tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post5310805900999846833..comments2023-09-18T06:11:49.382-05:00Comments on No Fear of the Future: The Osprey Book of Secret Hideaways of Flamboyant International DictatorsJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-13704369146953544292011-08-26T10:53:01.289-05:002011-08-26T10:53:01.289-05:00I recall a passage from The Bunker by James O'...I recall a passage from The Bunker by James O'Donnell. There was some plan afoot for Hitler to fall back from Berlin to Bertchesgaden since the Soviets were making straight for the German capital. <br /><br />Someone, I think Goebbels, managed to scotch the plan. According to O'Donnell the fuhrer believed he had to make his last stand in his fortress amid the flaming ruins of the Reichskapital. Dying at his summer vacation house was NOT Wagnerian. <br /><br />Bunkers are practical things, but also strangely theatrical.Dave Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210387108701067975noreply@blogger.com