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B. von Loringhoven, fled Hitler bunkerOBITUARY

International Herald Tribune | April 2, 2007 | Copyright
Douglas Martin
International Herald Tribune
04-02-2007
Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, who as a young German Army officer was one of the last to flee Hitler's Berlin bunker as Soviet troops closed in, died on Feb. 27 in Munich. He was 93.Wolf Jobst Siedler Jr., the German publisher of von Loringhoven's memoirs, confirmed the death.In spring 1945, von Loringhoven was a major and an aide to the chief of the German general staff, who was also in the bunker beneath the chancellery, the seat of government. His job was to gather military data, then compose maps and reports, which he…


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