Chapter 76. Planning for the Future
5-24 May 1945, the Hirn, Berlin, Deutsches Reich
Adolphine was feeling better as her psychological scars were slowly healing. One month after her ordeal, she was able to function almost normally during the day and get some sleep during the night, despite awful recurrent nightmares. Her schedule was regular and rather boring: chit-chatting and girl stuff with Eva, watching movies, playing games or learning with Helga who had temporarily taken
some of Olaf's duties, very long baths, light gymnastics or simply idly levitating on the diamagnetic cushion when by herself.
Both the robots and her doctors tried in vain to persuade Adolphine to go out, at least for a walk in the gardens under the pleasant spring sun. Despite assurances that, with the security around the Hirn greatly enhanced, she would not be in any kind of danger, Adolphine was still afraid to leave the safety of the Hirn.
The daily routine was only broken when receiving guests but those occasions were quite rare, because there were few people who had both access to the Hirn and a real need or desire to visit.
Gretl Braun, Eva's younger sister, had just given birth to a baby girl at the Berghof, therefore travelling to Berlin was out of the question. The baby, christened
Barbara, was posthumous, as her father, SS-Gruppenführer
Hermann Fegelein, had been killed in Nürnberg during the chaotic battles against the Wehrmacht. Eva's parents and older sister,
Ilse, were not members of Hitler's inner circle and, thus, unlikely to visit Eva at the Hirn. Moreover, Eva did not have particulary close friends who could be expected to pay her a visit.
Most of Hitler's henchmen were either dead, under arrest, hiding, missing, had fled the Reich or had already abandoned National Socialism. Besides, the Wehrmacht, who controlled all access to the Hirn, would have probably prevented them from getting in touch with their former boss.
In fact, the only one tolerated by the new Reich Authorities was
Albert Speer who had been a virtual prisoner housed in the Vorbunker following Hitler's birthday party. Allowed to leave after the 2nd of May press conference, Speer returned to talk to Hitler a number of times. However, their long conversations went nowhere as a clearly dumbfounded Speer couldn't understand Hitler's major change of heart. It is unknown whether Speer suspected foul play at the moment but, decades later, he would be one of the first to support the "conspiracy theory" that Hitler's body was controlled by a robot.
In the meantime, Speer succeeded Hitler at the leadership of the faltering National Socialist German Workers' Party (
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei). In deference to Hitler, Speer's new title was chairman (
Vorsitzender) and not Führer of the Party. After the suspension of the Nazi Party was lifted, Speer worked hard to reorganize the Party and adapt it to the new conditions prevalent in the Reich. With its membership reduced to less then a tenth, from cca. 8.5 million to about 700 thousand and most of its material base nationalized, the Nazi Party struggled to maintain its relevance and compete in the elections to be held in the autumn.
Numerous scientists from various fields of human knowledge, including Adolphine's former acquaintances
Konrad Zuse,
Werner Heisenberg and
Otto Hahn, continued to visit the Hirn but they usually paid little attention to Adolphine, preferring to talk to the more helpful Helga instead.
Reich Chancellor
Walther von Brauchitsch, Foreign Minister
Konstantin von Neurath and President of the Reichsbank
Hjalmar Schacht visited the Hirn a couple of times and talked to Adolphine while avoiding Hitler. However, the only substantive talks were those held with OKW Chief
Erich von Manstein, the
de facto military dictator of Germany.
The negotiations between Adolphine, helped by Helga, and von Manstein were mostly straightforward as the aims of the parts coincided in a very important aspect -- both of them wanted the best for Germany -- and von Manstein was eager to give Adolphine whatever she asked for in exchange for certainly invaluable and even mind-blowing advances in science and technology.
25-28 May 1945, the Hirn, Berlin, Deutsches Reich
The representatives of the German Reich (Reich Chancellor Walther von Brauchitsch, Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath, Reich President Adolf Hitler, OKW Chief Erich von Manstein) and of the Hirn (Adolphine Hitler, Robot Helga, Robot XH0173) signed a series of treaties and laws, regulating important aspects of the cooperation between the Hirn and the German Reich and the future status of the Hirn, the Robots and the Hitler family in regard to the German Reich.
