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- Recording made in secret in 1942. Contains the first 11 minutes of Adolf Hitler having a private "conversation" with Finland's General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. Hitler never raised his voice. He just talked non stop about the Soviet Union's unexpected and overwhelming number of tanks and war planes which Germany was desperately trying to destroy. Hitler is known to have held frequent long monologues when he was with people of his inner circle.
During the visit, an engineer of the Finnish broadcasting company YLE, Thor Damen, succeeded in recording the first 11 minutes of Hitler's and Mannerheim's private conversation. This had to be done secretly, as Hitler never allowed others to record him off-guard. Damen was given the assignment to record the official birthday speeches and Mannerheim's responses and following those orders added microphones to certain railway cars.