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steve2470

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9. "If I had shot him it would not have changed anything because the fighting was all but over"

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 12:03 PM

Dec 2017

WWII: You went into Hitler’s bunker a number of times during the battle. Initially, the guards took away your pistol, but toward the end they stopped searching you and you were able to take your pistol in. You say in your book that you had the opportunity to shoot Hitler, and while you thought about it you decided not to. Could you elaborate on that?

Knappe: If I had shot him it would not have changed anything because the fighting was all but over.

http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-world-war-ii-german-officer-siegfried-knappe.htm

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