The convoy reached a plateau with a parking area at the base of the lair, and William entered a hundred-foot-long tunnel protected by two enormous, heavily ornamented bronze gates. The tunnel was wide enough for three automobiles and brightly lit with electric lamps. At the far end of the tunnel, an elevator shaft the height of a fifteen-story building rose the rest of the way, to the mountain’s pinnacle. The elevator operator was the same German who had worked for Hitler and his deputies all during the war. William talked to him for a bit. “He gave us a little speech in his defense, saying
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