Fritz Darges, an aide to Hitler, dies aged 96 - Germany

The memoirs of one of Adolf Hitler's closest aides could shed new light on the Nazi leader's personal involvement in the Holocaust, media reports say. Fritz Darges, who has died aged 96, was a member of Hitler's inner circle for four years of the war.

Hitler ordered Mr Darges to get rid of it, but the SS adjutant suggested that as it was an "airborne pest" the job should go to Luftwaffe adjutant, Nicolaus von Below.