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data-title="Muerte d'Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitlerin_%C3%B6l%C3%BCm%C3%BC" title="Adolf Hitlerin ölümü – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Adolf Hitlerin ölümü" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AB_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81" title="আডলফ হিটলারের মৃত্যু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আডলফ হিটলারের মৃত্যু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagadanan_ni_Hitler" title="Kagadanan ni Hitler – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Kagadanan ni Hitler" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bikol Central</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%84_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Смърт на Адолф Хитлер – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Смърт на Адолф Хитлер" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smrt_Adolfa_Hitlera" title="Smrt Adolfa Hitlera – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Smrt Adolfa Hitlera" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CE%B4%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A7%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Θάνατος του Αδόλφου Χίτλερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Θάνατος του Αδόλφου Χίτλερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muerte_de_Adolf_Hitler" title="Muerte de Adolf Hitler – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Muerte de Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morto_de_Adolf_Hitler" title="Morto de Adolf Hitler – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Morto de Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitlerren_heriotza" title="Adolf Hitlerren heriotza – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Adolf Hitlerren heriotza" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1" title="مرگ آدولف هیتلر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرگ آدولف هیتلر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derniers_jours_d%27Adolf_Hitler" title="Derniers jours d'Adolf Hitler – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Derniers jours d'Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1s_Adolf_Hitler" title="Bás Adolf Hitler – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Bás Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte_de_Adolf_Hitler" title="Morte de Adolf Hitler – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Morte de Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%8F%8C%ED%94%84_%ED%9E%88%ED%8B%80%EB%9F%AC%EC%9D%98_%EC%A3%BD%EC%9D%8C" title="아돌프 히틀러의 죽음 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아돌프 히틀러의 죽음" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%AC%D6%86_%D5%80%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B0" title="Ադոլֆ Հիտլերի մահ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ադոլֆ Հիտլերի մահ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81" title="एडोल्फ़ हिटलर की मृत्यु – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एडोल्फ़ हिटलर की मृत्यु" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kematian_Adolf_Hitler" title="Kematian Adolf Hitler – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kematian Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte_di_Adolf_Hitler" title="Morte di Adolf Hitler – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Morte di Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A3_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A8" title="מותו של אדולף היטלר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מותו של אדולף היטלר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AB%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A3" title="ಅಡೋಲ್ಫ್ ಹಿಟ್ಲರ್ ಮರಣ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅಡೋಲ್ಫ್ ಹಿಟ್ಲರ್ ಮರಣ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%96%D2%A3_%D3%A9%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%96" title="Адольф Гитлердің өлімі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Адольф Гитлердің өлімі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%82" title="അഡോൾഫ് ഹിറ്റ്ലറുടെ മരണം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അഡോൾഫ് ഹിറ്റ്ലറുടെ മരണം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kematian_Adolf_Hitler" title="Kematian Adolf Hitler – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kematian Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%BB" title="アドルフ・ヒトラーの死 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アドルフ・ヒトラーの死" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%AB_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%A4" title="ਐਡੋਲਫ ਹਿਟਲਰ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਐਡੋਲਫ ਹਿਟਲਰ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%DB%81%D9%B9%D9%84%D8%B1_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA" title="ایڈولف ہٹلر دی موت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایڈولف ہٹلر دی موت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Amier%C4%87_Adolfa_Hitlera" title="Śmierć Adolfa Hitlera – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Śmierć Adolfa Hitlera" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte_de_Adolf_Hitler" title="Morte de Adolf Hitler – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Morte de Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moartea_lui_Adolf_Hitler" title="Moartea lui Adolf Hitler – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Moartea lui Adolf Hitler" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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For the television episode, see <a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Adolf_Hitler_(ITV_Sunday_Night_Theatre)" title="The Death of Adolf Hitler (ITV Sunday Night Theatre)">The Death of Adolf Hitler (ITV Sunday Night Theatre)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Death of Adolf Hitler</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:#aaa solid 1px"><a href="/wiki/File:Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg/240px-Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="342" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg/360px-Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg/480px-Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1092" data-file-height="1557" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Front page of the US Armed Forces newspaper <a href="/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)" title="Stars and Stripes (newspaper)">Stars and Stripes</a> on 2 May 1945</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">30 April 1945; 79 years ago (1945-04-30)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany#Nazi_Germany_(1933–1945)" title="Chancellor of Germany">chancellor</a> and dictator of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrerbunker" title="Führerbunker">Führerbunker</a> in Berlin<a href="#cite_note-MI5-1-1">[a]</a> after it became clear that Germany would lose the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a>, which led to the end of <a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">World War II in Europe</a>. <a href="/wiki/Eva_Braun" title="Eva Braun">Eva Braun</a>, his wife of one day, also committed suicide by <a href="/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning" title="Cyanide poisoning">cyanide poisoning</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Beevor_359-2">[b]</a> In accordance with Hitler's <a href="/wiki/Last_will_and_testament_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler">prior written and verbal instructions</a>, that afternoon their remains were carried up the stairs and through the bunker's emergency exit to the <a href="/wiki/Reich_Chancellery" title="Reich Chancellery">Reich Chancellery</a> garden, where they were doused in petrol and burned.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008954,_956-3">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009199,_200-4">[2]</a> The news of Hitler's death was announced on German radio the next day, 1 May.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601137-5">[3]</a> Eyewitnesses who saw Hitler's body immediately after his suicide testified that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, presumably to the <a href="/wiki/Temple_(anatomy)" title="Temple (anatomy)">temple</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Fischer_47-6">[c]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kershaw_955-7">[d]</a><a href="#cite_note-Joachimsthaler_166-8">[e]</a> <a href="/wiki/Otto_G%C3%BCnsche" title="Otto Günsche">Otto Günsche</a>, Hitler's personal adjutant, who handled both bodies, testified that while Braun's smelled strongly of burnt almonds – an indication of cyanide poisoning – there was no such odour about Hitler's body, which smelled of gunpowder.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999163,_173-9">[4]</a> Dental remains extracted from the soil in the garden were matched with Hitler's dental records in May 1945.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199929,_231–234-10">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELusher2018-11">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-Joachimsthaler_225-12">[f]</a> The dental remains were later confirmed as being Hitler's. The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> restricted the release of information and released many conflicting reports about Hitler's death. Historians have largely rejected these as part of a deliberate <a href="/wiki/Disinformation" title="Disinformation">disinformation</a> campaign by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> to sow confusion regarding Hitler's death,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999215–225-13">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-Eberle_and_Uhl_288-14">[g]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kershaw_1037-15">[h]</a><a href="#cite_note-Fest_749-16">[i]</a> or have attempted to reconcile them.<a href="#cite_note-O'Donnell_1978,_pp._322–323-17">[j]</a> Soviet records allege that the burnt remains of Hitler and Braun were recovered,<a href="#cite_note-Kershaw_958-18">[k]</a><a href="#cite_note-Beevor_431a-19">[l]</a> despite eyewitness accounts that they were almost completely reduced to ashes. In June 1945, the Soviets began seeding two contradictory narratives: that Hitler died by taking cyanide<a href="#cite_note-Petrova_and_Watson_81-20">[m]</a> or that he had survived and fled to another country.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288-21">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw20011037-22">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199922,_23-23">[10]</a> Following extensive review, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> issued a <a href="/wiki/Death_certificate" title="Death certificate">death certificate</a> in 1956.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199911-24">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories_about_Adolf_Hitler%27s_death" title="Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death">Conspiracy theories about Hitler's death</a> continue to attract interest.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preceding_events">Preceding events</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reichskanzlei-Fuehrerbunker.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Reichskanzlei-Fuehrerbunker.png/330px-Reichskanzlei-Fuehrerbunker.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="452" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Reichskanzlei-Fuehrerbunker.png/495px-Reichskanzlei-Fuehrerbunker.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Reichskanzlei-Fuehrerbunker.png/660px-Reichskanzlei-Fuehrerbunker.png 2x" data-file-width="2409" data-file-height="3297" /></a><figcaption>Schematic diagram of the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrerbunker" title="Führerbunker">Führerbunker</a></figcaption></figure> By early 1945, Nazi Germany was on the verge of total military collapse. <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Poland (1939–1945)">Poland</a> had fallen to the advancing Soviet <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a>, which was preparing to cross the <a href="/wiki/Oder" title="Oder">Oder</a> between <a href="/wiki/Kostrzyn_nad_Odr%C4%85" title="Kostrzyn nad Odrą">Küstrin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_(Oder)" title="Frankfurt (Oder)">Frankfurt-an-der-Oder</a> with the objective of capturing Berlin 82 kilometres (51 mi) to the west.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X51-25">[12]</a> German forces had recently lost to the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Ardennes Offensive</a>, with British and Canadian forces crossing the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> into the German industrial heartland of the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr" title="Ruhr">Ruhr</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X53-26">[13]</a> US forces in the south had captured <a href="/wiki/Lorraine" title="Lorraine">Lorraine</a> and were advancing towards <a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mannheim" title="Mannheim">Mannheim</a>, and the Rhine.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X53-26">[13]</a> German forces in <a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italy</a> were withdrawing north, as they were pressed by United States and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> forces as part of the <a href="/wiki/Spring_1945_offensive_in_Italy" title="Spring 1945 offensive in Italy">Spring Offensive</a> to advance across the <a href="/wiki/Po_(river)" title="Po (river)">Po</a> and into the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X43-27">[14]</a> Hitler retreated to the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrerbunker" title="Führerbunker">Führerbunker</a> in Berlin on 16 January 1945. It was clear to the Nazi leadership that the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a> would be the final battle of the war in Europe.