The first street we got a murderous fire from Ziegelstraße The tank continued driving at top speed Just before the anti-tank barrier, streets branched off to the right I opened the commander's hatch left side of the tower I saw a driver for Dr Goebbels (Georg Diers)

I got on the tracks and was able to hold on to the tower A lot of enemy force was moving in there Where did those who were lying on the back go? "It tore everything down, there's nothing left on it" he said We scraped off three scraps of flesh Continued on (Georg Diers)

Of the three who were in the back, none had survived the fire An Untersturmführer, Goebbels' driver, talked about the Reich Chancellery He led us further between Zionskirchstraße and Schönhauser Allee where almost everything was free of enemies (Georg Diers)

We overtook a larger column on the left, but couldn't see what it was Women fetching water said they were German soldiers We continued to the second ring of the Russians on Schönhauser Allee Here, General Bärenfänger organized (Georg Diers)

We drove under the subway onto the parallel street and stopped there It wasn't a regular unit that had gathered in front of Bornholmer Straße This group of people had attempted a crossing once At the church Russians placed anti-tank guns, machine guns (Georg Diers)

Russians were firing on everything that tried to cross the street There had already been a lot of deaths there Nineteen years old General Bärenfänger asked me to take the lead and try to destroy the anti-tank positions and the machine gun positions on the right (Georg Diers)

Left side of the subway one-hundred meters I drove into German mines I gave the order to repair it I told Bärenfänger we had hit German mines I can repair the damage We'll be ready for action in three-quarters of an hour (Georg Diers)

Bärenfänger said That my boy is no use anymore Make sure you blow up the car Bring your boys home We've lost the war A vehicle as large as the King Tiger draws all the weapons to itself A tank like that attracts those fleeing and that only leads to death (Georg Diers)

I told him what orders I had received from Goebbels General Bärenfänger told me he had spoken with General Krebs Who led the negotiations with Zhukov We have lost the war unconditionally We are released from our oath by the death of the Führer (Georg Diers)

We blew up the car there The crew advanced on foot to the intersection On the right side was a long column of Opel Blitz trucks Some crews sitting on top I tried to persuade the first driver that we had to cross the intersection (Georg Diers)

Only the first car to move has a chance Everything else will be shot down by the Russians The driver had no front-line experience and didn't dare I talked talked Finally convinced him that it would be best for him, and for me too, to cross (Georg Diers)

I got the crew Explained it to them I stood next to the driver on the running board The crew hung on to the left side The fire was coming from the right The driver didn't want to I had to talk again I got him to agree Then we crossed the intersection at top speed (Georg Diers)

The driver and vehicle were all hit My crew didn't dare the crossing Got back out of the vehicle They ended up in Russian captivity The loader was also hit by the impact I got a Shrapnel in my stomach I'm listed as missing (Georg Diers)

I continued on foot and found an Adler sports car I drove through a few towns I came across a new breakout group It was an assault gun company with their tanks I joined this group and we had frequent contact with the enemy along the way We headed toward Oranienburg (Georg Diers)

We came to a forest that hadn't been occupied The tanks were to be blown up there Everyone had to continue on foot I exchanged my uniform and continued as a civilian westward through forests The Elbe river was well secured I worked in Havelberg for a butcher (Georg Diers)

The militia chief visited me in my living quarters Promised to get passes to go west With him his colleague was standing downstairs We walked together Where the road branches off to Havelberg, there are three Russians with submachine guns They hand me over to the Russians (Georg

That was the end of my freedom I came to Kümmernitz Russian army headquarters was there 50 of us were in the cellar Anyone who wanted to cross the Elbe was apprehended Most were shot days later in the garden I was sentenced to death (Georg Diers)

The cessation was underway I was taken to Frankfurt October we were unloaded on the open road 2,000 prisoners of war We walk ten kilometers To a barracks camp between Moscow and Minsk May there were 480 of us Everyone else starved to death (Georg Diers)

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