p. 363 ‘It was a form of hell’, Stolberg, report, 17 Feb. 1943, BA-MA, RW4/v. 264, p. 160
p. 363 ‘Death king of Gumrak’, Seydlitz, p. 254
p. 364 ‘I am proud…’, Hans Schmieder, ‘Ein Überlebender aus dem Kessel von Stalingrad berichtet’, Deutsches Soldatenjahrbuch, 1987
p. 364 ‘an attack by twenty-eight…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 364 ‘I am thinking about…’, letter from unknown German soldier, AMPSB, quoted in Volgograd University history department project
p. 364 ‘Why were no…’, BA-MA, RL30/5
p. 364 ‘completely apathetic’, BA-MA, RL30/6
p. 365 ‘the Army is no longer…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/796
p. 365 ‘fed his dog with…’, Dr Günther Diez, Schneider-Janessen, p. 143
p. 365 ‘On the codeword “Lion”…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 365 ‘consider ways…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 366 ‘trusted and energetic…’, BA-MA, RH19 VI/11, p. 50
p. 366 ‘flown out of the…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, p. 86
p. 366 ‘The Führer decreed…’, Bradley and Schulze-Kossens, p. 42
p. 367 ‘seemed absolutely bent…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 368 ‘Is it possible…’, BA-MA, RL30/6
p. 369 ‘Those in the Fortress…’, 12.48, 18 Jan. 1943, BA-MA, RL30/6
p. 369 ‘The Stalingrad Kessel…’, quoted in Boelcke, p. 369
p. 369 ‘only an immediate strike’, Waldersee, quoted in Groscurth, p. 95
p. 369 ‘who soon will have no…’, Groscurth, p. 553
p. 370 ‘There is not a single…’, BA-MA, RL30/6, p. 73
p. 370 ‘Gumrak airfield…’, BA-MA, RL30/6, p. 80
p. 370 ‘Whatever help…’, Maj. Maes, 22 Jan. 1943, BA-MA, RL30/6, p. 83
p. 370 ‘as if on a hare shoot’, and (p. 371) ‘Leave me!’, anonymous conversation
p. 371 ‘abandoned cripples’, Weinert, p. 33
p. 371 ‘water from snow…’, Böhme, p. 237
p. 371 ‘As far as the eye…’, Hans Schmieder MS.
p. 372 ‘Herr Major, sie kommen!’ Gebele, in Beck, p. 183
p. 372 ‘It was bitterly cold…’, Kuber, in Beck, p. 194
p. 372 ‘Surrender out of…’, 22 Jan. 1943, BA-MA, RH19 VI/12, p. 324
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p. 374 ‘With heavy hearts…’, Kuber, in Beck, p. 196
p. 374 red parachutes, Winrich Behr, conversation, 25 Oct. 1995
p. 374 ‘German soldiers here’, BA-MA, RH19 VI/12, p. 451
p. 375 ‘Exhausted wounded men…’, BA-MA, RW4/v. 264
p. 375 ‘Moans, calls for help…’, Dr Hubert Haidinger, in Bund ehemaliger Stalingradkämpfer, Weihnachts Rundbrief, 1992, p. 9
p. 375 ‘Abandon hope…’, Dr Hermann Achleitner, ‘Als Arzt in Stalingrad’, in Beck, p. 199
p. 376 ‘Two Stalingrad women…’, Gebele, in Beck, p. 186
p. 377 ‘Where are your regiments?’ Theodor Plievier broadcast, BA-MA, RW4/v. 264, p. 227
p. 377 ‘The eyes of the hardened…’, Chuikov, p. 279
p. 378 ‘more interesting’, Dyatlenko MS.
p. 378 ‘Kessel-baby’, Dyatlenko MS.; see also ‘Das “Kesselkind” des Generals’ in Freiheit, 7 Apr. 1965, and BA-MA, N395/12
p. 379 ‘the eyes and hand…’, Dyatlenko MS.
p. 379 ‘To the Führer!…’, BA-MA, RL30/5
p. 380 ‘Paulus is in a…’, 20 Jan. 1943, Groscurth, p. 533
p. 380 ‘our own funeral speech’, Wieder, Stalingrad und die Verantwortung des Soldaten,p. 100
p. 380 ‘macabre’, Gottfried von Bismarck MS.
p. 380 ‘Turn it up!’ Dr Hubert Haidinger, op. cit., p. 7
p. 380 ‘suicide of the Jews’, anonymous conversation
p. 380 ‘The heroic…’, quoted in Domarus, vol. ii, p. 1979
p. 381 ‘I have no intention…’, quoted in Beck, p. 207
p. 381 ‘It looks like an invitation…’, Dyatlenko MS.