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002139-28">[15]</a> Some 325,000 soldiers of Germany's <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_B" title="Army Group B">Army Group B</a> were <a href="/wiki/Ruhr_pocket" title="Ruhr pocket">surrounded and captured in the Ruhr Pocket</a> on 18 April, leaving the path open for US forces to reach Berlin. By 11 April, the Americans crossed the <a href="/wiki/Elbe" title="Elbe">Elbe</a>, 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the west of the city.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601105-29">[16]</a> On 16 April, Soviet forces to the east crossed the Oder and commenced the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Seelow_Heights" title="Battle of the Seelow Heights">battle for the Seelow Heights</a>, the last major defensive line protecting Berlin on that side.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002209–217-30">[17]</a> By 19 April, the Germans were in full retreat from the Seelow Heights, leaving no front line. Berlin was bombarded by Soviet artillery for the first time on 20 April, Hitler's birthday. By the evening of 21 April, Red Army tanks reached the outskirts of the city.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002255–256,_262-31">[18]</a> On 21 April, Hitler ordered <a href="/wiki/Army_Detachment_Steiner" title="Army Detachment Steiner">a special detachment</a> commanded by <a href="/wiki/Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">SS</a>-<a href="/wiki/Obergruppenf%C3%BChrer" title="Obergruppenführer">Obergruppenführer</a> <a href="/wiki/Felix_Steiner" title="Felix Steiner">Felix Steiner</a> to counterattack the Soviets. At the next day's afternoon situation conference, Hitler suffered a <a href="/wiki/Mental_disorder" title="Mental disorder">nervous collapse</a> when he was informed that these orders had not been obeyed.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErickson1983585–586-32">[19]</a> He launched into a tirade against his generals, calling them treacherous and incompetent, culminating in a declaration – for the first time – that the war was lost. Hitler announced that he would stay in Berlin until the end and then shoot himself.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002275-33">[20]</a> Later that day, he asked SS physician <a href="/wiki/Werner_Haase" title="Werner Haase">Werner Haase</a> about the most reliable method of suicide. Haase suggested the "pistol-and-poison method" of combining a dose of cyanide with a gunshot to the head.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Donnell2001230,_323-34">[21]</a> <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> chief <a href="/wiki/Reichsmarschall" title="Reichsmarschall">Reichsmarschall</a> <a href="/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a> learned about Hitler's admission of defeat and declaration of his intended suicide and <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ring_telegram" title="Göring telegram">sent a telegram to Hitler</a>, asking for permission to take over the leadership of the Reich in accordance with Hitler's 1941 decree naming him as his successor.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601116-35">[22]</a> Hitler's secretary <a href="/wiki/Martin_Bormann" title="Martin Bormann">Martin Bormann</a> convinced Hitler that the letter from Göring was an attempt to overthrow the dictator.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002289-36">[23]</a> In response, Hitler informed Göring that he would be executed unless he resigned all of his posts. Later that day, he sacked Göring from all of his offices and ordered his arrest.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601118-37">[24]</a> Hitler also ordered his chief aide and adjutant, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Schaub" title="Julius Schaub">Julius Schaub</a>, to destroy safeguarded documents and <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrersonderzug" title="Führersonderzug">his personal train</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamilton1984168-38">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999107,_287-39">[26]</a> By 27 April, Berlin's communication had been all but cut off from the rest of Germany. Secure radio contact with defending units had been lost; the command staff in the Führerbunker had to depend on telephone lines for passing instructions and orders, and on public radio for news and information.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002323-40">[27]</a> On 28 April, Hitler received a <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> report originating from <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>: it stated that <a href="/wiki/Reichsf%C3%BChrer-SS" title="Reichsführer-SS">Reichsführer-SS</a> <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler" title="Heinrich Himmler">Heinrich Himmler</a> had offered to surrender to the western Allies. The offer was declined. Himmler had implied to the Allies that he had the authority to negotiate a surrender, which Hitler considered to be treason. That afternoon, Hitler's anger and bitterness escalated into a rage against Himmler.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008943–946-41">[28]</a> He ordered Himmler's arrest and had SS-<a href="/wiki/Gruppenf%C3%BChrer" title="Gruppenführer">Gruppenführer</a> <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Fegelein" title="Hermann Fegelein">Hermann Fegelein</a> (Himmler's SS representative at Hitler's headquarters) shot for desertion.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008946–947-42">[29]</a> By this time, the Red Army had advanced to the <a href="/wiki/Potsdamer_Platz" title="Potsdamer Platz">Potsdamer Platz</a>, roughly a kilometre away from the bunker, and all indications were that they were preparing to storm the Reich Chancellery. This report and Himmler's betrayal prompted Hitler to make the last decisions of his life.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601194-43">[30]</a> Shortly after midnight on 29 April,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2001821-44">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999278-45">[32]</a> he married <a href="/wiki/Eva_Braun" title="Eva Braun">Eva Braun</a> in a small civil ceremony in a map room within the Führerbunker. The two then hosted a modest wedding breakfast, after which Hitler took his secretary <a href="/wiki/Traudl_Junge" title="Traudl Junge">Traudl Junge</a> to another room and dictated <a href="/wiki/Last_will_and_testament_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler">his last will and testament</a>. It left instructions to be carried out immediately following his death, with <a href="/wiki/Grand_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Admiral">Grand Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Karl_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Karl Dönitz">Karl Dönitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels" title="Joseph Goebbels">Joseph Goebbels</a> assuming Hitler's roles as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany_(1919%E2%80%931945)" title="President of Germany (1919–1945)">head of state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany" title="Chancellor of Germany">chancellor</a>, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008949–950-46">[33]</a> Hitler signed these documents at 04:00 and then went to bed. Some sources say that he dictated the last will and testament immediately before the wedding, but all agree on the timing of the signing.<a href="#cite_note-MI5-3-47">[n]</a><a href="#cite_note-Beevor_343-48">[o]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059,_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059%2C_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg/290px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059%2C_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059%2C_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg/435px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059%2C_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059%2C_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg/580px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059%2C_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3640" data-file-height="2812" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Eva_Braun" title="Eva Braun">Eva Braun</a> and Hitler at <a href="/wiki/Berchtesgaden" title="Berchtesgaden">Berchtesgaden</a> (with Hitler's dog <a href="/wiki/Blondi" title="Blondi">Blondi</a> at right), June 1942</figcaption></figure> On the afternoon of 29 April, Hitler learned that his ally, <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Benito_Mussolini" title="Death of Benito Mussolini">had been executed</a> by Italian partisans. The bodies of Mussolini and his mistress, <a href="/wiki/Clara_Petacci" title="Clara Petacci">Clara Petacci</a>, had been strung up by their heels. The corpses were later cut down and thrown into the gutter, where they were mocked by Italian dissidents. These events may have strengthened Hitler's resolve not to allow himself or his wife to be made a "spectacle" of, as he had earlier recorded in his testament.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601131-49">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-Shirer_1131-50">[p]</a> Hitler had been given some capsules of <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_cyanide" title="Hydrogen cyanide">prussic acid</a> by Himmler through SS physician <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Stumpfegger" title="Ludwig Stumpfegger">Ludwig Stumpfegger</a>, and initially had intended to use them for his suicide. When he received the news that Himmler had contacted the Allies through a Swedish diplomat to arrange for an end to the war, Hitler was outraged. With this betrayal in his mind, Hitler began to doubt whether the <a href="/wiki/Ampoule" title="Ampoule">ampoules</a> would be effective. He ordered Haase to test one on his dog <a href="/wiki/Blondi" title="Blondi">Blondi</a>. The capsule worked – the dog died instantly.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008951–952-51">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suicide">Suicide</h2></div> Hitler and Braun lived together as husband and wife in the bunker for less than 40 hours. By 01:00 on 30 April, <a href="/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall" title="Generalfeldmarschall">Field Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Keitel" title="Wilhelm Keitel">Wilhelm Keitel</a> had reported that all of the forces on which Hitler had been depending to rescue Berlin had either been encircled or forced onto the defensive.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErickson1983603–604-52">[36]</a> At around 02:30, Hitler appeared in the corridor where about twenty people, mostly women, were assembled to give their farewells. He went down the line, shaking hands and speaking with each of them, before retiring to his quarters.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601132-53">[37]</a> Late in the morning, with the Soviets less than 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the Führerbunker, Hitler had a meeting with General <a href="/wiki/Helmuth_Weidling" title="Helmuth Weidling">Helmuth Weidling</a>, the commander of the Berlin Defence Area. Weidling told Hitler that the garrison would probably run out of ammunition that night, and that the fighting in Berlin would inevitably come to an end within the next 24 hours.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErickson1983603–604-52">[36]</a> Weidling asked for permission for a <a href="/wiki/Breakout_(military)" title="Breakout (military)">break-out</a>; this was a request he had unsuccessfully made before. Hitler did not answer, and Weidling went back to his headquarters in the <a href="/wiki/Bendlerblock" title="Bendlerblock">Bendlerblock</a>. At about 13:00, he received Hitler's permission to attempt a break-out that night.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002358-54">[38]</a> Hitler, two secretaries, and his personal cook then had lunch, after which Hitler and Braun said goodbye to members of the bunker staff and fellow occupants, including Bormann, Goebbels, the secretaries, and several military officers. At around 14:30 Adolf and Eva Hitler went into his personal study.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002358–359-55">[39]</a> Hitler's adjutant SS-<a href="/wiki/Sturmbannf%C3%BChrer" title="Sturmbannführer">Sturmbannführer</a> <a href="/wiki/Otto_G%C3%BCnsche" title="Otto Günsche">Otto Günsche</a> stood guard outside the study door.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008955-56">[40]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1945-05-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/1945-05-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg/220px-1945-05-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/1945-05-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg/330px-1945-05-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/1945-05-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg/440px-1945-05-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1244" data-file-height="1215" /></a><figcaption>Situation of World War II in Europe at the time of Hitler's death. The white areas were controlled by Nazi forces, the pink areas were controlled by the Allies, and the red areas indicate recent Allied advances.