Bernd Baron Freytag von Loringhoven (born 1914 in Arensburg/Kuressaare, Estonia) is a Baltic-German former General and deputy head of German Bundeswehr. In World War II he was a decorated tank commander and adjutant of generals Heinz Guderian and Hans Krebs from July 1944 till April 1945. County Saare County Mayor Urmas Treiel Area 14. ... The Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten, Deutschbalten, sometimes incorrectly Baltendeutsche), were ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea which forms today the countries of Estonia and Latvia. ... The Bundeswehr ( (help· info)) is the armed forces of Germany and its administration. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888 - 14 May 1954) was a military theorist and innovative General of the German Army during the Second World War. ... General of Infantry Hans Krebs (1898–1945). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

The Last Witness

His last mission in World War II was to prepare reports for Adolf Hitler, in whose company he spent many hours. After 23 April 1945, when Hitler's communication batallion fled en masse, he had to improvise significantly and based intelligence reports on information gained from the Allied news agencies Reuters and the BBC. Hitler was not aware of this. Hitler allowed him to escape the bunker on 29 April 1945 and even gave him advice how to get a motor boat and escape the Allies. Captured by the British, he spent two years as a prisoner of war (P.O.W.). He was never found guilty of any war crimes. After being released, he moved to Munich, where he was active in the publishing industry and was promoted to general in the German army in 1956. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... Reuters Group plc LSE: RTR NASDAQ: RTRSY is best known as a news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries supporting the Triple Entente who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... The German Army (German: Heer (help· info)) is one of three defence units forming the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His cousin Wessel Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven, who provided the detonator charge and explosives for the assassination attempt against Hitler on July 20th, 1944 was a friend of Freytag-Loringhoven but did not involve him in the plot. Only with the backing of General Heinz Guderian Freytag-Loringhoven did not get arrested after the failed July 20 plot. Colonel Baron Wessel Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven (born ??, 1899, died July 23, 1944) was a member of the German resistance who served in the Abwehr (German military intelligence) under Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was a failed coup détat and attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. ... Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888 - 14 May 1954) was a military theorist and innovative General of the German Army during the Second World War. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was a failed coup détat and attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. ...

He is one of the rare still-alive witnesses of what was going on in the Führerbunker at the end of World War II. He was often called to testify and to co-operate in script writing, for example for the movie Der Untergang (Downfall). He recently published a book about the time he spent in the bunker, with the title Dans le bunker de Hitler (In Hitler's Bunker). This is a reconstruction of the layout of the Führerbunker. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... Der Untergang (2004; English title Downfall, French title La Chute) is a German film depicting the final days of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany in 1945. ...

Sources

• Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven and François d' Alançon:

Dans le bunker de Hitler : 23 juillet 1944 - 29 avril 1945 , Paris 2005, ISBN 2262022852

• Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven and François d' Alançon:

In the Bunker with Hitler : The Last Witness Speaks, London 2006, ISBN 0297845551

References

• News:Hitler Relied on "Enemy" News

• BBC News - Eyewitness: Hitler's last days (Tuesday, 26 April, 2005)