibid.
He was going to the eastern front ... The Wolf’s Lair now became Hitler’s principle base. ibid.
Wolf’s Lair: work first started on Hitler’s ultimate stronghold in the Autumn of 1940. Hitler’s Bodyguard: Attempts to Kill Hitler at the Wolf’s Lair
Stauffenberg said he had to make a telephone call and left the room. He left his briefcase behind. As he moved back, Grant moved it to the other side of the table leg from Hitler. ibid.
Some sources say that as many as four thousand people were killed. ibid.
The Berghof became Hitler’s alternative power base. Hitler’s Bodyguard: Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
Hitler would sit back and see the latest Hollywood blockbuster. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer was a particular favourite. ibid.
In 1938 a Swiss student named Maurice Bavaud began to stalk Hitler across Germany ... He got nowhere near his target. ibid.
That can really only happen when a tyrannical system is so well established that it can dominate the whole fabric of society. Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary, Traudl Junge, 2002
He actually tried to manipulate the consciences of the German people. ibid.
Traudl Junge, born Traudl Humps in 1920, was Adolf Hitler’s secretary from 1942 to the end of the war. He also dictated his last will and testament to her. For the next fifty years she refused to speak about her memories in public. ibid. caption
The longer I live, the older I get, the more I feel this burden, this feeling of guilt, because I worked for a man and I actually liked him but he caused such terrible suffering. ibid. Traudl
He was an absolute criminal. ibid.
His problems were all connected with the stomach and digestion. ibid.
Humanity was never of any importance to him. It was always the concept of the superman. ibid.
And said, ‘I have been saved. Destiny has chosen me; providence has preserved me. It is a sign that I must see my mission through to the end.’ ibid.
I actually think he had lost touch with reality. ibid.
He said, ‘All is lost; you must leave Berlin at once.’ ibid.
Those of us who were left started to lead a sort of shadowy existence. ibid.
The deafening roar of artillery and air-raids. The completely ghostly atmosphere against a background of constant noise. ibid.
Nothing ever landed on Hitler’s desk without Bormann seeing it first. ibid.
Hitler married Eva Braun ... to the thunder of the Russian artillery. ibid.
I didn’t go down to have a look for myself. ibid.
He had no life in time. His eyes used to have such intensity, but that had gone. You could tell that the man standing there was bereft of hope. Traudl Junge, Hitler’s secretary