</figcaption></figure> After some time, Hitler's valet, <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Linge" title="Heinz Linge">Heinz Linge</a>, entered the antechamber to Hitler's quarters, where he discovered the door closed and could smell gunpowder smoke. Linge went back out to the corridor where Bormann was standing, and the two then entered the study together.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009199-57">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999154–155-58">[42]</a> Linge later stated that while in the room he immediately noted a scent of burnt almonds, which is a common observation in the presence of <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_cyanide" title="Hydrogen cyanide">hydrogen cyanide</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009199-57">[41]</a> Linge saw the bodies of Hitler and Braun sitting upright on the sofa, with Hitler to Braun's right. His head was canted to his right.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999154–155-58">[42]</a> Günsche entered the study shortly afterwards. He described Braun's corpse as being on Hitler's left, with her legs drawn up and slumped away from him. Günsche stated that Hitler "sat... sunken over, with blood dripping out of his right temple. He had shot himself with his own pistol, a <a href="/wiki/Walther_PPK" class="mw-redirect" title="Walther PPK">Walther PPK</a> [chambered in] <a href="/wiki/.32_ACP" title=".32 ACP">7.65 mm</a>."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009199-57">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer200847-59">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999160–182-60">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFest2004116-61">[45]</a> The gun lay at his feet.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009199-57">[41]</a> Hitler's dripping blood had made a large stain on the right arm of the sofa and was pooling on the rug.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999155,_162,_175–176-62">[46]</a> According to Linge, Braun's body had no visible wounds, and her face showed how she had died – from <a href="/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning" title="Cyanide poisoning">cyanide poisoning</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Linge_199-63">[q]</a> Günsche and SS-<a href="/wiki/Brigadef%C3%BChrer" title="Brigadeführer">Brigadeführer</a> <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Mohnke" title="Wilhelm Mohnke">Wilhelm Mohnke</a> stated "unequivocally" that all outsiders and those performing duties and work in the bunker "did not have any access" to Hitler's private living quarters during the time of death (between 15:00 and 16:00).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer200847–48-64">[47]</a> Günsche left the study and announced that Hitler was dead to a group in the briefing room, which included Goebbels and Generals <a href="/wiki/Hans_Krebs_(Wehrmacht_general)" title="Hans Krebs (Wehrmacht general)">Hans Krebs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Burgdorf" title="Wilhelm Burgdorf">Wilhelm Burgdorf</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999154–156-65">[48]</a> These three, in addition to others including <a href="/wiki/Hitler_Youth" title="Hitler Youth">Hitler Youth</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Artur_Axmann" title="Artur Axmann">Artur Axmann</a>, viewed the bodies.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999156,_180–182-66">[49]</a> Linge and another man rolled up Hitler's body in a blanket,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999192–193-67">[50]</a> and then, in accordance with Hitler's prior written and verbal instructions, his and Braun's bodies were carried up the stairs and through the bunker's emergency exit to the garden behind the Reich Chancellery, where they were to be burned with <a href="/wiki/Gasoline" title="Gasoline">petrol</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008954,_956-3">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009199,_200-4">[2]</a> Although Hitler's corpse was partially covered by the blanket, numerous witnesses testified to recognising him, as the top of his head was not covered, nor were his lower legs and feet.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999180–182-68">[51]</a> The bunker telephone operator SS-<a href="/wiki/Oberscharf%C3%BChrer" title="Oberscharführer">Oberscharführer</a> <a href="/wiki/Rochus_Misch" title="Rochus Misch">Rochus Misch</a> reported Hitler's death to <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrerbegleitkommando" class="mw-redirect" title="Führerbegleitkommando">Führerbegleitkommando</a> (Führer Escort Command) chief <a href="/wiki/Franz_Sch%C3%A4dle" title="Franz Schädle">Franz Schädle</a> and returned to the switchboard, later recalling someone shouting that Hitler's body was being burned.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERosenberg2009-69">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMisch2014173-70">[53]</a> After the first attempts to ignite the petrol did not work, Linge went back inside the bunker and returned with a thick roll of papers. Bormann lit the papers and threw them onto the bodies. As the two corpses caught fire, a group including Bormann, Günsche, Linge, Goebbels, <a href="/wiki/Erich_Kempka" title="Erich Kempka">Erich Kempka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_H%C3%B6gl" title="Peter Högl">Peter Högl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ewald_Lindloff" title="Ewald Lindloff">Ewald Lindloff</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hans_Reisser" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Reisser">Hans Reisser</a> <a href="/wiki/Nazi_salute" title="Nazi salute">raised their arms in salute</a> as they stood just inside the bunker doorway.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009200-71">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999197,_198-72">[55]</a> At around 16:15, Linge ordered SS-<a href="/wiki/Untersturmf%C3%BChrer" title="Untersturmführer">Untersturmführer</a> Heinz Krüger and SS-Oberscharführer Werner Schwiedel to roll up the rug in Hitler's study to burn it. Schwiedel later stated that upon entering the study, he saw a pool of blood the size of a "large dinner plate" by the arm-rest of the sofa. Noticing a spent cartridge case, he bent down and picked it up from where it lay on the rug about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) from a 7.65 pistol.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999162-73">[56]</a> The two men removed the blood-stained rug and carried it up the stairs and outside to the Chancellery garden, where it was placed on the ground and burned.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999162,_175-74">[57]</a> The Red Army shelled the area in and around the Reich Chancellery on and off during the afternoon. SS guards brought over additional cans of petrol to further burn the corpses. Although the corpses were being burned in the open, where the distribution of heat varies (as opposed to in a <a href="/wiki/Crematorium" title="Crematorium">crematorium</a>), according to eyewitnesses, the copious amount of fuel applied from about 16:00 to 18:30 reduced the remains to something between charred bones and piles of ashes which fell apart to the touch.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999210–215-75">[58]</a> At approximately 18:30, Lindloff (and perhaps Reisser) covered up the ashen remains in a shallow bomb crater.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999216–220-76">[59]</a> The shelling and a fire from <a href="/wiki/Napalm" title="Napalm">napalm</a> incendiary bombs continued until 2 May. During this period it was difficult to spend any time in the garden because of the continuous shelling.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999224–225-77">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories_about_Adolf_Hitler%27s_death" title="Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death">Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mass_suicides_in_1945_Nazi_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Mass suicides in 1945 Nazi Germany">Mass suicides in 1945 Nazi Germany</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744,_Berlin,_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744%2C_Berlin%2C_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg/310px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744%2C_Berlin%2C_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744%2C_Berlin%2C_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg/465px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744%2C_Berlin%2C_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744%2C_Berlin%2C_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg/620px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744%2C_Berlin%2C_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="504" /></a><figcaption>Exterior of the Führerbunker shortly before its destruction. Hitler and Braun's remains were burnt in a shell crater outside the emergency exit at the left.</figcaption></figure> Krebs met Soviet general <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Chuikov" title="Vasily Chuikov">Vasily Chuikov</a> just prior to 04:00 on 1 May, giving him the news of Hitler's death, while attempting to negotiate a ceasefire and open "peace negotiations".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002367–368-78">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005280,_281-79">[62]</a> Joseph Stalin was informed of Hitler's suicide around 04:05 Berlin time, thirteen hours after the event.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002368-80">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005280-81">[64]</a> He demanded <a href="/wiki/Unconditional_surrender" title="Unconditional surrender">unconditional surrender</a>, which Krebs lacked authorisation to give.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyan1994364-82">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMisch2014175-83">[66]</a> Stalin wanted confirmation that Hitler was dead and ordered the Red Army's counterespionage unit, <a href="/wiki/SMERSH" title="SMERSH">SMERSH</a>, to find his corpse.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005281-84">[67]</a> The first inkling to the outside world that Hitler was dead came from the Germans themselves. On the night of 1 May, the <a href="/wiki/Nordwestdeutscher_Rundfunk" title="Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk">Reichssender Hamburg</a> radio station interrupted their normal program to announce that Hitler had died that afternoon,<a href="#cite_note-Shirer_1137-85">[r]</a> and introduced his successor, Dönitz.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601137-5">[3]</a> Dönitz called upon the German people to mourn their Führer, whom he stated had died a hero defending the capital of the Reich.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002381-86">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008959-87">[69]</a> Hoping to save the army and the nation by negotiating a partial surrender to the British and Americans, Dönitz authorised a fighting withdrawal to the west. His tactic was somewhat successful: it enabled about 1.8 million German soldiers to avoid capture by the Soviets, but came at a high cost in bloodshed, as troops continued to fight until 8 May.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008961–963-88">[70]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adolf_Hitler%27s_dental_remains_(colour).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Adolf_Hitler%27s_dental_remains_%28colour%29.jpg/220px-Adolf_Hitler%27s_dental_remains_%28colour%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Adolf_Hitler%27s_dental_remains_%28colour%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>Hitler's dental remains: a <a href="/wiki/Maxilla" title="Maxilla">maxillar</a> bridge made mostly of gold (top right) and part of a <a href="/wiki/Mandible" title="Mandible">mandible</a> broken and burnt around the <a href="/wiki/Alveolar_process" title="Alveolar process">alveolar process</a> (bottom three fragments)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBezymenski196845-89">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECharlier_et_al.2018-90">[72]</a></figcaption></figure> In the early morning hours of 2 May, the Soviets captured the Reich Chancellery.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002387,_388-91">[73]</a> Inside the Führerbunker, Krebs and Burgdorf shot themselves in the head.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002387-92">[74]</a> In early May, Hitler's and Braun's dental remains were extracted from the soil.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199929,_231–234-10">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELusher2018-11">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErickson1983435-93">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-Petrova_and_Watson_52-94">[s]</a> Stalin was wary of believing Hitler was dead and restricted the release of information to the public.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw20011038,_1039-95">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDolezal2004185–186-96">[77]</a> By 11 May, dental assistant Käthe Heusermann and dental technician Fritz Echtmann, both of whom had worked for Hitler's dentist <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Blaschke" title="Hugo Blaschke">Hugo Blaschke</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Petrova_and_Watson_56-97">[t]</a> identified the dental remains of Hitler and Braun.