p. 381 ‘What’s going on here?’ Dibold, pp. 24–5
p. 382 ‘apocalyptic order’, Seydlitz, p. 250
p. 382 ‘We fight to the last bullet…’, anonymous conversation
p. 382 ‘The swastika…’, 30 Jan. 1943 at 19.50 hrs, BA-MA, RL30/5
p. 382 ‘listening to the…’, BA-MA, RL30/5
p. 382 ‘During that night…’, Schmieder MS.
p. 383 ‘Russians at the…’, Sonderstab Milch, BA-MA, RL30/6, p. 83
p. 383 ‘In Stalingrad the situation…’, BA-MA, RW4/v. 264
p. 383 ‘like the ears…’, Grossman, Life and Fate, p. 801
p. 384 ‘Kameraden, Krieg kaputt!’ Fritz Ecker, ‘Ein weiter Weg’, Stalin-gradbund Österreich, Jan. 1991
p. 384 ‘Whoever’s capable…’, Dr Hubert Haidinger, op. cit., p. 8
p. 384 ‘Fascist dogs’, Klavdia Sveridovna Ribaltshenko (sic), interrogation by Gruppe Geheime Feldpolizei 626, 21 July 1943, BZG-S
p. 385 ‘Soviet soldiers…’, Beck, p. 189
p. 385 ‘What shall we do with…’, anonymous conversation
p. 387 ‘That’s how Berlin…’, Beck, p. 197
p. 387 ‘rather good command of Russian’, C. M. Bogomolov MS.
p. 388 ‘A German Field Marshal…’, Lev Bezyminsky, conversation, 10 Nov. 1995
p. 388 ‘there is no doubt that…’, Winrich Behr, letter to the author, 26 Feb. 1996
p. 390 ‘round and round in circles’, Bezyminsky, conversation, 10 Nov. 1995
p. 391 ‘I must inform you…’, Dyatlenko MS.
p. 391 ‘They have surrendered…’, 1 Feb. 1943, quoted in Gilbert (ed.), pp. 17–22; and Warlimont, pp. 319–23
p. 392 ‘Troops are fighting…’, and ‘I expect…’, BA-MA, RL30/5
p. 392 ‘XI Army Corps…’, war diary Sonderstab Milch, BA-MA, RL30/6, p. 151
p. 392 ‘When the time comes…’, Strecker, Haller, p. 105
p. 393 ‘XI Army Corps…’, BA-MA, RL30/5
p. 393 ‘Long live Germany!’ Haller, p. 107
p. 393 ‘What the normal…’, Werth, The Year of Stalingrad,p. 463
p. 394 1.1 million casualties, of which 485,751, quoted by Erickson, in Erickson and Dilks, p. 264
p. 394 ‘I thought of the…’, Grossman papers, RGALI, 1710/1/101
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p. 396 ‘No more…’, BA-MA, RL30/6
p. 396 ‘the Corporal uneducated…’, Dyatlenko MS.
p. 396 ‘We have our own rules’, Bezyminsky, conversation, 10 Nov. 1995
p. 397 ‘They looked healthy…’, Werth, The Year of Stalingrad,p. 446
p. 397 ‘It was rather like…’, Werth, The Year of Stalingrad,p. 444
p. 397 ‘When I opened…’, Bogomolov MS.
p. 398 ‘our troops…’, Boelcke, p. 408
p. 399 ‘which will move…’, Boelcke, p. 430
p. 399 ‘From Führer headquarters…’, Domarus, vol. ii, p. 1985
p. 400 ‘The farewell letters…’, 18 Feb. 1943, Heinz Boberach (ed.), Meldungen aus dem Reich 1938–1945, vol. xii, p. 4822, quoted in Wette and Ueberschär, p. 63
p. 400 ‘in future…’, Boelcke, p. 411
p. 400 ‘Stop dancing!’ Leopold Graf von Bismarck, conversation, 4 May 1996
p. 402 ‘If we are paid back…’, Bielenberg, p. 135
p. 403 ‘We will end the war…’, quoted Rohden, p. 127
p. 404 ‘You cannot stop…’, ‘I wonder how it feels…’, Wettlin, pp. 86, 88
p. 404 ‘After Stalingrad…’, Smirnov, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 404 ‘needed to believe’, Ehrenburg, pp. 10–11