When Bernadotte asked that Himmler put in writing his offer to surrender, a letter was hastily drafted by candlelight--for an R.A.F. bombing that night had shut off the electricity in Luebeck and .driven the conferees to the cellar.

• 伯纳多特要希姆莱将他的投降请求用书面写下来，希姆莱就匆匆地在烛光下起草了一封信，因为那天夜里英国皇家空军前来轰炸，吕贝克的电灯全灭了，他们两人是在地下室商议的。