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008958-98">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005282-99">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-Joachimsthaler_225-12">[f]</a> Both would spend years in Soviet prisons.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199999,_207,_299,_303-100">[80]</a> An alleged Soviet autopsy of Hitler made public in 1968 was used by <a href="/wiki/Forensic_dentistry" title="Forensic dentistry">forensic odontologists</a> <a href="/wiki/Reidar_Fauske_Sognnaes" title="Reidar Fauske Sognnaes">Reidar F. Sognnaes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Str%C3%B8m" title="Ferdinand Strøm">Ferdinand Strøm</a> to confirm the authenticity of Hitler's dental remains in 1972.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESennWeems201319-101">[81]</a> In 2017, French <a href="/wiki/Forensic_pathology" title="Forensic pathology">forensic pathologist</a> <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Charlier" title="Philippe Charlier">Philippe Charlier</a> also found the dental remains in the Soviet archives, including teeth on part of a jawbone, to be in "perfect agreement" with X-rays taken of Hitler in 1944.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrisardParshina2018224,_273–274-102">[82]</a> Charlier used <a href="/wiki/Electron_microscope" title="Electron microscope">electron microscopy</a> to examine the <a href="/wiki/Calculus_(dental)" title="Calculus (dental)">tartar</a>, which contained only plant fibres, a detail consistent with <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_and_vegetarianism" title="Adolf Hitler and vegetarianism">Hitler's vegetarianism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrisardParshina2018301-103">[83]</a> In May 2018, the <a href="/wiki/European_Journal_of_Internal_Medicine" title="European Journal of Internal Medicine">European Journal of Internal Medicine</a> published a paper co-authored by Charlier and four other researchers, which concluded that these remains "cannot be a fake", citing their significant wear.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECharlier_et_al.2018-90">[72]</a> No gunpowder residue was detected, indicating that Hitler did not die by a gunshot wound through the mouth,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaley2018-104">[84]</a> as Axmann contended.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999164-105">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-Joachimsthaler_166-8">[e]</a> In early June 1945, SMERSH moved the remains of several individuals, including the Goebbels family (Joseph, <a href="/wiki/Magda_Goebbels" title="Magda Goebbels">Magda</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Goebbels_children" title="Goebbels children">their children</a>), from <a href="/wiki/Buch_(Berlin)" title="Buch (Berlin)">Buch</a> to Finow. Hitler and Braun's remains were alleged to have been moved as well, but this is most likely Soviet disinformation. There is no evidence that any bodily remains of Hitler or Braun – with the exception of the dental remains – were found by the Soviets.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999215–225-13">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFest2004162–164-106">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFelton2014162–163-107">[87]</a> The remains of the Goebbels family and others were buried in a forest in <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a> on 3 June 1945, then exhumed and moved to SMERSH's new facility in <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a>, where they were re-buried in February 1946.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008958-98">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVinogradov_et_al.2005111–116-108">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpinBoyes2009-109">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETkachenko2009-110">[90]</a> By 1970, the facility was under <a href="/wiki/KGB" title="KGB">KGB</a> control and scheduled to be relinquished to <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>. Concerned that a known Nazi burial site might become a <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazism" title="Neo-Nazism">neo-Nazi</a> shrine, KGB director <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Andropov" title="Yuri Andropov">Yuri Andropov</a> authorised an operation to exhume and destroy the decaying remains. On 4 April 1970, a KGB team thoroughly cremated them and cast the ashes into the <a href="/wiki/Biederitz" title="Biederitz">Biederitz</a> river, a tributary of the nearby Elbe.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVinogradov_et_al.2005333,_335–336-111">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-Beevor_431c-112">[u]</a> For politically motivated reasons, the Soviet Union presented various versions of Hitler's fate.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288-21">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw20011037-22">[9]</a> On 5 June, the Soviets claimed that his body had been examined and that he had died by cyanide poisoning.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETrevor-Roper2002liv-113">[92]</a> At a press conference on 9 June, the Soviets said they had not actually identified the body and that Hitler had likely escaped.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199922-114">[93]</a> When asked in July 1945 how Hitler had died, Stalin said he was living "in Spain or Argentina".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeschloss2002-115">[94]</a> In November 1945, <a href="/wiki/Dick_White" title="Dick White">Dick White</a>, the head of counter-intelligence in the British sector of Berlin, had their agent <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Trevor-Roper" title="Hugh Trevor-Roper">Hugh Trevor-Roper</a> investigate. His report was expanded and published in 1947 as The Last Days of Hitler.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMI5_staff2011-116">[95]</a> In the years immediately after the war, the Soviets maintained that Hitler was not dead, but had escaped and was either being sheltered by the former western Allies, was in <a href="/wiki/Francoist_Spain" title="Francoist Spain">Francoist Spain</a>, or was somewhere in South America.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288-21">[8]</a> The 1947 American book <a href="/wiki/Who_Killed_Hitler%3F" title="Who Killed Hitler?">Who Killed Hitler?</a> suggests that Soviet leadership "[kept] the ghost of Hitler alive" to motivate its <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Communist Party of the Soviet Union">Communist</a> forces to continue fighting against fascism.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMooreBarrett1947136-117">[96]</a> Until the mid-1950s, the US <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> received many leads claiming that Hitler might still be alive, while giving none of them credence.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnderson2015-118">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECIA_Chief_of_Station,_Caracas1955-119">[98]</a> The documents remained classified until the early 2010s, as authorised by the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Nazi_War_Crimes_and_Japanese_Imperial_Government_Records_Interagency_Working_Group" title="Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group">Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECIA_staff2013-120">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFBI_Records2011-121">[100]</a> The secrecy in which the investigation was shrouded helped fuel conspiracy theories asserting Hitler's survival.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnderson2015-118">[97]</a> Presiding judge at the <a href="/wiki/Einsatzgruppen_trial" title="Einsatzgruppen trial">Einsatzgruppen trial</a> at Nuremberg <a href="/wiki/Michael_Musmanno" title="Michael Musmanno">Michael Musmanno</a> considered all such claims contrary to the evidence.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMusmanno1950231–32,_234,_236,_238–39,_242–43-122">[101]</a> Between 1948 and 1952, amid <a href="/wiki/Denazification" title="Denazification">denazification</a> proceedings in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, legal disputes over Hitler's former property (including <a href="/wiki/The_Art_of_Painting" title="The Art of Painting">The Art of Painting</a> by <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer" title="Johannes Vermeer">Johannes Vermeer</a>) were hindered by the lack of an official death declaration. Beginning in 1952, a federal court in <a href="/wiki/Berchtesgaden" title="Berchtesgaden">Berchtesgaden</a> interviewed 42 witnesses about Hitler's suicide – behind closed doors to avoid <a href="/wiki/Eyewitness_testimony" title="Eyewitness testimony">testimonies</a> influencing one another. After four years of extensive review, Judge Heinrich Stephanus concluded: "There can no longer be the slightest doubt that on 30 April 1945 Adolf Hitler put an end to his life in the Chancellery by his own hand, by means of a shot into his right temple."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler19998–13-123">[102]</a> A death certificate was issued on 25 February 1956, with an attached report of more than 1,500 pages. An 80-page expert criminological report was prepared in mid-1956, focusing on the "substantial discrepancies" between eyewitness testimonies and serving as a springboard for photographic reconstructions. Ballistic experiments were arranged to determine which interpretation of the fatal gunshot was most likely.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199911–12,_159–161-124">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-Joachimsthaler_161-125">[v]</a> The declaration became public and legally binding by the year's end. Hitler's demise was entered as an <a href="/wiki/Presumption_of_death" title="Presumption of death">assumption of death</a> on the basis that none of the witnesses had seen his body, which German historian <a href="/wiki/Anton_Joachimsthaler" title="Anton Joachimsthaler">Anton Joachimsthaler</a> – who cites some of the testimonies in his book on the dictator's death – points out is incorrect.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler19998–13-123">[102]</a> The federal court went on to publish a summary of its findings of fact in a 1958 press release.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199912-126">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_Soviet_investigations_and_disinformation">Further Soviet investigations and disinformation</h3></div> On 11 December 1945, the Soviets allowed a limited investigation of the bunker complex grounds by the other Allied powers (Britain, France, and the US). Two representatives from each nation watched several Germans dig up soil down to the concrete roof of the bunker; the excavation included the bomb crater where Hitler's burnt remains had been buried. Found during the dig were two hats identified as Hitler's, an undergarment with Braun's initials, and some reports to Hitler from Goebbels. The Soviet <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat_for_Internal_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs">People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs</a> (NKVD) barred further excavation on the accusation that the representatives had removed documents from the Reich Chancellery.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMusmanno1950233–234-127">[105]</a> At the end of 1945, Stalin ordered the NKVD to form a second commission to investigate Hitler's death.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetrovaWatson199581–82,_84–85-128">[106]</a> On 30 May 1946, agents of the NKVD's successor, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Internal Affairs</a> (MVD), found part of a skull in the crater where Hitler's remains had been exhumed.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005287,_288-129">[107]</a> The remnant consists of part of the <a href="/wiki/Occipital_bone" title="Occipital bone">occipital bone</a> and part of both <a href="/wiki/Parietal_bone" title="Parietal bone">parietal bones</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECharlier_et_al.2018-90">[72]</a> The nearly complete left parietal bone has a bullet hole, apparently an exit wound.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECharlier_et_al.2018-90">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005287,_288-129">[107]</a> This remained uncatalogued until 1975,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrisardParshina201829,_30,_32-130">[108]</a> and was rediscovered in the Russian State Archives in 1993.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIsachenkov1993-131">[109]</a> In 2009, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Connecticut" title="University of Connecticut">University of Connecticut</a> archaeologist and bone specialist Nick Bellantoni examined the skull fragment,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoñi2009-132">[110]</a> which Soviet officials believed to be Hitler's.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECNN_staff2009-133">[111]</a> According to Bellantoni, "The bone seemed very thin" for a male,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEABC_News2009-134">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lusher-135">[w]</a><a href="#cite_note-Charlier_et_al._a-136">[x]</a> and "the <a href="/wiki/Cranial_suture" class="mw-redirect" title="Cranial suture">sutures</a> where the skull plates come together seemed to correspond to someone under 40".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoñi2009-132">[110]</a> A small piece detached from the skull was <a href="/wiki/DNA_profiling" title="DNA profiling">DNA</a>-tested, as was blood from Hitler's sofa. The skull was determined to be that of a woman, while the blood was confirmed to belong to a male.