Goebbels: A Biography (132 page)

133.
Boog, “Luftkrieg,” 126ff.; TB, 2, 6, 22, and 24 June 1944.

134.
VB
(B), 27 May 1944; TB, 24 and 25 May 1944.

135.
TB, 30 May 1944.

136.
TB, 2 June 1944; on the presumed effect of the article abroad, see also 3, 4, and 10 June 1944.

137.
Heiber (ed.),
Goebbels Reden
, no. 26, 337.

138.
See the figures in Grimm,
Lynchmorde an alliierten Fliegern im Zweiten Weltkrieg
.

139.
TB, 22 April 1944.

140.
TB, 15 April 1944.

141.
TB, 18 April 1944.

142.
TB, 27 April. 1944.

143.
SD-Berichte zu Inlandsfragen, 25 May 1944, in
Meldungen aus dem Reich
, 6551ff., quotation 6562.

144.
TB, 12, 19 (quotation) and 24 May 1944.

1.
TB, 6 June 1944.

2.
TB, 6 and 3 June 1944.

3.
TB, 7 June 1944.

4.
TB, 11 December 1943.

5.
Heiber (ed.),
Goebbels Reden
, no. 26, esp. 335. On further hints, see Hölsken,
V-Waffen
, 100ff.

6.
Steinert,
Hitlers Krieg und die Deutschen
, 433f.

7.
TB, 15 and 17 January, 19 February, 9 April, 3 June 1944.

8.
TB, 9 and 16 June 1944.

9.
The launches should really have begun a few days before but had “gone wrong.” TB, 17 June 1944; see also 14 June 1944; on the reasons for the failure, see Boog, “Luftkrieg,” 391.

10.
TB, 17 June 1944. On the V weapons offensive, see Boog, “Luftkrieg,” 380ff.; Hölsken,
V-Waffen
, 126ff.

11.
Oven,
Mit Goebbels bis zum Ende
, vol. 2, 18f.; see also TB, 17 June 1944.

12.
BAK, ZSg 109/50, 16 June 1944, TP 1; also contains lengthy informative statements on the question of how the notion of retaliation can continue to be utilized; see Hölsken,
V-Waffen
, 103ff.

13.
TB, 18 June 1944.

14.
BAK, ZSg 109/50, 17 June 1944, TP 1: It was only “the start of the retaliation and the surprise […] that we are preparing”; 20 June 1944, TP 1, the impact depends on the “uninterrupted use of this weapon.”

15.
TB, 20 June 1944; see also 18 June 1944.

16.
TB, 22 June 1944.

17.
BAK, ZSg 109/50, 24 June, TP 1, introduction of the term V-1; Hölsken,
V-Waffen
, 106.

18.
TB, 20 June 1944; and 23 June 1944.

19.
TB, 18 June 1944.

20.
TB, 30 June 1944, also 1 and 7 July 1944. See also Hölsken,
V-Waffen
, 197.

21.
TB, succession of entries from 18 June 1944.

22.
TB, 22 June 1944. On the statistics of hits, see Boog, “Luftkrieg,” 397.

23.
TB, 23 June 1944.

24.
Frieser, “Der Zusammenbruch der Heeresgruppe Mitte im Sommer 1944,” 537ff.

25.
TB, 22 and 25 June 1944.

26.
On the “situation in the East,” see the succession of entries from 25 June 1944.

27.
Frieser, “Zusammenbruch,” 539ff., 545ff., 548ff.

28.
Frieser, “Zusammenbruch,” 552ff. Goebbels notes the loss of three armies in the entry for 9 July 1944.

29.
Frieser, “Zusammenbruch,” 563ff.

30.
TB, 11 July 1944. Up to a significant gap in the entries from 17 to 22 July there is a succession of entries on the “situation in the East.”

