Light Of Wolf Lairs

Light of Wolf Lairs

Many lights coming through in my life, but only light of Wolf Lairs that made flesh creep around my body from what I felt on that time when the fuehrer, Adolf Hitler still on charge. There is a reason why I always mesmerized that event, even in my ages right now which seventy six years old and why I name it light of Wolf Lairs.
My story began at the height of World War II in Germany, when I trained myself in German army division to join NAZI forces and I am pride upon myself because I can do it and become a major on the forces after through some heavy task and test from my general, Kietel. On July 1944 I had met colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg a chief staff of preserved army and his right hand lieutenant Von haeften in Wolf Lairs, Germany. They both here to hear strategy of wars that present by the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler himself and some generals like Kietel,on that time I just show my manner by bring colonel Stauffenberg bag because his condition after he sent to war in Africa before, his left eye and his right hand have gone because the attack on his army. And also I don’t think everything bad about him and of course I don’t put him in my watch.
The first meeting passed and I did my job to guard the fuhrer, Adolf Hitler very well. I felt so glad because everything comes right on the first meeting, then some days after that the second meeting began, colonel Stauffenberg comes again with his right hand Von haeften alongside with other generals and commander, when I met colonel Stauffenberg I saw his collar was tainted by red color,so I ask him to change the clothes, then I escort him to changing room. After waiting for at least one or two minutes, I got a phone call from my lieutenant on main room that told the room to discuss a strategy of wars was switch to other room because the room before had hot condition from lack of windows and also told that the meeting want to began immediately, for these reasons I knock the door where colonel Stauffenberg change his clothes with the help of Von Haeften to tell them that the meeting want to began immediately and I rush them both by coming through the room without their permission, suddenly Stauffenberg hold me off by hold the door too, from this act I am started to put my suspicious on both of them even though after that Von Haeften coming out to told and remind me about the condition of colonel Stauffenberg, even though I believe and understand it, and I am still put my suspicion on colonel Stauffenberg for some reasons in my minds.
First reason is the time that took by colonel Stauffenberg to change his clotches,it is ok if he alone, but he is not alone he coming to the room with Von Haeften so it should took short time to change the clothes. And the second reason when I step into the room without permission to told them about the meeting, suddenly colonel Stauffenberg hold the door which also hold me to come inside, this act makes me ask to myself, why should afraid and hold the door if there is nothing in the room, so I am start thinking and believe there should be anything they do in that room, as the major and soldier of SS, I am always in position where I must put my suspicion and keep aware, because not only our condition in World War but also I must protect my fuhrer,Adolf Hitler from any threats inside and outside.
Then after colonel Stauffenberg changing his clothes, I escort him to meeting place on different room from before, and even though I put my suspicion on Stauffenberg, I cannot do anything because there are no proof that show Stauffenberg was a traitor, but I am still watching him carefully. In the meeting room, the meeting has began and colonel Stauffenberg ask me to put him near the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler as near as possible, so I put him near the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler and near colonel Brandt of SS army also with his bag. Then not take a long time after the incoming of colonel Stauffenberg,the light of Wolf Lair flash suddenly in my face and blind my eyes temporally, what I mean by the light of Wolf Lair is the explosion which happened suddenly and directly hit my faces on the meeting place in Wolf Lair. After the explosion, the condition turn into alert condition and the alarm ring so loudly that makes me woke up from my unconscious condition with my bloody face because the explosion and some wounds on my hand. My feeling still shock, but as a SS army I must hold it even though it really painfully and blind my eyes so badly for a while, but I got a help from people inside the building.
Then in hurry, even though I am still injured, I am look around and thanks god the fuhrer, Adolf Hitler save from the explosion and only had several minor injuries, after look the fuhrer I am looking around again and did not found Colonel Stauffenberg, from this point I believe my suspicion on him was true, after recovered from the explosion we the SS army started to collect a clue of attempt of murder to the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler. While looking the clue, there are two soldier who coming into the room with haste, the one is the operator who told that colonel Stauffenberg suddenly disappeared before the explosion after gets a phone call from the Fellgieber the head of communication in Wolf Lair and the second one was a driver who drive Stauffenberg and Von Haeften to the airfield, he did that because Stauffenberg said that he had an important task from the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler and he saw Von Haeften throw something on the way to airfield, he saw it from rear window of the car. Besides these clues, there also incoming call from Berlin from Fromm the general of reserved army that mention is the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler really dead or not, then general Kietel told the truth about the condition on Wolf Lair, after told the truth general Kietel ask back to Fromm about Stauffenberg location and order him to capture him alive. Then I let everything to SS and reserved army in Berlin to captured Stauffenberg’s conspiration for the attempt of murder to the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler. From what I heard all Stauffenberg’s conspiration captured and be punished with the punishment of dead on the place and for the others, they punished themselves by suicide and hang out.
The fuhrer,Adolf Hitler himself announce his survival from the attempt from the radio and fear them the people who still want to do the same thing which attempt of murder to the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler. After this last attempt of murder finished, I believe that I was saved by the god and He gives me a chance to continued my life until now, after the event I am just redempt myself from what I have done before in World War II and time after time I passed it, I in general knew the plan which attempt on the murder on 20 July 1944 from what I heard and I really surprised that Stauffenberg’s conspiration involve almost the important and the influence person on Germany and among the soldier such like Dr. Goerdeler,General Orbitch,Beck,Wolf Heinrich von helldorf,Fellgiebel,Erwin von witzleben and General Treskov.These proof that threats can come from everywhere even our own people.
Except I know the people,i am also know the plan that will executed after the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler dead. They will launch reserved army by the signature of the general Fromm which the purpose to capture all SS army and retaking the region, this act they do to prevent SS army dominated all German without the Fuhrer and I am also surprised that this plan was a plan from the Fuhrer,Adolf Hitler himself. He prepared it, in case of dead by illness or ages. This operation have a name, the name is “operation Valkyrie”.So the Stauffenberg’s conspiration really think well about the plan, but unfortunately the fuhrer not dead, the god gives him a life until the time when the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler suicide himself after being surround by the invasion of other country.
Nowadays I am glad still alive and pass through world war II, these memories I had, I will always share it to everybody who wants to know, I shared it to the people, so they know that history cannot be reply again, but you can learn many from the history and what I felt on that time cannot be shared by anyone, it is only felt by myself and from I felt,i learn more about the meaning of life and the reason why the god gives me a life until know.
From I through before,i hope my ancestor and my family can learn from me and not to do same mistake and my biggest mistake on that time when I put my suspicion on Stauffenberg, I don’t do anything, I am suppose to check his bag or report to my general Kietel so the explosion will not happen, the reason why I am felling so guilty, because I am failed to do a simple thing to protect the fuhrer,Adolf Hitler from the pain. I let my guard down at that time and I cannot recovery it because it is always become the history.

“You did not bear the shame
You resisted
Sacrificing your life
For freedom, justice and honour

-From the German resistance memorial, Berlin”

Name : Arief Hadi Purwono
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Class : Writing 5B