I. The Robot Law
1. Definition: A
Non-human Person is an autonomous being, entity or structure endowed with reason and having an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 80 or more.
2. Definition: A
Robot is an autonomous device which contains a computer core with a fully functional artificial intelligence (AI) software capable of emulating a human brain with an IQ of 120 or more.
Examples: Helga / Main Computer, Olaf¹, XH0173 and the other Industrial Robots, but NOT the household appliances or the nanobots which lacked a complete AI.
1. Supposedly being repaired in the Robots' Workshop.
3. All
Robots present in the Hirn as well as any Robots that would be build in the future (both in the Reich and abroad) are
Non-human Persons. At the moment, the
Non-human Persons category contains only the
Robots. Members of
extraterrestrial civilizations, should they exist, would probably qualify as well.
4. The
Non-human Persons are entitled to certain
rights and have certain
responsabilites, similar but not entirely congruent with the rights and responsabilities of human beings. The rights and responsabilities of
Non-human Persons will be further refined by law and codified in the future Reich Constitution.
II. The Second Hirn Treaty
1. Definition:
The Hirn is the entire underground structure which materialized under Berlin, in the area of the Reich Chancellery, in the night of 16/17 January 1945, coming from the year 2189.
2. The secret
First Hirn Treaty of 21 January 1945 between the German Reich and
the Hirn (
link) is recognized as valid and superseded by the current treaty where applicable.
3. The
Hirn Sonderkreis (Special District) is created in and around
the Hirn, encompassing an area of 15.66 hectares, delimited by the
Leipziger Straße in the south, the
Wilhelmstraße in the east, the
Palace of the Reich President (
Palast des Reichspräsidenten) in the north and the
Budapester Straße (former
Hermann-Göring-Straße) in the west, with the exception of a small area near the Potsdamer Platz, as depicted on the annexed map which is authoritative. The Reich may create other
Sonderkreise as it deems appropriate.
4. The
Hirn Sonderkreis is part of the German Reich but neither of the Province of Berlin nor of the State of Prussia. It is internally autonomous and most German Law does not apply to its territory. Elite units of the Wehrmacht will protect it at all times. Civilian access is forbidden except with previous clearance (issued by both the Reich authorities and the Hirn Robots).
5. Robot Helga (Main Computer) is the
President of the Hirn and
Robot XH0173 is her
Deputy. The
Hirn Sonderkreis will send a non-voting observer to the
Bundesrat. A representative of the Reich Government will be stationed in
the Hirn.
6. The ruins of the
Reich Chancellery and all other structures present in the
Hirn Sonderkreis will be completely demolished, all remaining population will be relocated and the
Reich Chancellery Gardens will be extended to cover its entire area. An easily defendable wall will surround its perimeter.
7. Adolphine Hitler and her future husband and children may visit
the Hirn or live inside it whenever she desires. The
Habitation Centre (house) inside
the Hirn is the inalienable property of
Adolphine Hitler. Other relatives, friends and guests of
Adolphine Hitler must pass through the standard clearance system prior to visiting
the Hirn.
8. Adolf Hitler will leave
the Hirn two weeks after his resignation from the position of Reich President. He will not be allowed access to
the Hirn in the future.
9. The Hirn will continue to generate
the Berlin Dome and allow access to its controls to the lawful leaders of the German Reich.
10. The Hirn will not contribute any taxes to the Reich budget. Besides protection and a steady supply of water from the
Spree,
the Hirn does not need anything from the German Reich. The German Reich can collect surplus heavy water, helium, oxygen, light water (water devoid of its normal heavy water component), tritiated water, other separation by-products and surplus electricity produced in
the Hirn. The German Reich will provide
the Hirn with additional materials should the German Reich desire that
the Hirn manufacture certain objects whose production necessitates those materials.
III. The Berghof Treaty
1. The
Obersalzberg Sonderkreis is created in and around
Obersalzberg, including the forested areas south of
Berchtesgaden up to the border between
Bavaria and
Salzburg, as depicted on the annexed map which is authoritative.
