Theodor von Dufving

Theodor von Dufving (1907 - 2001) was a German colonel and General Helmuth Weidling's chief of staff during the Battle of Berlin. On the early hours 1 May 1945, after Adolf Hitler's suicide, he accompanied General Hans Krebs to a meeting with General Vasily Chuikov, in which a ceasefire was proposed by the Germans. Krebs, Dufving and an interpreter (although Krebs speaks fluent Russian in Downfall, he brought one along) were let into the 8th Guards Army's headquarters. Chuikov rejected Krebs' offer. On 2 May, Dufving and others tried to break out of the bunker but were captured by the Red Army. He spent several years in a POW camp and then returend to Germany.