Langeoog 28–31, 35, 174
Lauenburg 22
Lebensspuren 153, 155, 159, 164, 169, 172, 194
Leipzig 58, 105, 122, 174
Chamber of Commerce 104
Lemgo 167
Lidice 130–131
Lilienthal, Georg 57, 59, 60, 64, 68, 69–73, 76, 101, 103, 111, 137
Litau, Aleksander 118
Ljubljana 139, 141, 142
Lobetal 21
Loccum 25
Łodz 130, 160, 164–165, 191
London 44, 76, 113
Lower Styria 1, 98, 179
Lübtheen 22
Ludwigslust 23
Luftwaffe 156
Lurker, Otto 1, 3
Luxembourg 105, 122
Maas, river 6
Macedonia 140
Magdeburg 22–23
Mainz 57, 68
Mann, Thomas 105
Maribor 98, 144, 146, 147, 176, 179, 183
Marshall Plan 41
Master Race 6, 82, 92, 108, 153, 159–161, 166, 171, 183, 193, 194
Matko family 3, 63, 67, 72, 99, 135–36, 138, 144–50, 152, 197
Matko, Erika 3, 4, 132, 136–138, 145–147, 149–150, 152, 176, 180, 183, 186–187, 196–197
Matko, Helena 3, 146, 151, 152, 180, 183–185, 187, 196
Matko, Ignaz 3, 146, 147, 180, 195
Matko, Johann 3, 98, 145–147, 151, 152, 173, 180, 183–185, 187, 196
Matko, Ludvig 3, 145–146, 151, 152, 180–181, 183–184
Matko, Maria 136, 138, 139, 144–147, 149, 151, 176, 183, 195–196
Matko, Marko 147, 152
Matko, Pieter 147
Matko, Rafael 147, 151, 152
Matko, Tanja 3, 145–146, 152, 180–181, 183–184
Mauthausen 3, 173
Mecklenburg 8, 16
Memel, river 6
Milošević, Slobodan 140
Mischlings 81–83
Montenegro 140
Moscow 11, 13, 16, 17, 24, 52, 140
Munich 32, 34, 58–59, 105, 132, 134, 139, 142, 151, 160, 174–175
Muszynski, Brunhilde 128
Nacht und Nebel decree 177
Namensgebung 107–108
NATO 135
NKVD 13, 24
Non-Aligned Movement 140
North Rhine-Westphalia 89, 167
North Sea 28
Norway 105, 112, 125, 135, 162, 163
Nothelfer 28–29
Nuremberg 119, 121–134, 188
bombing of 122
Laws 81–82
trials 11, 60, 77, 118, 121–123, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131–134, 162, 163, 167, 182–183
Obama, Barack 193
Occupation Zones 8, 13, 14, 17
American 11, 13, 17, 23, 28
British 17, 22, 24, 25, 28
Soviet 11, 13–15, 22–25, 175
Oder, river 13
Oderberg 115
Oelhafen, Gisela von 9, 12, 14–17, 19–22, 24, 27, 29–31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 44–45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 69, 70, 101, 111–113, 117, 125, 135, 157, 173, 174, 175, 176, 185–186, 194
accident 45–48
and dementia 54, 59
as physiotherapist 40, 48–49, 54
death 55
journal 19–20, 23–25, 31, 55–56, 58
moves to Gran Canaria 54
starts training 29
Oelhafen, Hermann von 9–10, 12–14, 16, 17, 21, 31–37, 40, 42, 43, 47, 49, 56, 58, 69, 101, 111–112, 117, 125, 132, 135, 175, 185
Oelhafen, Hubertus von 29, 37, 40, 46–48, 54, 198
Oelhafen, von, family 42, 50, 54, 117, 134, 174
Oslo 112, 162, 163
Osnabrück 49, 101, 118, 137, 148, 197
Ossis 52
Ost-Kinder 71–72
Paciorkiewicz, Barbara 164–169, 186–188
Paderborn 89
Paris 161
partisans 130, 138, 142, 147, 162, 176, 179
Partisan Army 179
see also resistance
Persilschein 13
Petrochik, Ivan 188
pogroms vii
Poland 10, 71, 112, 115, 125, 127, 129, 130, 133, 158, 164, 167, 168, 187, 188
