Monday, May 3, 1965 University Daily Kansan
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Hitler's Death Ends Tyranny Study
By Eric Johnson
Twenty years ago last Friday a dome was shattered and one man's stain, a study in tyranny, was trampled to fragments. Adolf Hitler was dead.
Looking east across the barbed wire of the Berlin wall, one sees a grassy area interrupted by a large grass covered dome surrounded by cubicle gray buildings. Two levels underground is the section of the Chancellery where Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, took their own lives as Russian troops advanced and spoiled all the dreams of Hitler's conquest.
THE RUSSIANS had begun their bombardment on April 26, 1945 Hitler and his small circle of comrades waited for what they thought would be a counterstrike against the Russians which would save Berlin. The counterstrike never came.
Hitler's aides had told him of this and in the early morning of April 29 Hitler dictated his political testament and will to one of his secretaries.
Allan Bullock, in his book, "Hilfer —A Study in Tyranny," tells of Hitler's last testament and of the way he remained consistent in his views.
"Facing death and destruction of the regime he had created, this man
who had exacted the sacrifice of millions of lives rather than admit defeat was still recognizable as the old Hitler," Bullock said.
"FROM FIRST to last there is not a word of regret, nor a suggestion of remorse." he said.
Hitler was born the son of a minor Austrian government official, Alonis Hitler, in 1889 in Braunau, Austria.
Hilder was educated in Austria and sought a career in art. He was refused entry to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna because of poor drawings and the lack of a diploma.
HITLER, who once painted post cards for a living, enlisted in the Bavarian Army in 1913. He served on the French Front throughout the war and was awarded the first-class Iron Cross.
During this period after World War I, Hitler became active in the German Worker's Party.
After the abortive Munich "beer hall Futsch" of November 8 to 9, 1923, in which Hitler and his friends failed to overthrow the Bavarian government, Hifter was imprisoned. While in prison, he wrote, "Mein Kampf" or "My Struggle."
strengthen Germany, which he did as soon as he was elected Chancellor in 1933, and to dominate all of France and Central Europe.
"MEIN KAMPF" showed some of desires for his own power and German conquest. His aims were to
Hitler was released from prison and once again joined the German Workers Party. (The name had been changed to National Socialists German Workers Party.)
The depression had hit Germany, and Hitler and his party were looked upon as saviors of the German people.
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933, and immediately put his ideas into practice.
Within six months he had placed restrictions on organized labor and had outlawed political parties. In 1935 he introduced a program of compulsory military training. The Rhineland was remilitarized in the same year. These events led to the eventual invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, and the start of World War II.
HITLER'S war was going badly in 1945 and his forces were losing on most fronts. With the Russian advance into Berlin, the end was near.
Hitler's personal valet was summoned a few hours before Hitler's death and given orders for disposal of his and Eva Braun's bodies.
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around a white circle to the unusual music of the "Sigma Chi Symphonettes," whose leader directed them with a table leg. When the music stopped all ran into the circle and tried to come back with a plastic bucket. Girls who failed to secure a bucket were then eliminated.
Marilyn Mouden, Prairie Village sophomore (Alpha Delta Pi) managed to get the last bucket.
Another event was the "Egg Swat" where a girl from each living group tried to break with a rolled newspaper a raw egg tapped to the back of her opponents who were trying to do the same to her.
CAROL EVANS, Fremont, Nebr., sophomore (Theta) and Marsha Ablah, Wichita freshman (C and O) tied for first place and the Chi Omega house came in second.
Other events included the "Limbo, a tug of war, and a baseball bat relay.
Six girls tied for first place in the limbo when each managed to pass under a limbo pole about one foot and a half high. The houses they represented were Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Corbin, Gamma Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Sigma Kappa.
Four living groups tied for first in the tug of war. They were:
Alpha Delta Pi, Aloba Phi, Delta Delta Delta, and Delta Gamma.
Gamma Phi Beta picked up first place in the Bat Relay. Delta Gamma placed second, Kappa Alpha Theta won third, and Pi Beta Phi, fourth.