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoñi2009-132">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECNN_staff2009-133">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEABC_News2009-134">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrisardParshina201818–22-137">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-ABC_News-138">[y]</a><a href="#cite_note-Charlier_et_al._b-139">[z]</a> On 29 December 1949, a secret dossier on Hitler was presented to Stalin, which was based upon the interrogation of Nazis who had been present in the Führerbunker, including Günsche and Linge.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005xxvi-140">[114]</a> Western historians were allowed into the archives of the former Soviet Union beginning in 1991, but the dossier remained undiscovered for twelve years; in 2005, it was published as <a href="/wiki/The_Hitler_Book" title="The Hitler Book">The Hitler Book</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005xxvi-140">[114]</a> In 1968, Soviet journalist Lev Bezymenski published his book, <a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="The Death of Adolf Hitler">The Death of Adolf Hitler</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESennWeems201319-101">[81]</a> which includes previously unreleased photographs of the dental remains.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBezymenski1968inside_jacket-141">[115]</a> The book transcribes a purported Soviet forensic examination led by <a href="/wiki/Faust_Shkaravsky" title="Faust Shkaravsky">Faust Shkaravsky</a>, which concluded that Hitler died by cyanide poisoning.<a href="#cite_note-Petrova_and_Watson_81-20">[m]</a> Bezymenski further theorised that Hitler requested a <a href="/wiki/Coup_de_gr%C3%A2ce" title="Coup de grâce">coup de grâce</a> to ensure his quick death,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBezymenski196849,_75-142">[116]</a> but later admitted that his work included "deliberate lies", such as the manner of Hitler's death.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288-21">[8]</a> The book and alleged autopsy have been widely derided by Western historians. Joachimsthaler, in his extensive analysis of the circumstances surrounding Hitler's death, quotes a German pathologist as saying about the purported autopsy: "Bezemensky's report is ridiculous... Any one of my assistants would have done better... the whole thing is a farce... it is intolerably bad work... the transcript of the post-mortem section of 8 [May] 1945 describes anything but Hitler."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999252–253-143">[117]</a> Journalist <a href="/wiki/James_P._O%27Donnell" title="James P. O'Donnell">James P. O'Donnell</a> corrects the book's claim that cyanide acts instantaneously, saying Hitler could have taken poison and still had enough time to shoot himself.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Donnell2001322–323-144">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2></div> After Hitler's death and the <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="End of World War II in Europe">end of World War II in Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">occupying Allies</a> divided Germany into four zones.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008969-145">[119]</a> This led to the start of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Western_Bloc" title="Western Bloc">Western Bloc</a>, supported by the US, and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bloc" title="Eastern Bloc">Eastern Bloc</a>, supported by the Soviet Union.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaly-Groves201926,_68-146">[120]</a> From 1961 until 1989, the divide was physically manifested via the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECNN_Editorial_Research2023-147">[121]</a> followed by <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">Germany's reunification</a> in 1990 and the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a> in 1991. Following Hitler's death, war veteran and future US president <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> wrote in his diary that the dictator "had a mystery about him in the way he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBBC_News_2017-148">[122]</a> Historian <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Fest" title="Joachim Fest">Joachim Fest</a> opines that the almost "traceless" death of Hitler allowed him to stay in the public eye, granting him a "bizarre afterlife"; conspiracy theories – rooted in Soviet disinformation alleging his survival – bolstered continued doubts and speculation, including outlandish <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_journalism" title="Tabloid journalism">tabloid</a> and journalistic reports published into the late 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFest2004160,_162,_165-149">[123]</a> Conspiracy theories about Hitler's death and about the Nazi era as a whole still attract interest, with books, TV shows, and films continuing to be produced on the topic.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaly-Groves201922–25-150">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarber2020-151">[125]</a> Historian Luke Daly-Groves wrote that Hitler's death is not about the death of one man, but carries a greater significance as to the end of the regime and the ideological impact it left behind.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaly-Groves201926-152">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 267px; height: 230px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-086-03,_Joseph_Goebbels_mit_Familie.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Joseph Goebbels, his wife Magda, their six children, and Magda's earlier son, Harald Quandt (the only family member to survive the war)"><img alt="Joseph Goebbels, his wife Magda, their six children, and Magda's earlier son, Harald Quandt (the only family member to survive the war)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-086-03%2C_Joseph_Goebbels_mit_Familie.jpg/237px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-086-03%2C_Joseph_Goebbels_mit_Familie.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-086-03%2C_Joseph_Goebbels_mit_Familie.jpg/356px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-086-03%2C_Joseph_Goebbels_mit_Familie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-086-03%2C_Joseph_Goebbels_mit_Familie.jpg/474px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-086-03%2C_Joseph_Goebbels_mit_Familie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="595" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Joseph Goebbels, his wife Magda, their six children, and Magda's earlier son, <a href="/wiki/Harald_Quandt" title="Harald Quandt">Harald Quandt</a> (the only family member to survive the war)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 267px; height: 230px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500,_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hitler (right) visiting Berlin defenders in early April 1945 with Hermann Göring (centre) and Chief of the OKW Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (partially hidden)"><img alt="Hitler (right) visiting Berlin defenders in early April 1945 with Hermann Göring (centre) and Chief of the OKW Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (partially hidden)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500%2C_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg/237px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500%2C_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500%2C_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg/356px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500%2C_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500%2C_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg/474px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500%2C_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="583" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hitler (right) visiting Berlin defenders in early April 1945 with Hermann Göring (centre) and Chief of the OKW Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (partially hidden)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 267px; height: 230px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-044-11,_Heinz_Linge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heinz Linge, Hitler's valet, was one of the first people into Hitler's study after the suicides."><img alt="Heinz Linge, Hitler's valet, was one of the first people into Hitler's study after the suicides." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-044-11%2C_Heinz_Linge.jpg/154px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-044-11%2C_Heinz_Linge.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-044-11%2C_Heinz_Linge.jpg/231px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-044-11%2C_Heinz_Linge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-044-11%2C_Heinz_Linge.jpg/308px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-044-11%2C_Heinz_Linge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="590" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Linge" title="Heinz Linge">Heinz Linge</a>, Hitler's valet, was one of the first people into Hitler's study after the suicides.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 267px; height: 230px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Winston Churchill sitting on a damaged chair from the Führerbunker in July 1945"><img alt="Winston Churchill sitting on a damaged chair from the Führerbunker in July 1945" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg/190px-Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg/285px-Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg/380px-Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="800" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> sitting on a damaged chair from the Führerbunker in July 1945</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 267px; height: 230px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319,_Berlin,_Reichskanzlei,_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The destroyed Führerbunker (1947)"><img alt="The destroyed Führerbunker (1947)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichskanzlei%2C_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg/237px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichskanzlei%2C_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichskanzlei%2C_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg/356px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichskanzlei%2C_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichskanzlei%2C_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg/474px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichskanzlei%2C_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="549" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">The destroyed <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrerbunker" title="Führerbunker">Führerbunker</a> (1947)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 267px; height: 230px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Axmann_in_N%C3%BCrnberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eyewitness Artur Axmann providing details of Hitler's death in Nuremberg in 1947"><img alt="Eyewitness Artur Axmann providing details of Hitler's death in Nuremberg in 1947" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arthur_Axmann_in_N%C3%BCrnberg.jpg/237px-Arthur_Axmann_in_N%C3%BCrnberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arthur_Axmann_in_N%C3%BCrnberg.jpg/356px-Arthur_Axmann_in_N%C3%BCrnberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arthur_Axmann_in_N%C3%BCrnberg.jpg/474px-Arthur_Axmann_in_N%C3%BCrnberg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1503" data-file-height="1200" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Eyewitness <a href="/wiki/Artur_Axmann" title="Artur Axmann">Artur Axmann</a> providing details of Hitler's death in <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a> in 1947</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bunker_(1981_film)" title="The Bunker (1981 film)">The Bunker (1981 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bunker_(book)" title="The Bunker (book)">The Bunker (book)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film)" title="Downfall (2004 film)">Downfall (2004 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler:_The_Last_Ten_Days" title="Hitler: The Last Ten Days">Hitler: The Last Ten Days</a> (1973 film)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrer_Headquarters" title="Führer Headquarters">Führer Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Nazi_Germany" title="Glossary of Nazi Germany">Glossary of Nazi Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nazi_Party_leaders_and_officials" title="List of Nazi Party leaders and officials">List of Nazi Party leaders and officials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_in_popular_culture#Representations_of_Hitler_after_his_death" title="Adolf Hitler in popular culture">Popular culture representations of Hitler after his death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vorbunker" title="Vorbunker">Vorbunker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_and_Remembrance_(miniseries)" title="War and Remembrance (miniseries)">War and Remembrance (miniseries)</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Informational_notes">Informational notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-MI5-1-1"><a href="#cite_ref-MI5-1_1-0">^</a> "... 