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Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin [a] after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe.
As Soviet troops entered the heart of Berlin, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in his underground bunker. Although there is some speculation about the manner of his death, it is widely believed that he shot himself. Eva Braun, whom he had recently married, also took her own life.
Nov 24, 2009 · On April 30, 1945, Hitler killed himself in his bunker under Berlin, after swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. He and his wife Eva Braun were cremated by the Nazis, while Germany surrendered to the Allies eight days later.
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An analysis of Adolf Hitler's teeth and bones puts to rest questions of how he died.
In a study, French scientists analyzed fragments of Adolf Hitler’s teeth to prove that he died in 1945, after taking cyanide and shooting himself in the head. The research, published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine in May 2018, seeks to end conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler’s death through scientific analysis of the dictator’s teeth and skull.
“Our study proves that Hitler died in 1945,” lead study author Philippe Charlier told AFP. “The teeth are authentic, there is no possible doubt.”
Though it’s widely established that Hitler died in his bunker in Berlin, rumors of his escape abound. Their research proves that “he did not flee to Argentina in a submarine, he is not in a hidden base in Antarctica or on the dark side of the moon,” said Charlier.
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In late April 1945, as Soviet forces stormed Berlin, Hitler made plans for his suicide, including testing SS-supplied cyanide pills on his Alsatian, Blondi, and dictating a final will and testament. Two days earlier, Mussolini had been shot and publicly hanged by his feet in a suburban square in Milan, Italy: A similar fate seemed inevitable.
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French scientists examined fragments of Hitler's teeth and skull to confirm his death by cyanide and gunshot. The study also debunks conspiracy theories of his escape or survival.
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Apr 30, 2015 · An unidentified hand on the destroyed hinge of the door to Hitler's bunker, burned off by advancing Russian combat engineers, Berlin, 1945.
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Karl Lehmann, a former BBC Monitoring employee, recalls how he and his colleagues heard the German radio announcement that Hitler had died fighting Bolshevism. He also reveals how he learned the truth about Hitler's suicide and the role of BBC in informing the world.
Apr 30, 2020 · Adolf Hitler took his own life on 30 April 1945, dying in ignominy in an underground shelter at the Reich Chancellery two days after his fascist ally Benito Mussolini had been assassinated...
