One year ago, on the German Heroes' Memorial Day (March 15), Adolf Hitler told his people: "The Bolshevik hordes, which could not be defeated this winter by the German soldiers . . . will in the coming summer be crushed to utter destruction." Last week, Heroes' Memorial Day was postponed without explanation.
No bulletin from Berchtesgaden, no communique from the Reich Chancellery told the German people and the world where Adolf Hitler was. He had not spoken or made any public appearance for four months and a half (a few public statements had been read for him). The U.S. State...
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