30 April ... During the afternoon Hitler shot himself..." (<a href="#CITEREFMI5_staff2011">MI5 staff 2011</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-Beevor_359-2"><a href="#cite_ref-Beevor_359_2-0">^</a> "... her lips puckered from the poison." (<a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, p. 359). </li> <li id="cite_note-Fischer_47-6"><a href="#cite_ref-Fischer_47_6-0">^</a> "... Günsche stated he entered the study to inspect the bodies, and observed Hitler ... sat ... sunken over, with blood dripping out of his right temple. He had shot himself with his own pistol, a PPK 7.65." (<a href="#CITEREFFischer2008">Fischer 2008</a>, p. 47). </li> <li id="cite_note-Kershaw_955-7"><a href="#cite_ref-Kershaw_955_7-0">^</a> "... blood dripped from a bullet hole in his right temple ..." (<a href="#CITEREFKershaw2008">Kershaw 2008</a>, p. 955). </li> <li id="cite_note-Joachimsthaler_166-8">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joachimsthaler_166_8-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joachimsthaler_166_8-1">b</a> "... the version involving a 'shot in the mouth' with secondary injuries to the temples must be rejected ... the overwhelming majority of witnesses saw an entry wound in the temple ... according to all witnesses... there were allegedly no injuries to the back of Hitler's head." (<a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, p. 166). </li> <li id="cite_note-Joachimsthaler_225-12">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joachimsthaler_225_12-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joachimsthaler_225_12-1">b</a> "... the only thing to remain of Hitler was a gold bridge with porcelain facets from his upper jaw and the lower jawbone [fragment] with some teeth and two bridges." (<a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, p. 225). </li> <li id="cite_note-Eberle_and_Uhl_288-14"><a href="#cite_ref-Eberle_and_Uhl_288_14-0">^</a> "New versions of Hitler's fate were presented by the Soviet Union according to the political needs of the moment." (<a href="#CITEREFEberleUhl2005">Eberle & Uhl 2005</a>, p. 288). </li> <li id="cite_note-Kershaw_1037-15"><a href="#cite_ref-Kershaw_1037_15-0">^</a> "The intentionally misleading account of Hitler's death by cyanide poisoning put about by Soviet historians ... can be dismissed." (<a href="#CITEREFKershaw2001">Kershaw 2001</a>, p. 1037). </li> <li id="cite_note-Fest_749-16"><a href="#cite_ref-Fest_749_16-0">^</a> "... most Soviet accounts have held that Hitler also [in addition to Braun] ended his life by poison ... there are contradictions in the Soviet story ... these contradictions tend to indicate that the Soviet version of Hitler's suicide has a political colouration." (<a href="#CITEREFFest1974">Fest 1974</a>, p. 749). </li> <li id="cite_note-O'Donnell_1978,_pp._322–323-17"><a href="#cite_ref-O'Donnell_1978,_pp._322–323_17-0">^</a> "... we have a fair answer ... to the version of ... Russian author Lev Bezymenski ... Hitler did shoot himself and did bite into the cyanide capsule, just as Professor Haase had clearly and repeatedly instructed ... " (<a href="#CITEREFO'Donnell2001">O'Donnell 2001</a>, pp. 322–323). </li> <li id="cite_note-Kershaw_958-18"><a href="#cite_ref-Kershaw_958_18-0">^</a> "... [the bodies] were deposited ... in an unmarked grave in a forest far to the west of Berlin, reburied in 1946 in a plot of land in Magdeburg." (<a href="#CITEREFKershaw2008">Kershaw 2008</a>, p. 958). </li> <li id="cite_note-Beevor_431a-19"><a href="#cite_ref-Beevor_431a_19-0">^</a> "In 1970, the Kremlin finally decided to dispose of the body in absolute secrecy... the body, which had been concealed beneath a Soviet army parade-ground in Magdeburg, was exhumed at night and burned." (<a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, p. 431). </li> <li id="cite_note-Petrova_and_Watson_81-20">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Petrova_and_Watson_81_20-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Petrova_and_Watson_81_20-1">b</a> This cannot be verified because no dissection of internal organs was recorded in the autopsy report. (<a href="#CITEREFPetrovaWatson1995">Petrova & Watson 1995</a>, p. 81). </li> <li id="cite_note-MI5-3-47"><a href="#cite_ref-MI5-3_47-0">^</a> Using sources available to Trevor-Roper (a World War II MI5 agent and historian/author of The Last Days of Hitler), MI5 records the marriage as taking place after Hitler had dictated the last will and testament. (<a href="#CITEREFMI5_staff2011">MI5 staff 2011</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-Beevor_343-48"><a href="#cite_ref-Beevor_343_48-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, p. 343 records the marriage as taking place before Hitler had dictated the last will and testament. </li> <li id="cite_note-Shirer_1131-50"><a href="#cite_ref-Shirer_1131_50-0">^</a> It is unknown how much of this was communicated to Hitler. (<a href="#CITEREFShirer1960">Shirer 1960</a>, p. 1131). </li> <li id="cite_note-Linge_199-63"><a href="#cite_ref-Linge_199_63-0">^</a> "Cyanide poisoning. Its 'bite' was marked in her features." (<a href="#CITEREFLinge2009">Linge 2009</a>, p. 199). </li> <li id="cite_note-Shirer_1137-85"><a href="#cite_ref-Shirer_1137_85-0">^</a> Hitler had actually died the previous day. (<a href="#CITEREFShirer1960">Shirer 1960</a>, p. 1137). </li> <li id="cite_note-Petrova_and_Watson_52-94"><a href="#cite_ref-Petrova_and_Watson_52_94-0">^</a> According to the Soviets, the discovery of the body of a <a href="/wiki/Alleged_doubles_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Alleged doubles of Adolf Hitler">look-alike of Hitler</a> late on 3 May delayed the purported exhumation of the burnt remains of Hitler and Braun from 4 May to the following day. (<a href="#CITEREFPetrovaWatson1995">Petrova & Watson 1995</a>, pp. 52–53). </li> <li id="cite_note-Petrova_and_Watson_56-97"><a href="#cite_ref-Petrova_and_Watson_56_97-0">^</a> Heusermann helped locate Hitler's X-rays and directed the Soviets to Echtmann, who had made Hitler's bridges. (<a href="#CITEREFPetrovaWatson1995">Petrova & Watson 1995</a>, pp. 56–57). </li> <li id="cite_note-Beevor_431c-112"><a href="#cite_ref-Beevor_431c_112-0">^</a> Beevor states that "... the ashes were flushed into the town [Magdeburg] sewage system." (<a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, p. 431). </li> <li id="cite_note-Joachimsthaler_161-125"><a href="#cite_ref-Joachimsthaler_161_125-0">^</a> German historian <a href="/wiki/Anton_Joachimsthaler" title="Anton Joachimsthaler">Anton Joachimsthaler</a>, who cites some of the testimonies in his book on Hitler's death, mentions the ballistic experiments without detailing their results. (<a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, p. 161). </li> <li id="cite_note-Lusher-135"><a href="#cite_ref-Lusher_135-0">^</a> Philippe Charlier later stated, "When doing [an examination] of the skull, you have a 55 per cent chance of getting the sex right." (<a href="#CITEREFLusher2018">Lusher 2018</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-Charlier_et_al._a-136"><a href="#cite_ref-Charlier_et_al._a_136-0">^</a> According to a scientific article co-authored by Philippe Charlier, the sex is difficult to determine due to two factors: severe heating from burning, which could have reduced the skull's thickness, and the absence of the <a href="/wiki/Nuchal_crest" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuchal crest">nuchal crest</a>. (<a href="#CITEREFCharlier_et_al.2018">Charlier et al. 2018</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-ABC_News-138"><a href="#cite_ref-ABC_News_138-0">^</a> This prompted the vice president of the Russian state archive to say, "No one claimed that was Hitler's skull." (<a href="#CITEREFABC_News2009">ABC News 2009</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-Charlier_et_al._b-139"><a href="#cite_ref-Charlier_et_al._b_139-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFCharlier_et_al.2018">Charlier et al. 2018</a> concludes that the skull fragment "may come from the same individual" as the dental remains, but "further DNA analyses may be useful" to determine this with certainty. </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008954,_956-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008954,_956_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKershaw2008954,_956_3-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFKershaw2008">Kershaw 2008</a>, pp. 954, 956. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELinge2009199,_200-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELinge2009199,_200_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELinge2009199,_200_4-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFLinge2009">Linge 2009</a>, pp. 199, 200. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601137-5">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShirer19601137_5-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShirer19601137_5-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFShirer1960">Shirer 1960</a>, p. 1137. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999163,_173-9"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999163,_173_9-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, pp. 163, 173. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199929,_231–234-10">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199929,_231–234_10-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199929,_231–234_10-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, pp. 29, 231–234. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELusher2018-11">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELusher2018_11-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELusher2018_11-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFLusher2018">Lusher 2018</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999215–225-13">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999215–225_13-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler1999215–225_13-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, pp. 215–225. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288-21">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288_21-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288_21-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288_21-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEberleUhl2005288_21-3">d</a> <a href="#CITEREFEberleUhl2005">Eberle & Uhl 2005</a>, p. 288. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw20011037-22">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKershaw20011037_22-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKershaw20011037_22-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFKershaw2001">Kershaw 2001</a>, p. 1037. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199922,_23-23"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199922,_23_23-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, pp. 22, 23. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199911-24"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoachimsthaler199911_24-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFJoachimsthaler1999">Joachimsthaler 1999</a>, p. 11. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X51-25"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X51_25-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X">Horrabin 1946, Vol. X</a>, p. 51. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X53-26">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X53_26-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X53_26-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X">Horrabin 1946, Vol. X</a>, p. 53. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X43-27"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X43_27-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHorrabin_1946,_Vol._X">Horrabin 1946, Vol. X</a>, p. 43. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002139-28"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002139_28-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, p. 139. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer19601105-29"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShirer19601105_29-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFShirer1960">Shirer 1960</a>, p. 1105. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002209–217-30"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002209–217_30-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, pp. 209–217. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002255–256,_262-31"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002255–256,_262_31-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, pp. 255–256, 262. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEErickson1983585–586-32"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErickson1983585–586_32-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFErickson1983">Erickson 1983</a>, pp. 585–586. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002275-33"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeevor2002275_33-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBeevor2002">Beevor 2002</a>, p. 275. </li> <li 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Frontline Books–Skyhorse Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60239-804-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60239-804-7"><bdi>978-1-60239-804-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=With+Hitler+to+the+End&rft.pub=Frontline+Books%E2%80%93Skyhorse+Publishing&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-60239-804-7&rft.aulast=Linge&rft.aufirst=Heinz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwithhitlertoendm00ling&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLusher2018" class="citation news cs1">Lusher, Adam (20 May 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/adolf-hitler-debunked-escaped-south-america-skull-fragment-woman-teeth-jawbone-scientific-study-a8360356.html">"Adolf Hitler really is dead: scientific study debunks conspiracy theories that he escaped to South America"</a>. 