But it was not until long after midnight, at about 2:30 A. M. of April 30, as several witnesses recall, that the Fuehrer emerged from his private quarters and appeared in the general dining passage, where some twenty persons, mostly the women members of his encourage, were assembled. He walked down the line shaking hands with each and mumbling a few words that were inaudible. There was a heavy film of moisture on his eyes and, as Frau Junge remembered, "they seemed to be looking for away, beyond the walls of the bunker."
After he retired, a curious thing happened. The tension which had been building up to an almost unendurable point the bunker broke, and several persons went to the can -- to dance. The weird party soon became so noisy that word was cent from the Fuehrer’s quarters requesting more quiet. The Russians might come in a few hours and kill them all -- though most of them were already thinking of how they could escape -- but in the meantime for a brief spell, now that the Fuehrer’s strict control of their lives was over, they would seek pleasure where and how they could find it. The sense of relief among there people seemed to have been enormous and they danced on through the night.