where we will once again find each other and never again be separated. I take with me a deep gratitude for everything that you have been to me and given to me in these past years... Yesterday I dreamt that Papa was standing in the doorway with his coat and hat and he said, "Come, my boy, it is time!" Give my love to the children. It is also a difficult fate for them and they will only begin to understand it much later. In my thoughts I take you once more in my arms. Soon that undying part of me will be with you and the children, until you all enter into eternity and you are once again united with Your sincerest loving Peter Why he signed himself Peter is a mystery. It was possibly an agreed sign to his wife that the letter was either genuine or not genuine. It was, however, one of his son's Christian names. The children he refers to in his letter are his son, Hubertus Peter, then three years old, and his stepdaughter. Notes References Eberhard Zeller, Geist der Freiheit (1956) Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Offiziere gegen Hitler (1959) 1907 births 1944 deaths People from the Province of Brandenburg University of Königsberg alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Executed members of the 20 July plot Executed people from Brandenburg Hans-Jurgen Counts of Germany German Army officers of World War II People condemned by Nazi courts People executed by hanging at Plötzensee Prison People from Brandenburg executed at Plötzensee Prison Stahlhelm members 20th-century Freikorps personnel Military personnel from Potsdam