In April 1945, as Berlin was about to fall, Hermann Göring sent a telegram to Hitler asking if he would be allowed to take over power if Hitler was no longer capable of leading the country. Although this was technically legal, Hitler, in his paranoid and desperate state, interpreted it as betrayal. Martin Bormann, Hitler's close assistant, fueled this suspicion by making Hitler believe Göring was trying to seize power before Berlin's complete collapse. Enraged, Hitler ordered Göring stripped of all positions, expelled from the Nazi Party, and demanded his immediate arrest. This incident illustrates how even Hitler's most trusted lieutenants began to distrust and turn against each other in the final days of the Third Reich, as survival became the primary concern.
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The telegram of just a few lines from Göring made Hitler furious in the final days of the Third Reich. [music] In April 1945, as Berlin was about to fall, Hitler locked himself inside the underground bunker. [music] Meanwhile, Hermann Göring, the right-hand man once chosen by Hitler as his successor, >> [music] >> sent a telegram asking if Hitler was no longer capable of leading the country, would he be allowed to take over power?
[music] On paper, that was completely legal, but in his paranoid and desperate state, [music] Hitler did not see it as a procedure, but as betrayal. Martin Bormann, Hitler's close assistant, immediately fueled [music] this suspicion and made Hitler believe that Göring was trying to seize power before [music] Berlin had completely collapsed.
The rage exploded inside the bunker.
Hitler ordered Göring stripped [music] of all positions, expelled from the Nazi Party, and demanded his immediate arrest. [music] Most terrifying of all was that only a few years earlier, Göring had still been considered the number one successor of the Third Reich. But in the final days, even Hitler's most powerful figures began [music] to distrust and turn against each other in order to survive.
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