Norman Ohler
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Leaving the bunker, he gets one of the last planes out of Berlin.
He has a research lab in the south of Bavaria, close to the Berghof.
And he makes like the one of the last or the last plane out of Berlin.
Yeah.
And he goes to this research lab and this is like May 2nd, 1945.
He has like a little apartment in his research lab.
His wife is still in Berlin.
He's like all alone.
And he starts doing his taxes.
And that kind of shows you that he was probably insane at that point, you know?
Just totally out of touch.
Why would you do your taxes?
Maybe he was bored, you know?
Maybe it's like he didn't do his taxes for so long because he always had to treat Hitler.
And then he thinks like, no, what am I going to do?
You know, I'm just going to do my tax.
At least I'm going to do my taxes now.
Very German thing to do.
He's just a strange character.
Well, then the Americans move into Bavaria, liberate Bavaria from National Socialism, which was a great job they did there.