Death of Adolf Hitler

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On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in the Führerbunker when it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which resulted in Germany's surrender to the Allies and the end of World War II in Europe. His wife Eva Braun, whom he had married the day before, committed suicide with him via cyanide poisoning. That afternoon—in accordance with Hitler's prior written and oral instructions—the couple's corpses were carried out of the Führerbunker and cremated in the garden of the Reich Chancellery. His death was announced in German radio broadcasts on 1 May. Hitler had served as the Führer of Germany since 1933 and of the Nazi Party since 1921. Witnesses who saw Hitler's body immediately after his suicide testified that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, presumably to his temple. Hitler's personal adjutant Otto Günsche testified that while Braun's body smelled strongly of burnt almonds—an indication of cyanide poisoning—there was no such odour about...

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