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Hitler's Last Witness: The Memoirs of Hitler's Bodyguard. London: Frontline Books-Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-848-32749-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-848-32749-8"><bdi>978-1-848-32749-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hitler%27s+Last+Witness%3A+The+Memoirs+of+Hitler%27s+Bodyguard&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Frontline+Books-Skyhorse+Publishing%2C+Inc&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-848-32749-8&rft.aulast=Misch&rft.aufirst=Rochus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMooreBarrett1947" class="citation book cs1">Moore, Herbert; Barrett, James W., eds. (1947). Who Killed Hitler?. W. F. Heimlich (foreword). New York: The Booktab Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Who+Killed+Hitler%3F&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=The+Booktab+Press&rft.date=1947&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMusmanno1950" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Musmanno" title="Michael Musmanno">Musmanno, Michael A.</a> (1950). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_jNAAAAAIAAJ">Ten Days to Die</a>. Garden City, NY: <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ten+Days+to+Die&rft.place=Garden+City%2C+NY&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1950&rft.aulast=Musmanno&rft.aufirst=Michael+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D_jNAAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Donnell2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_P._O%27Donnell" title="James P. O'Donnell">O'Donnell, James P.</a> (2001) [1978]. <a href="/wiki/The_Bunker_(book)" title="The Bunker (book)">The Bunker</a>. Boston: Da Capo Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-306-80958-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-306-80958-3"><bdi>978-0-306-80958-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Bunker&rft.place=Boston&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-306-80958-3&rft.aulast=O%27Donnell&rft.aufirst=James+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetrovaWatson1995" class="citation book cs1">Petrova, Ada and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Watson_(intellectual_historian)" title="Peter Watson (intellectual historian)">Watson, Peter</a> (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780393039146">The Death of Hitler: The Full Story with New Evidence from Secret Russian Archives</a>. 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Norton & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-393-03914-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-393-03914-6"><bdi>978-0-393-03914-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Death+of+Hitler%3A+The+Full+Story+with+New+Evidence+from+Secret+Russian+Archives&rft.pub=W.+W.+Norton+%26+Company&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-393-03914-6&rft.aulast=Petrova&rft.aufirst=Ada&rft.au=Watson%2C+Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9780393039146&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRosenberg2009" class="citation news cs1">Rosenberg, Steven (3 September 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8234018.stm">"I was in Hitler's suicide bunker"</a>. BBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=I+was+in+Hitler%27s+suicide+bunker&rft.date=2009-09-03&rft.aulast=Rosenberg&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F8234018.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRyan1994" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Ryan" title="Cornelius Ryan">Ryan, Cornelius</a> (1994) [1966]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=F8Ij0a6gTSsC">The Last Battle</a>. New York: Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-439-12701-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-439-12701-8"><bdi>978-1-439-12701-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Last+Battle&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-1-439-12701-8&rft.aulast=Ryan&rft.aufirst=Cornelius&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DF8Ij0a6gTSsC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSennWeems2013" class="citation book cs1">Senn, David R. and Weems, Richard A. (2013). Manual of Forensic Odontology. Boca Raton: <a href="/wiki/CRC_Press" title="CRC Press">CRC Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-439-85134-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-439-85134-0"><bdi>978-1-439-85134-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manual+of+Forensic+Odontology&rft.place=Boca+Raton&rft.pub=CRC+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-439-85134-0&rft.aulast=Senn&rft.aufirst=David+R.&rft.au=Weems%2C+Richard+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShirer1960" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_L._Shirer" title="William L. Shirer">Shirer, William L.</a> (1960). <a href="/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Third_Reich" title="The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich">The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich</a>. New York: Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-671-62420-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-671-62420-0"><bdi>978-0-671-62420-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rise+and+Fall+of+the+Third+Reich&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=1960&rft.isbn=978-0-671-62420-0&rft.aulast=Shirer&rft.aufirst=William+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTkachenko2009" class="citation web cs1">Tkachenko, Maxim (11 December 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/11/russia.hitler.remains/index.html">"Official: KGB chief ordered Hitler's remains destroyed"</a>. CNN.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Official%3A+KGB+chief+ordered+Hitler%27s+remains+destroyed&rft.pub=CNN&rft.date=2009-12-11&rft.aulast=Tkachenko&rft.aufirst=Maxim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2009%2FWORLD%2Feurope%2F12%2F11%2Frussia.hitler.remains%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrevor-Roper2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Trevor-Roper" title="Hugh Trevor-Roper">Trevor-Roper, Hugh</a> (2002) [1947]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lastdaysofhitler0000trev_j2d4/">The Last Days of Hitler</a> (7th ed.). London: Pan Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-330-49060-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-330-49060-3"><bdi>978-0-330-49060-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Last+Days+of+Hitler&rft.place=London&rft.edition=7th&rft.pub=Pan+Macmillan&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-330-49060-3&rft.aulast=Trevor-Roper&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flastdaysofhitler0000trev_j2d4%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFBI_Records2011" class="citation web cs1">US Federal Bureau of Investigation (10 April 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110410163948/https://vault.fbi.gov/adolf-hitler">"Adolf Hitler"</a>. FBI Records: The Vault. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vault.fbi.gov/adolf-hitler">the original</a> on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=FBI+Records%3A+The+Vault&rft.atitle=Adolf+Hitler&rft.date=2011-04-10&rft.au=US+Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvault.fbi.gov%2Fadolf-hitler&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVinogradov_et_al.2005" class="citation book cs1">Vinogradov, V. K.; Pogonyi, J. F.; Teptzov, N. V. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hitlersdeathruss0000vino">Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Files of the KGB</a>. London: Chaucer Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-904449-13-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-904449-13-3"><bdi>978-1-904449-13-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hitler%27s+Death%3A+Russia%27s+Last+Great+Secret+from+the+Files+of+the+KGB&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Chaucer+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-1-904449-13-3&rft.aulast=Vinogradov&rft.aufirst=V.+K.&rft.au=Pogonyi%2C+J.+F.&rft.au=Teptzov%2C+N.+V.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhitlersdeathruss0000vino&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_books_by_or_about_Adolf_Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="List of books by or about Adolf Hitler">List of books by or about Adolf Hitler</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBullock1962" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bullock" title="Alan Bullock">Bullock, Alan</a> (1962). Hitler: A Study in Tyranny. New York: Penguin Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-013564-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-013564-0"><bdi>978-0-14-013564-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hitler%3A+A+Study+in+Tyranny&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=1962&rft.isbn=978-0-14-013564-0&rft.aulast=Bullock&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGalanteSilianoff1989" class="citation book cs1">Galante, Pierre; Silianoff, Eugene (1989). Voices From the Bunker. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-3991-3404-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-3991-3404-3"><bdi>978-0-3991-3404-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Voices+From+the+Bunker&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=G.+P.+Putnam%27s+Sons&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-3991-3404-3&rft.aulast=Galante&rft.aufirst=Pierre&rft.au=Silianoff%2C+Eugene&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Adolf+Hitler" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGardner2001" class="citation book cs1">Gardner, Dave (2001). The Last of the Hitlers: The story of Adolf Hitler's British Nephew and the Amazing Pact to Make Sure his Genes Die Out. 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title="List of Adolf Hitler's directives">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_speeches_given_by_Adolf_Hitler" title="List of speeches given by Adolf Hitler">Speeches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler%27s_prophecy" title="Hitler's prophecy">Prophecy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mein_Kampf" title="Mein Kampf">Mein Kampf</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mein_Kampf_in_Arabic" title="Mein Kampf in Arabic">in Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mein_Kampf_in_English" title="Mein Kampf in English">in English</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitlers_Zweites_Buch" title="Hitlers Zweites Buch">Zweites Buch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_will_and_testament_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler">Last will and testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_books_by_or_about_Adolf_Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="List of books by or about Adolf Hitler">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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title="Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death">conspiracy theories</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places of residence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrer_Headquarters" title="Führer Headquarters">Führer Headquarters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berghof_(residence)" title="Berghof (residence)">Berghof</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kehlsteinhaus" title="Kehlsteinhaus">Kehlsteinhaus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reich_Chancellery#New_Reich_Chancellery" title="Reich Chancellery">Reich Chancellery</a> (<a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrerbunker" title="Führerbunker">Führerbunker</a> / <a href="/wiki/Vorbunker" title="Vorbunker">Vorbunker</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adlerhorst" title="Adlerhorst">Adlerhorst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anlage_S%C3%BCd" title="Anlage Süd">Anlage Süd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felsennest" title="Felsennest">Felsennest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrerhauptquartier_Tannenberg" title="Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg">Tannenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werwolf_(Wehrmacht_headquarters)" title="Werwolf (Wehrmacht headquarters)">Werwolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf%27s_Lair" title="Wolf's Lair">Wolf's Lair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfsschlucht_I" title="Wolfsschlucht I">Wolfsschlucht I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfsschlucht_II" title="Wolfsschlucht II">Wolfsschlucht II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrersonderzug" title="Führersonderzug">Special train (Führersonderzug)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civilian residences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braunau_am_Inn" title="Braunau am Inn">Braunau am Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linz" title="Linz">Linz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Meldemannstra%C3%9Fe_dormitory" title="Meldemannstraße dormitory">Meldemannstraße dormitory</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_Munich_apartment" title="Adolf Hitler's Munich apartment">16 