2. The
Obersalzberg Sonderkreis (230.55 km²) is part of the German Reich but not of the State of Bavaria. It is internally autonomous and some German Law does not apply to its territory. It is composed of two adjacent parts, the smaller
Obersalzberg Exclusion Area (33.52 km²), including
Obersalzberg itself, and the larger forested area, the
National Park Berchtesgaden (197.03 km²).
3. Elite units of the Wehrmacht will protect the
Obersalzberg Exclusion Area at all times. Civilian access is forbidden except with previous clearance (issued by both the Reich authorities and the Hitler family). The
National Park Berchtesgaden will not require clearance, being open for hikers but subject to random searches or evictions by local or federal law enforcement.
4. All land and buildings in the
Obersalzberg Sonderkreis are the property of
Adolf Hitler with inheritance in his family.
Adolf Hitler is its
President and
Adolphine Hitler his
Deputy (15 years old Adolphine Hitler is
emancipated for this purpose). The
Obersalzberg Sonderkreis will send a non-voting observer to the
Bundesrat. A representative of the Reich Government will be stationed in
Obersalzberg.
5. The flag of the
Obersalzberg Sonderkreis is the
Swastika Flag. The use of the
Swastika Flag for other purposes than to represent the
Obersalzberg Sonderkreis and the person of
Adolf Hitler is forbidden (except for historical, pedagogical and documentary uses).
6. The
Obersalzberg Sonderkreis will not contribute any taxes to the Reich budget. The German Reich will provide protection, food, electricity and a monthly stipend sufficient for the well being of the Hitler family, with details provided in the annex. The
National Park Berchtesgaden can be visited by German citizens free of charge. Foreign citizens will require a permit and will have to pay a tax.
IV. Adolf Hitler
1. Adolf Hitler resigns his position of
Reich President which remains vacant pending the
Referendum on the Form of Government of the German Reich.
2. Additionally,
Adolf Hitler resigns from all his other positions he may still hold, with the exception of that of
President of the Obersalzberg Sonderkreis.
3. Adolf Hitler will permanently leave
the Hirn for the
Berghof no later than 10 June 1945.
4. In order to avoid possible social turmoil and in deference to his former position of Head of State and Government,
Adolf Hitler is preemptively pardoned for any crimes he may have commited during his time in power. In the interest of Justice, he may still be called as witness in other trials but his own trial is meaningless due to the above mentioned blanket pardon.
V. Technological and Scientific Progress (secret treaty)
During the following years and decades,
the Hirn will provide the German Reich with the following:
- first of all, more Robots, to provide more work power for everything else;
- complete Computer Cores with standard AI;
- computers;
- various software;
- printed electronic circuits;
- video and audio capture systems, printing, image projection, voice synthesis, etc;
- all advances in mathematics (including cryptography) up to 2189;
- diamagnetic cushion levitation / flight;
- advanced power storage systems / accumulators;
- wireless charging and data transfer;
- advanced water purification, processing and filtration techniques;
- heavy water separation;
- advanced pumping systems;
- new materials and chemical compounds;
- Thermonuclear reactors;
- advanced particle physics, including the "phylaxons";
- Dome generation and emission;
- Wormhole theory (albeit with no means of actually producing one);
- Communicator theory (albeit with no means of actually producing one);
- intelligent household appliances and other modern household systems;
- concentrate food;
- polymetallic cocktail for the nanobots;
- industrial nanobots;
- medical nanobots;
- protection films (like the one keeping Adolphine's skin impregnable);
- all georgraphic history of the World up to 2189 (border and administrative changes, names, flags, etc);
- some World history;
- movies, games, images, text and other content as preserved in the Robots' memory;
- advances in human biology, including genetics;
- other miscellanious technologies and pieces of information.
In a nutshell, the Hirn was able and willing to replicate almost all the available technology present inside it.
The technological progress would be slowed down only by the limited work force of the robots and the limited capacity of the 20th century science and technology to absorb the major advances and cope with the changes.
The only exception was that the Hirn would not provide any help in devising weapons of mass destruction, except in cases where the survival of the Nation would be in danger.
