Philip Citroën

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Philip Citroën (born 29 May 1918, date of death unknown) is most known for his claim of witnessing Adolf Hitler alive in Colombia c. 1954, when the pair were purportedly photographed together. Citroën shared his story and the photo with the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which took wider notice only after another source claimed him to be an ex-SS soldier. The CIA published microfilm of its reports in 2017, fueling fringe theories that Hitler faked his death. According to resurfaced documents, Citroën was a Dutch soldier subdued by the Nazis after Germany invaded the Netherlands. In 2023, Argentine author Abel Basti, a fringe theorist on the topic, published a purported original print of the photo. Citing alleged family interviews and unreproduced records, Basti argues that Citroën was a submariner for the Allies, allowing him to help Hitler escape in 1945 on behalf of certain members of Dutch royalty (which he ostensibly belonged to).

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