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[4] This disinformation, propagated by Stalin's government, [5] [6] has been a springboard for various conspiracy theories, despite the official conclusion by Western powers and the consensus of historians that Hitler killed himself on 30 April 1945. [7] [8] [9] It even caused a minor resurgence in Nazism during the Allied occupation of Germany ...
Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin [a] after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe.
On April 22 1945, as the Red Army was closing in on the Führerbunker during the Battle of Berlin, Hitler declared that he would stay in Berlin and shoot himself. [5] That same day, he asked Schutzstaffel (SS) physician Werner Haase about the most reliable method of suicide; Haase suggested combining a dose of cyanide with a gunshot to the head. [6]
Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
“I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood,” the Russian foreign minister said, reviving one of the more notorious myths about Hitler, who killed himself in his bunker as the Red Army ...
The Deputy Mayor of Leipzig and his wife and daughter, who committed suicide in the Neues Rathaus as U.S. troops were entering the city on 20 April 1945. During the final weeks of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe, many civilians, government officials, and military personnel throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe committed suicide.
The Rommel myth, or the Rommel legend, is a phrase used by a number of historians for the common depictions of German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel as an apolitical, brilliant commander and a victim of Nazi Germany due to his presumed participation in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler, which led to Rommel's forced suicide in 1944.
Hitler himself seemed least affected by the alleged poisoning, possibly due to his vegetarian diet. [3] February 9, 1933: Berlin: Ludwig Aßner Ludwig Aßner, a German politician and member of the Bavarian State Parliament, sent a poisoned letter to Hitler from France. An acquaintance of Aßner warned Hitler and the letter was intercepted. [3] 1934