31.
TB, 15 July 1944.

32.
TB, 22 June 1944.

33.
TB, 12 July 1944.

34.
TB, 2 July 1944.

35.
TB, 7–9 July 1944.

36.
Das Reich
, 23 July 1944; see also TB, 11 July 1944.

37.
Heiber (ed.),
Goebbels Reden
, no. 27, 356f. See also Goebbels’s article in
Das Reich
, 30 July 1944; on the V weapon propaganda in July, see also Hölsken,
V-Waffen
, 107f.

38.
VB
(B), 9 July 1944, “Mit allen Mitteln gegen den Feind” (headline). In his speech Goebbels emphasized that it was a matter of “life and death for the nation.” TB, 8 July 1944, also 7 and 14 July 1944. On “total war,” see in particular his comments on the reviews of letters in 8 and 15 July 1944.

39.
TB, 11 July 1944. Speer had made a similar point to Hitler during a meeting on armaments. See Boelcke (ed.),
Deutschlands Rüstung
, 390, 6 July 1944.

40.
TB, 12 July 1944.

41.
TB, 13 July 1944.

42.
Published in Bleyer, “Pläne der faschistichen Führung zum totalen Krieg im Sommer 1944,” 1317ff., 1320ff.

43.
TB, 12 and 13 July 1944.

44.
TB, 13 July 1944.

45.
Longerich, “Joseph Goebbels und der Totale Krieg.”

46.
TB, 14 July 1944.

47.
Richardi,
Bomber über München
, 268ff.; Permooser,
Luftkrieg über München
, 249ff.; TB, 13, 14, and 16 July 1944.

48.
According to Goebbels’s account in his radio address of 26 July 1944, in Heiber (ed.),
Goebbels Reden
, no. 27, 342f. On the assassination attempt of 20 July, see Hoffmann,
Widerstand–Staatsstreich–Attentat;
Fest,
Staatsstreich
. On Goebbels’s role on 20 July, see Hoffmann,
Widerstand
, 529, 539, 593ff.; Reuth,
Goebbels
, 548ff.

49.
Hans Wilhelm Hagen, “Bericht über meine Tätigkeit als Verbindungsoffizier des Wachbataillons ‘Großdeutschland’ zum Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda am 20. Juli 1944,” in Jacobsen (ed.),
“Spiegelbild einer Verschwörung,”
12ff.; Remer, “Der Ablauf der Ereignisse am 20. Juli 1944, wie ich sie als Kommandeur des Wachbataillons Großdeutschland erlebte,” in ibid., 637ff.

50.
In particular in his radio address of 26 July 1944.

51.
On this assessment, see Hoffmann,
Widerstand
, 298.

52.
TB, 22 July 1944.

53.
Moll,
“Führer-Erlasse,”
no. 340 and 341 (Verfügung V 10/44, BAB,
NS
6/347).

54.
TB, 23 July 1944; Protokoll der Chefbesprechung of 22 July 1944 in BAB, R 43 II/664a.

55.
RGBl
. 1944 I, 161f.; BAB, R 43 II/664a, Lammers’s note on the address, 25 July 1944, here too Goebbels’s certificate of appointment, 25 July 1944; on the Führer decree, see Rebentisch,
Führerstaat
, 516f.

56.
BAB, R 43 II/664a, Lammers to Goebbels, 26 June 1944. The following were not affected by the decree: the General Buildings Inspector, the General Buildings Councilor for Munich, the Reich Buildings Councilor for Linz, the General Inspector for Motor Transport, the Reich Chancellery, the Presidential Chancellery, and the Party Chancellery.

57.
TB, 24 July 1944.

58.
Frieser, “Zusammenbruch,” 572ff.

59.
Schönherr, “Rückzug,” 712ff. On the critical military situation on the Eastern Front, see TB, in particular 23 July–2 August 1944.

