:32:00
But then...
:32:03
Russia--
:32:06
invincibility undone,
the circle of my perfection
:32:09
crushed under the boots
of Slavs, no less.
:32:14
Stalinites!
:32:18
The Führer Myth...
:32:21
shattered.
:32:33
A quarter million
of my young soldiers
:32:36
slaughtered in the snow.
:32:40
My most humiliating
experience.
:32:43
l was naked
before the German people...
:32:47
the world.
:32:49
And then, l had to continue
with my role
:32:52
to take the stage again.
:32:55
Only my will
:32:57
allowed me
to remain in character.
:33:02
A childhood nightmare
returned--
:33:06
running home naked
from school in the snow,
:33:09
hiding behind bushes,
:33:11
trying to avoid being seen,
:33:13
to avoid ridicule,
:33:16
exposure.
:33:22
l pondered
the many options.
:33:25
Calling a world conference
for peace.
:33:27
l could be
''The Great Peacemaker,''
:33:30
voluntarily withdrawing
:33:33
to our own borders.
:33:35
We would keep only...
:33:37
Austria.
:33:42
l considered retiring,
:33:44
going back to my painting.
l longed to paint, to create,
:33:47
to build.
:33:53
l should have been
an architect.
:33:56
Has a great ruler ever
:33:58
simply disappeared
from the public stage,