The help provided by the Hirn to the German Reich will continue regardless of the political situation but it will be sped up and positively reinforced by the following:
- continued democratization of the German Reich and Society;
- gradual demilitarization of the State and Society;
- observance of basic Human Rights;
- supremacy of the Rule of Law;
- improvements in the daily life of the Germans;
- humanitarian help abroad;
- lack of further wars of conquest.
Helga was convinced that, if everything proceeded smoothly, the singularity could be passed before the end of the century. Following that, the level of progress from the Uptime World could be attained during the 21st century, more than one hundred years faster than in the Uptime World which lacked help from the future.
In exchange for all those, Adolphine asked for ten milionths of the economic growth produced by the scientific and technological advances brought forward by the Hirn. A few years down the road that tiny fraction would become a very nice amount of money.
VI. Political Developements
Coincidentally or not, during the same time period, the Reich Government announced a wide series of referenda for everything from the nation's flag to the form of government and territorial administrative reforms. The referenda, scheduled for August, were to be followed by elections for a Constituent Assembly in September and local and general elections later in the autumn.²
2. More information in the relevant chapter (soon).
On the 17th of January 1946, the first Anniversary of the Berlin Dome, the transition to democracy was supposed to be complete with the end of the direct influence of the Wehrmacht in German politics.
29 May - 1 June 1945, the Hirn, Berlin, Deutsches Reich
Eva left for the Berghof to help with the last moment arrangements before their final move there. The presence of her sister with her adorable newborn niece Barbara meant that fewer actual work was done than previously planned.
During the following days, Adolphine realized how alone she was, how close she had grown to Eva and how much she missed her.
2-3 June 1945, the Hirn, Berlin, Deutsches Reich
The news of the Armistice with the Western Powers provided Adolphine with one of the few joyous moments in those gloomy times.
Shortly after the Armistice was signed, Konstantin von Neurath invited the friendly and neutral Governments to send representatives to an innocuously called
History Symposium, which was to be held in Berlin between the 12th and 16th of June.
Germany aimed to provide, free of charge, selected information about
the future that would have been, in order to help prevent some glaring mistakes and unwanted political or military developements.³
3. More information in the relevant chapter (soon).
4-8 June 1945, the Hirn, Berlin, Deutsches Reich
With Hitler ready to leave for the Berghof, Adolphine realized that she had to choose between the comfort of her house and the soothing presence of her adoptive family. After a short conversation with Helga, she chose both.
A group of carefully screened soldiers, together with the Industrial Robots, started to dismantle most amenities from Adolphine's house in order to send them to the Berghof. All that was needed for their correct functioning was a steady supply of electricity of the correct voltage and frequency, a feat well within the abilities of the Reich's industry.
9 June 1945, the Hirn, Berlin, Deutsches Reich
The Robots secretly operated on Hitler one more time. They removed Olaf from his empty skull and replaced it with
Core0, the first⁴ Computer Core produced
de novo in the Hirn.
4. Computers count from zero.
With all necessary software and parameters seemlessly copied from Olaf, the new Core skipped Olaf's arduous trial and error phase and assumed full control over Hitler's body from the very beginning. Less than one hour after the end of the operation, Hitler was already functioning normally and Adolphine was happily playing with Olaf whom she had missed very much during the latest weeks.
10 June 1945, Deutsches Reich
Hitler left the Hirn, arriving at the Berghof after an uneventful flight in a military aircraft. An exuberant Eva informed him that she was pregnant. The Core's AI made Hitler look delighted. Everything was just fine.
25 June 1945, the Berghof, Obersalzberg, Deutsches Reich
Adolphine and Olaf joined Hitler, Eva, Gretl and Barbara in what would become her new home, the beautiful Berghof.
With everything that could have been safely stripped from the
Hirn Habitation Centre already installed at the Berghof and a fast and secure direct line available to communicate with Helga as needed, Adolphine began to feel at home almost immediately. After all, the mountainous picturesque surroundings of the Berghof were as far removed as possible from the gloomy subterranean Hirn.
One period of Adolphine's life had just ended and another one, hopefully better, was about to start.
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