The official version says that Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, committed suicide in besieged Berlin on April 30, 1945, a few days before the end of the war. Subsequently, a number of researchers, however, expressed doubts about the events described by eyewitnesses, but the new facts did not find reliable confirmation.
The last days of the Fuhrer
Here is a chronicle of the events leading up to the death of Adolf Hitler. In the last days of April 1945, the shock units of the Soviet troops completed the operation to defeat Nazi Germany. The Fuhrer's plans collapsed, leading him to despair. A few days before his death, Hitler took refuge in an underground bunker located in the immediate vicinity of the Reich Chancellery, desperately and anxiously awaiting new news from the battlefields. His girlfriend Eva Braun and a number of high-ranking officials of Germany were also there.
Hitler gave the impression of an immensely tired man with a completely upset consciousness, who had lost interest in life. He often shouted at subordinates, rushed about the room and showed all the signs of a person with a disintegrating personality, close to madness. He no longer resembled the confident leader of the nation that the German people used to see Hitler in the old days.
The day before his death, Hitler arranged a formal wedding ceremony with Eva Braun, culminating in a modest feast. After the first and last family celebration in his life, the Fuhrer retired in his office to draw up a will.
Apparently, by this time the leader of Nazi Germany made the final decision to die.
How Hitler died
On April 30, Adolf Hitler said goodbye to the highest representatives of the Reich and to other people close to him. After the farewell ceremony, everyone left the room, going out into the corridor. Hitler and Eva Braun were left alone. The personal valet of the Fuhrer wrote in his testimony that Hitler and his girlfriend committed suicide at half past four, almost simultaneously shooting themselves. The valet who entered after the shots saw the leader of the nation sitting on the sofa; blood dripped from his temple. Eva Braun's body was located in another corner of the room.
Many researchers are convinced that just before the shot, Hitler took an ampoule of potassium cyanide.
Martin Bormann, Hitler's closest aide and comrade-in-arms, gave the order to wrap the bodies of the dead in blankets, transfer them to the yard, douse them with gasoline and burn them in a funnel from an exploding shell. The corpses, which did not have time to burn up to the end, were buried in the ground right there, in the courtyard of the imperial chancellery. The remains of the Fuhrer and Eva Braun were subsequently discovered by Soviet soldiers, after which a thorough examination was carried out. The study was conducted by experienced forensic experts, so there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of the remains.
But the story of the remains of the leader of Nazi Germany did not end there. Hitler's body was reburied several times. After the war, some eyewitnesses to the death of the German leader retracted their testimonies. There were also new witnesses who were previously silent. The story of the Fuhrer's death began to acquire fantastic details that could well be fiction.