Prinzregentenplatz</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obersalzberg" title="Obersalzberg">Obersalzberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kampfh%C3%A4usl" title="Kampfhäusl">Kampfhäusl</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personal life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Health of Adolf Hitler">Health</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Possible_monorchism_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Possible monorchism of Adolf Hitler">possible monorchism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_wealth_and_income" title="Adolf Hitler's wealth and income">Wealth and income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Religious views of Adolf Hitler">Religious views</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Sexuality of Adolf Hitler">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_and_vegetarianism" title="Adolf Hitler and vegetarianism">Vegetarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Adolf_Hitler%27s_personal_staff" title="List of Adolf Hitler's personal staff">Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_bodyguard" title="Adolf Hitler's bodyguard">Bodyguard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Kubizek" title="August Kubizek">August Kubizek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_and_Stefanie_Rabatsch" title="Adolf Hitler and Stefanie Rabatsch">Stefanie Rabatsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reinhold_Hanisch" title="Reinhold Hanisch">Reinhold Hanisch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychopathography_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler">Psychopathography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler%27s_Table_Talk" title="Hitler's Table Talk">Hitler's Table Talk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paintings_by_Adolf_Hitler" title="Paintings by Adolf Hitler">Paintings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_50th_birthday" title="Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday">50th birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naturalization_of_Adolf_Hitler" title="Naturalization of Adolf Hitler">German naturalization</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personal belongings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Globe_for_State_and_Industry_Leaders" title="Columbus Globe for State and Industry Leaders">Hitler's Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_private_library" title="Adolf Hitler's private library">Private library</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Perceptions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_books_by_or_about_Adolf_Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="List of books by or about Adolf Hitler">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_cult_of_personality" title="Adolf Hitler's cult of personality">Cult of personality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_in_popular_culture" title="Adolf Hitler in popular culture">In popular culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_baby_Hitler" title="Killing baby Hitler">Killing baby Hitler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Victory_of_Faith" title="The Victory of Faith">The Victory of Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will" title="Triumph of the Will">Triumph of the Will</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler:_The_Last_Ten_Days" title="Hitler: The Last Ten Days">Hitler: The Last Ten Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Meaning_of_Hitler" title="The Meaning of Hitler">The Meaning of Hitler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler_Diaries" title="Hitler Diaries">Hitler Diaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moloch_(1999_film)" title="Moloch (1999 film)">Moloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler:_The_Rise_of_Evil" title="Hitler: The Rise of Evil">Hitler: The Rise of Evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film)" title="Downfall (2004 film)">Downfall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Mizuki%27s_Hitler" title="Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler">Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse:_Hitler" title="Apocalypse: Hitler">Apocalypse: Hitler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hitler_family" title="Hitler family">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Braun" title="Eva Braun">Eva Braun</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alois_Hitler" title="Alois Hitler">Alois Hitler</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klara_Hitler" title="Klara Hitler">Klara Hitler</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Hiedler" title="Johann Georg Hiedler">Johann Georg Hiedler</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Schicklgruber" title="Maria Schicklgruber">Maria Schicklgruber</a> (grandmother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Hitler" title="Angela Hitler">Angela Hitler</a> (half-sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Hitler" title="Paula Hitler">Paula Hitler</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Rudolf_Raubal_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Leo Rudolf Raubal Jr.">Leo Rudolf Raubal Jr.</a> (half-nephew)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geli_Raubal" title="Geli Raubal">Geli Raubal</a> (half-niece)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Stuart-Houston" title="William Stuart-Houston">William Stuart-Houston</a> (half-nephew)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Hitler" title="Heinz Hitler">Heinz Hitler</a> (half-nephew)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Loret" title="Jean-Marie Loret">Jean-Marie Loret</a> (possible illegitimate son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blondi" title="Blondi">Blondi</a> (dog)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_streets_named_after_Adolf_Hitler" title="List of streets named after Adolf Hitler">Streets named after Hitler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler_and_Mannerheim_recording" title="Hitler and Mannerheim recording">Mannerheim 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ritter_von_Greim" title="Robert Ritter von Greim">Robert Ritter von Greim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Reitsch" title="Hanna Reitsch">Hanna Reitsch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">29 April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernd_Freytag_von_Loringhoven" title="Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven">Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Boldt" title="Gerhard Boldt">Gerhard Boldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Weiss" title="Rudolf Weiss">Rudolf Weiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Zander" title="Wilhelm Zander">Wilhelm Zander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Lorenz" title="Heinz Lorenz">Heinz Lorenz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willy_Johannmeyer" title="Willy Johannmeyer">Willy Johannmeyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Wagner_(notary)" title="Walter Wagner (notary)">Walter Wagner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">30 April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolaus_von_Below" title="Nicolaus von Below">Nicolaus von Below</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1 May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Mohnke" title="Wilhelm Mohnke">Wilhelm Mohnke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traudl_Junge" title="Traudl Junge">Traudl Junge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerda_Christian" title="Gerda Christian">Gerda Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constanze_Manziarly" title="Constanze Manziarly">Constanze Manziarly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Else_Kr%C3%BCger" title="Else Krüger">Else Krüger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_G%C3%BCnsche" title="Otto Günsche">Otto Günsche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walther_Hewel" title="Walther Hewel">Walther Hewel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst-G%C3%BCnther_Schenck" title="Ernst-Günther Schenck">Ernst-Günther Schenck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans-Erich_Voss" title="Hans-Erich Voss">Hans-Erich Voss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Rattenhuber" title="Johann Rattenhuber">Johann Rattenhuber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_H%C3%B6gl" title="Peter Högl">Peter Högl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_Naumann" title="Werner Naumann">Werner Naumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Bormann" title="Martin Bormann">Martin Bormann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Baur" title="Hans Baur">Hans Baur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Stumpfegger" title="Ludwig Stumpfegger">Ludwig Stumpfegger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artur_Axmann" title="Artur Axmann">Artur Axmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Betz" title="Georg Betz">Georg Betz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Linge" title="Heinz Linge">Heinz Linge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_Kempka" title="Erich Kempka">Erich Kempka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Doose" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinrich Doose">Heinrich Doose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Schw%C3%A4germann" title="Günther Schwägermann">Günther Schwägermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewald_Lindloff" title="Ewald Lindloff">Ewald Lindloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Reisser" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Reisser">Hans Reisser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armin_D._Lehmann" title="Armin D. Lehmann">Armin D. Lehmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Ochs" title="Josef Ochs">Josef Ochs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Kr%C3%BCger" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinz Krüger">Heinz Krüger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_Schwiedel" class="mw-redirect" title="Werner Schwiedel">Werner Schwiedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Schach" title="Gerhard Schach">Gerhard Schach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Fritzsche" title="Hans Fritzsche">Hans Fritzsche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Blaschke#Life" title="Hugo Blaschke">Käthe Heusermann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2 May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helmuth_Weidling" title="Helmuth Weidling">Helmuth Weidling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Refior" title="Hans Refior">Hans Refior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodor_von_Dufving" title="Theodor von Dufving">Theodor von Dufving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Knappe" title="Siegfried Knappe">Siegfried Knappe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochus_Misch" title="Rochus Misch">Rochus Misch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Still present on 2 May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Werner_Haase" title="Werner Haase">Werner Haase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erna_Flegel" title="Erna Flegel">Erna Flegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Kunz" title="Helmut Kunz">Helmut Kunz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Tornow" title="Fritz Tornow">Fritz Tornow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erna_Flegel#Biography" title="Erna Flegel">Liselotte Chervinska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goebbels_children#Helmut_Christian" title="Goebbels children">Johanna Ruf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hentschel" title="Johannes Hentschel">Johannes Hentschel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Committed suicide</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernst-Robert_Grawitz" title="Ernst-Robert Grawitz">Ernst-Robert Grawitz</a> (24 April)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> (30 April)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Braun" title="Eva Braun">Eva Hitler</a> (née Braun, 30 April)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels" title="Joseph Goebbels">Joseph Goebbels</a> (1 May)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magda_Goebbels" title="Magda Goebbels">Magda Goebbels</a> (1 May)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alwin-Broder_Albrecht" title="Alwin-Broder Albrecht">Alwin-Broder Albrecht</a> (1 May)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Burgdorf" title="Wilhelm Burgdorf">Wilhelm Burgdorf</a> (2 May)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Krebs_(Wehrmacht_general)" title="Hans Krebs (Wehrmacht general)">Hans Krebs</a> (2 May)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Sch%C3%A4dle" title="Franz Schädle">Franz Schädle</a> (2 May)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Killed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Fegelein" title="Hermann Fegelein">Hermann Fegelein</a> (executed for desertion, 28 April)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blondi" title="Blondi">Blondi</a> (Hitler's dog, poisoned 29 April)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goebbels_children" title="Goebbels children">Goebbels children</a> (poisoned 1 May)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unknown</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_M%C3%BCller_(Gestapo)" title="Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)">Heinrich Müller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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