Gerda Christian managed to escape and avoid imprisonment. She died in Düsseldorf on April 14, 1997.
Dr. Schenck was released in 1953 by the Soviets. He died in Aachen on December 21, 1998.
Wilhelm Mohnke was released by the Soviets in 1955. He died in Damp, near Eckernfärde on August 6, 2001.
Helmuth Weidling died in captivity in 1955.
Werner Haase was arrested in the bunker by the Red Army. He died in captivity, in 1945 (actually died in 1950).
Otto Günsche was arrested by the Soviets. He was released in 1956 and died in Lohmar, in 2003.
Hanna Reitsch survived the war and would break many flying records. She died on August 28, 1979.
Robert Ritter von Greim committed suicide on May 24, 1945.
Linge and Hentschel were arrested by the Soviets. Linge was released in 1955 and died in 1980 in Bremen. Hentschel was released in 1949 and died in Achern on April 27, 1982.
Constanze Manziarly disappeared without a trace during her flight from Berlin.
Albert Speer was arrested in Flensburg, in 1945. At Nuremberg he was sentenced to 20 years. He was released in 1966 and died in London, in 1981.
Keitel and Jodl were sentenced to death in Nuremberg and executed.
Hermann Göring was sentenced to death. He committed suicide in his cell shortly before his execution.
Heinrich Himmler tried to escape using a false name. After he was unmasked, he committed suicide.
Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger committed suicide on May 2, 1945 near the Lehrter Bahnhof.
Rochus Misch was released by the Soviets in 1955. He still lives in Berlin.
Traudl Junge was classified as a "young follower". She worked as a secretary and lived in Munich, until her death in 2002.
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The Fates of surviving characters scene is the second to last scene in Downfall, prior to the Epilogue, that is rarely used in parodies.
The war took the lives of more than 50 million people.
6 million Jews were killed in the German concentration camps.
The scene doesn't show any fictional characters (Peter Kranz, Tellermann) or any character that wasn't officially named in the credits, like Artur Axmann. It also excludes characters who appeared in just a few scenes (like Hans Fritzsche, Erich Kempka and Karl Koller), but also includes Hermann Göring who had no lines in the entire film, but that`s because he was more important to the film.
The scene's background music is called Hope At The End of the World by Stephan Zacharias.
Fates of characters[]
Here are the fates of surviving characters, as shown in the scene, by slide:
Linge and Hentschel were arrested by the Soviets. Linge was released in 1955 and died in 1980 in Bremen. Hentschel was released in 1949 and died in Achern on April 27, 1982.
Traudl Junge was classified as a "young follower". She worked as a secretary and lived in Munich until her death in 2002.
Notes[]
↑Misch died in Berlin on September 5, 2013 (aged 96). Upon the film's release in 2004, he was among the two surviving characters, along with Erna Flegel (d. 2006)