"It Might Be His Last . . ."

Berlin posters cried birthday greetings to the Fiuehrer: "Our walls may crumble but our hearts stay firm." Tiredly, Propagandist Joseph Goebbels eulogized: "Even the greatest leaders of history will be faced with occasional setbacks." Discreetly the radio did not play the Horst Wessel Song or the refrain: Today Germany, tomorrow the world!; instead, it broadcast a Handel Concerto Grosso, Beethoven's Eroica.

On his 55th birthday, Adolf Hitler spoke not a word. His adversaries, gathering their arms for the invasion blows, taunted him by radio. Cried the BBC: "Yes, flags out on Hitler's birthday! Flags out--at half-staff! It might be his last birthday!"

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