Norman Ohler

They can't really explain why Hitler became a physical wreck.

There's no explanation for it except the drugs, the opioid addiction.

You could explain it.

And there were two bedrooms in the bunker in Berlin.

Two bedrooms.

One, of course, for Hitler, the other one for Morel.

No one else was sleeping in the bunker.

I mean, you can see the importance of, especially in those last months, of Morel in the bunker.

And they didn't get that when they made the movie The Downfall.

But it's still an interesting movie, but I can't take it seriously because they didn't see this.

He invents history and he's like very open about it.

Like this is not what actually happened.

I think a blitz movie would have to stick to the facts.

Yeah.

And I've spoken with some directors, very good German directors, and it's just very hard to do.

But if you do it well, that's like a legendary movie.

Well, an interesting event is July 1943 in a villa in northern Italy where Hitler meets Mussolini.

And Mussolini is basically fed up with the war and he wants Italy to leave the axis of evil.

And Hitler is really pissed when he hears that.

He knows that's what the meeting is all about.