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Right doesnтАЩt guarantee might. The last years of the war taught us that. How had Hitler found the strength
to fill us all with hope when there was no reason for anything but despair? Could he really foretell the
future?

тАЬOf course not,тАЭ he answered. тАЬI had reached the point where I said we would recover at the last second
with a secret weapon of invincible might . . .without believing it at all ! It was pure rhetoric. I had lost
hope long ago. The timing on that last speech could not have been better. Fatewas on our side.тАЭ

So at last I knew. Hitler had bluffed us all again. As he had begun, so did he end: the living embodiment
ofwill .

I remembered his exaltation at the films of nuclear destruction. He hadnтАЩt been that excited, IтАЩm told,
since he was convinced of the claim for Von BraunтАЩs rockets-and it took a film for that, as well.

At each report of radiation dangers, he had the more feverishly buried himself in theF├╝hrerbunker ,
despite assurances of every expert that Berlin was safe from fallout. Never in my life have I known a man
more concerned for his health, more worried about the least bit of a sore throat after a grueling harangue
of a speech. And the absurd lengths he went to for his diet, limited even by vegetarian standards. Yet his
precautions had brought him to this date, to see himself master of all Europe. Who was in a position to
criticizehim ?

He had a way of making me feel like a giant. тАЬI should have listened to you so much earlier,тАЭ he now told
me, тАЬwhen you called for Totalization of War on the homefront. I was too soft on GermanyтАЩs
womanhood. Why didnтАЩt I listen to you?тАЭ Once he complimented a subordinate, he was prone to
continue. тАЬIt was an inspiration, the way you pushed that morale-boosting joke: тАШIf you think the war is
bad, wait until you see the peace, should we lose.тАЩ тАЭ He kept on, remembering to include my handling of
the foreign press duringKristalnacht , and finally concluding with his favorite of all my propaganda
symbols: тАЬYour idea to use the same railway carriage from the shameful surrender of 1918, to receive
FranceтАЩs surrender in 1940, was the greatest pleasure of my life.тАЭ His pleasure was contagious.

He propped himself up slightly in bed, a gleam of joy in his eyes. He looked like a little boy again. тАЬIтАЩll tell
you something about my thousand years. Himmler invests it with the mysticism youтАЩd expect. Ever notice
how Jews, Muslims, Christians, and our very own pagans have a predilection for millennia? The number
works a magic spell on them.тАЭ

тАЬPundits in America observe that also. They say the number is merely good psychology, and point to the
longevity of the ancient empires of China, Rome, and Egypt for similar numerical records. They say that
Germany will never hold out that long.тАЭ

тАЬIt wonтАЩt,тАЭ said Hitler, matter-of-factly.

тАЬWhat do you mean?тАЭ I asked, suddenly not sure of the direction he was moving. I suspected it had
something to do with the cultural theories, but of his grandest dreams for the future Hitler had always
been reticent . . . even with me.

тАЬIt will take at least that long,тАЭ he said, тАЬfor the New Culture to take root on earth. For the New Europe
to be what I have foreseen.тАЭ

тАЬIf Von Braun has his way, weтАЩll be long gone from earth by then! At least he seems to plan passages for
many Germans on his spaceships.тАЭ