THE "HAT GRAF" held Friday on campus was won by Kappa Kappa Gamma. Gamma Phi Beta took second and Delta Gamma, third. The girls from the various living groups received points for each derby they could take off the head of the Sigma Chl's.
Marilyn Mouden, Prairie Village sophomore, Alpha Omicron Pi, was awarded a small cup trophy for best all-around "Girl Jock."
Friday, when girls could earn points for their living group by snatching derbies off the heads of Sigma Chis, such attempts got out of hand about 10:45 a.m. on the Flint Hall lawn, Donald Alderson, dean of men, said.
Derby Day, though only 12 years old here, began in 1930 at the University of California. Each chapter has varied kinds of stunts but the basic purpose is competition between the women's campus living groups.
DEAN ALDERSON said there were about 200 students gathered around the sidewalk in front of Flint Hall, watching a number of other students trying to snatch derbies.
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Social Work Day, All Day. Kansas Union.
Today
Graduate Reading Examination in Ger-
sity, Saturday, May 8, 9:30 a.m. in I19
Frank.
Negotiations for Rightaway Acquisition,
All Day. Kansas Union.
Music Symposium Chamber Music, 3:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall.
3:35 p.m. Charles O. Handley
Jr. U.S. Mus. Dyche Auditorium,
Physics Collectium, 4:30 p.m. Dr.
Lawrence Willets, U. of Washington. 155
Malott.
Social Work Day Lecture, 6:30 p.m. Dr. Robert Theobald, "Cybermalion, Threat or Promise?" Forum Room, Kansas Union.
Student Peace Union Open Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Kansas Union.
Music Symposium Chamber Music, 8 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall.
TOMORROW
Catholic Mass, 6:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.
Lecture Chapel. Confessions before or
during mass.
Negotiations for Righway Acquisition,
All Day, Kansas Union.
Akron, Kansas Union.
APLA. Film Series, 12:30 p.m. 324
Malott.
Ph.D. Exam: Chester B. Whitney, Education.
2:30, 112 Bailey.
Speech and Drama Colloquium, 3:30 p.m. Prof. Darrel Holt, 301 Summerfield. Lecture, 4:30 p.m. Mario Palladini, U. of Rome. Dyce Aud.
Carillon Recital, 7 p.m. Albert Gerken.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 7 p.m. Pine Room, Kansas Union. "Love of God." Paul Steeves.
Inquiers Class, 7:30 p.m. Canterbury House, 1116 La.
Christian Science College Organization,
7:30 p.m. Danforth Chapel.
Music Symposium, 8 p.m. Symposium Orchestra, University Theatre.
Wesley Foundation Community Worship
9:15 p.m. Methodist Center, 1341Qrpd
Orchestra. University Theatre.
Wesley Foundation Community Wor-
Episcopal Holy Communion, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
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Questions have arisen whether or not Hitler was truly dead. Reports of seeing him in Argentina and other countries periodically fly.
"There is no way out any more, Linge. I have decided with Fräulein Braun that we will die together. Your duty and my order to you is to see that our bodies are burned."
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"No one must see and recognize me after death. Get a supply of petrol ready, wrap our bodies in blankets, soak them in petrol and burn them," were Hitler's commands to Linge.
Linge later relates how he entered the bunker and found Adolf Hitler and Frau Hitler sitting on couches dead. The bodies were removed, according to Linge, placed in a slight depression beside the bunker, and burned.
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JUST BEFORE Hitler's suicide, he was married to Eva Braun in a civil ceremony. Linge, who was later captured by the Russians, tells of the party and its forced guaiy.
THE QUESTION was settled for some people recently when a Russian intelligence officer said she had found the body of Hitler and identified it in Berlin.
Hitler's dome of "many-colored glass" would be shattered in 16 hours.
"The gaiety, of course, was a little forced, a little artificial, but, even so, I don't think many of the guests knew how soon death would claim the bride and bridegroom."
Hitler is dead, but his memory lives on. The memory of a man who, directly or indirectly, was responsible for the deaths of millions of people during World War II. A man who visioned himself as being absolute ruler of the whole of Europe and Asia.
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