60.
TB, 3 August 1944; Vogel, “Kriegführung,” 556ff.

61.
Rebentisch,
Führerstaat
, 517f.; BAB, R 43 II/665, General Secretary of the GB to Killy, 1 and 4 August 1944.

62.
Heiber (ed.),
Goebbels Reden
, no. 27, 351, 353, 354.

63.
TB, 27 and 28 July 1944.

64.
BAK, ZSg 109/50, 26 July 1944, TP 1;
VB
(B), 26 July, “Der Führer befiehlt: Entscheidende Verstärkung des Kriegseinsatzes” (headline); 27 July, “Waffen–Hände–Herzen. Reichsminister Dr. Goebbels zieht die Folgerungen aus dem 20. Juli” (headline); TB, 27 July 1944.

65.
BAB, R 43 II/665, 28 July 1944;
VB
(B), 28 July, “Dr. Goebbels ordnet an: Keine Scheinarbeit mehr” (headline).

66.
TB, 2 August 1944.

67.
TB, 4 August 1944 (for the whole meeting); speech published in Heiber (ed.),
Goebbels Reden
, no. 28.

68.
BAB, R 43 II/666.

69.
BAB, R 43 II/665 (n.d.); published on 24 August, see
Ursachen und Folgen
, vol. 21, no. 3528e; the drafting of the circulars is mentioned in TB, 31 July 1944.

70.
BAB, R 43 II/666a, Vermerk Reichskanzlei, 7 August 1944. Telex from Bormann to Goebbels, 8 August 1944.

71.
Ursachen und Folgen
, vol. 21, no. 3528b.

72.
TB, 28 July 1944; Dritte Verordnung über die Meldung von Männern und Frauen für Zwecke der Reichsverteidigung vom 28 Juli 1944,
RGBl
. 1944 I, 168.

73.
BAB, R 43 II/666b, Goebbels’ Führerinformation, 30 July, 2, 8, 11, and 17 August 1944 and press statements (drafts), 5, 12, 19, 26 September, 3 October 1944.

74.
TB, 24 August 1944; BAB, R 43 II/666b, Führerinformation, 11 August 1944.

75.
TB, 3 November 1944.

76.
BAB, R 43 II/665, Bormann to Goebbels, 14 August 1944; R 43 II/666b, Führerinformation A I 465, 17 August 1944.

77.
TB, 24 August 1944.

78.
TB, 5 October 1944.

79.
TB, 24 August 1944.

80.
TB, 17 September 1944, and 20 September 1944.

81.
BAB, R 43 II/1363, Vermerk of 20 September 1943; further correspondence on this in the file.

82.
TB, 10 August 1944; on the Economics Ministry, see Herbst,
Der totale Krieg
, 344.

83.
TB, 24 October 1944. At the end of October Goebbels learned that Himmler had no desire to participate in such plans (TB, 1 November 1944).

84.
BA 55/614, Rundschreiben of 23 July 1944; see also directives for its implementation in ibid.

85.
Kershaw rightly questions the plausibility of these reports. Kershaw,
Der Hitler-Mythos
, 263f.

86.
TB, 3 August 1944.

87.
TB, 3 August 1944.

88.
VB
(B), 9 August 1944, “Acht Verbrecher vom 20. Juli traf die verdiente Strafe—Das Volk hat sie gerichtet” (headline); TB, 10 August 1944; there are no entries about the days of the trial in the diaries.

89.
Ramm,
Der 20. Juli 1944 vor dem Volksgerichtshof
, 449ff. with a survey of the trials.

90.
TB, 25 July, 3 August 1944.

91.
TB, 16 August 1944.

92.
TB, 23 August 1944.

93.
TB, 16 August 1944.

94.
Vogel, “Kriegführung,” 581ff.; TB, 16 August 1944.

95.
Vogel, “Kriegführung,” 560ff.

96.
TB, 22 August 1944.

97.
TB, 25 August 1944.

98.
TB, 26 and 27 August 1944; Schönherr, “Rückzug,” 773ff.

99.
TB, 4 and 21 September 1944; on the (foreseeable) developments in Finland, see also 3 August 1944; Wegner, “Kriegsende,” 991ff.

