TELEGRAM MARINENACHRICHTENDIENST DATED 23 APRIL 1945 AT 15.12, GEHEIM NOTED IN RED AND ADDRESSED TO PUTTKAMER AT OBERSALZBERG. HALF-SIZE.TELEGRAMME MARINENACHRICHTENDIENST DU 23 AVRIL 1945.

Telegramme Marinenachrichtendienst en date du 23 avril 1945 a 15.12, note en rouge Geheim et adresse a Puttkamer a l’Obersalzberg. Demi-format. Telegraphier bref aperçu des combats secteur Allemagne Sud. Ici, ça barde. Chef restera ici dans tous les cas. En consequence changement de direction de 180°. Atmosphere lucide. Bormann. Format 21x15cm. Coins colles au scotch sur une feuille de carton vert. Legeres salissures et petites pliures. Traduction originale manuscrite du capitaine Leroy en français jointe. En ecrivant ici, ça barde, Bormann fait vraisemblablement reference aux differents evenements des derniers jours, dont la conference d’etat-major du 22 avril ou Hitler a eu son plus grand acces de rage. Cette situation se telescopant avec le telegramme envoye par Goering le lendemain, c’est-a-dire une heure a peine avant que celui-ci ne fût envoye. Chef restera ici dans tous les cas c’est le 20 avril qu’Hitler prit la decision de rester dans la zone de combat de Berlin. Puis, le 22 avril a l’issue de la dramatique conference d’etat-major, il annonça sa decision irrevocable de se suicider dans le bunker et qu’il attendrait la mort dans la capitale du Reich. En consequence changement de direction de 180°. Il restait dans l’air, l’idee qu’Hitler puisse prendre le commandement de la zone Sud et se replier en Baviere. Puttkamer etait l’un des premiers concernes, car il avait la charge de mettre tout en place pour l’eventuelle venue d’Hitler. Il est clair que la decision d’Hitler de mourir dans Berlin change la direction a 180°.Atmosphere lucide. Ces deux mots retentissent d’une profonde intensite dramatique. Ils en disent long sur le cataclysme de ces derniers jours dans le bunker. Ces documents ont ete recuperes par le capitaine Michel Leroy dans le bunker d’Hitler a Berlin ou il etait entre en fraude en novembre 1945. Ces archives se trouvaient sur la table du bureau personnel de Martin Bormann. L’histoire de leur decouverte a donne lieu a un documentaire sur la chaine RMC en 2019 intitule Fuhrerbunker, les dernieres archives et la publication d’un livre, traduit en trois langues Les dernieres archives du Bunker par Paul Villatoux et Xavier Aiolfi aux editions Memorabilia. Telegram Marinenachrichtendienst dated 23 April 1945 at 15.12, Geheim noted in red and addressed to Puttkamer at Obersalzberg. Half-size. Telegraph brief overview of fighting in south German sector. Things are heated here. Chief will remain here in all circumstances. As a result, 180° change in direction. Lucid atmosphere. Bormann. Format 21 x 15 cm. Corners sellotaped on a sheet of green card. Slightly stained and with small creases. Original handwritten translation in French by Captain Leroy attached. By writing things are heated here Bormann is most likely referring to the different events of the previous days including the HQ conference of the 22nd April where Hitler had his greatest fit of rage. This situation clashed with the telegram sent by Goring the following day, scarcely one hour before this one was sent. Chief will remain here in all circumstances. On the 20th April Hitler decided to remain in the combat zone in Berlin. Then, on the 22nd April following the dramatic HQ conference, he announced his irrevocable decision to commit suicide in the bunker and to wait for death in the capital of the Reich. As a result, 180° change in direction. The idea had been around that Hitler could take command of the south zone and retreat to Bavaria. Puttkamer was one of the first concerned as he was tasked with putting everything in place for the possible arrival of Hitler. It is clear that Hitler’s decision to die in Berlin changed the direction 180°.Lucid atmosphere. These two words resound with a profound dramatic intensity. They say a lot about the cataclysm of the last few days in the bunker. These documents were salvaged by Captain Michel Leroy from Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, where he had secretly entered in November 1945. These archives were found on Martin Bormann’s personal desk. The story of their discovery was the subject of a documentary on the RMC channel in 2019 entitled Fuhrerbunker, the Final Archives and also the subject of a book The Final Archives of the Fuhrerbunker by Paul Villatoux and Xavier Aiolfi published by Memorabilia and which has been translated into three languages. Etat II+