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Not directly related to this thread, but in 1964-1965 while stationed as a U.S. Army Captain in Berlin, every few weeks as my turn came up to be the overnight Duty Officer for U.S. Army, Berlin, one mandatory checklist item was for me to go inside the Spandau Prison and "lay eyes" upon Rudolf Hess to insure that he (Hitler's former Deputy) was physically still there in custody. Every three months, the Russians, British, French and Americans rotated responsibility for running Spandau. Hess passed away long ago. Another duty roster task we lieutenants and captains had was to periodically enter East Berlin in an American military vehicle and uniform via Check Point Charlie and assert the American right of freedom to access and to move around in the Russian Sector (the Russians had that same 4-Power right in our American Sector). When not functioning in duty roster matters, I was the Personnel Officer for the American Army Military Brigade stationed in West Berlin. My Wife, infant daughter, and I lived in military housing in the American Sector. The Berlin Wall had gone up a couple of years before my assignment there. I've driven past Hitler's Bunker many times while living/working in Berlin.
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