Potsdam 7
Agreement 10
Race Laws (1935) 121
rape 14–16, 21, 141
Rath, Anna 181
‘Ratlines’ 163
ration cards 15–16, 23
Ravensbrück 130
Red Army 14–16, 24, 190
Red Cross 39, 59, 60, 99, 137, 167, 168, 173–175
British 76
German (DRK) 4, 56–57, 68, 97, 99, 115, 171, 181–182
International Committee of the 77, 172
Regensburg 183
Reims 5
Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation 78
resistance 139, 142, 146, 176, 179, 188
see also partisans
Rhine, river 103
Ribbentrop, Joachim von 11
Rogaška Slatina 3, 45, 58, 98–100, 117, 119, 132, 135–48, 150, 151, 173, 175, 176, 183, 192, 195, 196
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 7, 11
Roosevelt, Theodore 79
Rösener, Erwin 179
Rossmanns 167–68
RuSHA (Rasse-und-Siedlungshauptamt) 65, 92–93, 123–124, 129, 130, 134
Russia 5
see also Soviet Union
Saxony 54, 75, 105, 153
Schiller, Friedrich 6
Schweigelager 13–14, 22
Serbia 140
Sereny, Gitta 185, 188, 192
Silesia 115
Slovenia 72–73, 98, 100, 119, 133, 139–142, 144, 147, 149, 150, 176, 186, 195
Socialist Unity Party 52
Sollman, Max 108, 125
Sonnenweise 69–70, 73, 134, 137
South America 163
Soviet Military Administration (SMAD) 13–15, 17
Soviet Union 10, 11, 122, 123, 139
Soviet army 14, 15
see also Russia
Spanish Civil War 154
SS 1, 11, 12, 59, 65–67, 69, 80, 83–96, 106–108, 111, 112, 115, 116, 123–124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 134, 143, 158, 160, 162, 163, 163, 166, 178, 185, 188, 195
St Peter 98
St Sauerbrunn see Rogaška Slatina
Stalin, Joseph 7, 13
Stalingrad 175
Stari Pisker 176, 179
Stasi 60
Steinhöring 59, 160, 161
Stopes, Marie 79
Stutthof 169
Switzerland 43
Taylor, Telford 126
Tesch, Gunther 5, 59, 25
Tito, Josip 98, 139–140, 176–177, 179, 187
Treblinka 91
Truman, Harry 7, 11
Tyrol, Austrian 49
United Kingdom 122, 123
United Nations 39, 77, 173, 190
see also UNRRA
United States 1, 5, 8, 12, 46, 49, 77, 122, 123, 136, 141, 157
UNRRA 41, 188, 191
Untermenschen 4, 199
Verdun, battle of 104
Versailles 76
Vienna 188
Congress of 9
Viermetz, Inge 125, 134, 182–183, 185
Völkischer Beobachter 86, 90
Volksdeutsche 117, 133
VoMI (Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle) 132–134, 182–183
Wagner, Gerhard 81
Wagner, Horst 162
Waldeck-Pyrmont, Princes of 75
Washington 8, 11, 12, 76
Weber, Guntram 155–159, 166, 171
Wehrmacht 1, 9, 12, 42, 76, 85, 112, 113, 139, 161, 167, 179, 180
Weil, Simone 153, 154, 169
Weise, Jürgen 108–109
Wells, H.G. 79
Werdenfels 134, 183
Wernigerode 105, 153, 159, 170–172
Wessis 52
Westerwald 103
Westphalia 89
Wewelsburg 89–90, 95
Wilson, Woodrow 79
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Yugoslavia 1, 2, 71, 72, 98, 99, 125, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 150, 156, 167, 168, 173, 176, 177, 187, 188, 198
Congress of the League of Communists 140
Yugoslav High Command 176
Yugoslav People’s Army 141
Zagorje ob Savi 98
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