100.
TB, 10 September 1944.

101.
TB, 23 September 1944, see also 2 and 4 November 1944.

102.
TB, 17 November 1944.

103.
TB, 10 August 1944.

104.
TB, 5 September 1944, also 1 and 2 September 1944; BAM, RH 5/126, AHA, Stab II, Stand der Goebbels-Aktion, 29 September 1944, 1 October 1944 and table for the Luftwaffe submission.

105.
TB, 27, 29, and 31 August, 1 and 2 September 1944.

106.
TB, 3 September 1944.

107.
TB, 5 September 1944.

108.
TB, 10 September; on difficulties in fulfilling the September quota, see 13, 16, 24, 26, and 27 September 1944.

109.
TB, 27 September 1944; 24 September: 244,000.

110.
BAM, RH 5/126, AHA, Stab II, Notizen v. 27. November 1944 und v. 23. Januar 1945.

111.
TB, 5 October 1944, and 8 October 1944.

112.
TB, 30 December 1944.

113.
That is clear from BAM, RH 15/126, AHA, Stab II, Stand der Goebbels-Aktion vom 30. Dezember 1944, 1. Januar 1945 und Notiz v. 23. January 1945 concerning the Luftwaffe submission. By contrast Goebbels referred to 685,332 men who had been “transferred” to the Wehrmacht, but noted a deficit of 156,500 men (TB, 30 December 1944).

114.
TB, 17 September 1944. Criticism of the Labor Offices already on 31 July, 8 September 1944.

115.
TB, 7 October 1944; on 28 September he had noted a figure of 150,000.

116.
Gröhler,
Bombenkrieg
, 342f.

117.
Gröhler,
Bombenkrieg
, 358.

118.
TB, 11 September 1944; Löhr, “Mönchengladbach,” 205.

119.
Schmidt,
Die Brandnacht; Tagesberichte
, 11 September; TB, 23 September.

120.
Gröhler,
Bombenkrieg
, 371; TB, 6 November 1944 (Solingen), TB, 24 October 1944 (Essen).

121.
TB, 7 October, 6 December 1944;
Tagesberichte
, 6 October, 5 December 1944 and
Tagesberichte
, 11, 14, 23, 30 October, also 15 and 24 November 1944 about smaller raids, mainly nighttime Mosquito raids by the British.

122.
TB, 21–28 September 1944; Vogel, “Kriegführung,” 606ff.; Middlebrook,
Arnheim 1944
.

123.
Vogel, “Kriegführung,” 615; TB, 15 and 17 September 1944.

124.
TB, 24 June 1944.

125.
TB, 16 September 1944.

126.
TB, 17 September 1944.

127.
TB, 1, 2, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 23 September 1944.

128.
TB, 12 September 1944, and 14 September 1944.

129.
TB, 19 September 1944.

130.
TB, 30 September 1944.

131.
Der Angriff
, 26 and 30 September 1944. See also
DAZ
, 26 September 1944, “Die Vernichtungsdrohung aus dem Westen” (headline);
VB
(N), 26 September 1944, “Morgenthau übertrifft Clemencau” (headline); similarly in 27, 28, and 30 September 1944.

132.
TB, 3 August 1944.

133.
TB, 6 September 1944.

134.
TB, 6 June 1944. On Japanese advances, see TB, 11 and 17 June 1944. See Martin,
Deutschland und Japan im Zweiten Weltkrieg
, 196.

135.
TB, 10 September 1944; see also 14 September 1944.

136.
TB, 13 September 1944.

137.
TB, 16 (Stuckart), 17 (Speer), 18 (Naumann) September 1944.

138.
TB, 18 September 1944.

139.
For the quotations, see TB, 12–18, and 19 September 1944.

140.
TB, 20 September 1944.