Decipher handwriting

Question

This is from an old testament, written in 1945. I can read almost all of it, but struggle with the first sentence. Can you help?

Mein letzter Wille! In … als (?) schwerer (?) … für das deutsche Volk bestimme ich für den Fall meines Ablebens:

Many thanks in advance. (No translations required, I'm fluent in German.)

Answer 1

It think it's

In schicksalsschwerer Stunde für das deutsche ...