I was reading some information on WWII and i was just wondering what happened to his body after he killed himself, did anyone find it?
2006-06-23 07:53:15 · 12 answers · asked by odadaisy 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
"Several witnesses stated the two bodies were carried to a small, bombed-out garden outside the bunker complex, where they were doused with petrol and set alight by Linge and members of Hitler's personal SS bodyguard. The SS guards and Linge later noted the fire did not completely destroy the corpses, but Soviet shelling of the bunker compound made further cremation attempts impossible and the remains were later covered up in a shallow bomb crater."
2006-06-23 07:57:51 · answer #1 · answered by Sherry K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitler's body and that of Eva Braun (his long-term mistress whom he had married the day before) were put in a bomb crater, partially burned with gasoline by Führerbunker aides and hastily buried in the Chancellory garden as Russian shells poured down and Red Army infantry continued to advance only two or three hundred metres awayWhen Russian forces reached the Chancellory they found his body and an autopsy was performed using dental records (and German dental assistants who were familiar with them) to confirm the identification. To avoid any possibility of creating a potential shrine the remains of Hitler and Braun were repeatedly moved, then secretly buried by SMERSH at their new headquarters in Magdeburg. In April 1970, when the facility was about to be turned over to the East German government, the remains were reportedly exhumed, thoroughly cremated, and the ashes finally dumped unceremoniously into the Elbe.
2006-06-23 07:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by Pugmo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to official reports, the bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun were soaked in gasoline and set afire to prevent the Russians from putting his corpse on display or from mutilating it. Of course, there have been some interesting theories on what really happened.
2006-06-23 07:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Adam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His body still has never been found and as to the suicide thing, THAT is just a plausible THEORY because Lord knows, he was crazy enough.
His death and where abouts, still remain a mystery today.
There are MANY theories.
Some claim they received information that he fled to South America and may still be alive.
Nothing has been able to be proven.
2006-06-23 08:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by Molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After he committed suicide an underling set fire to the bunker. All the remains of Hitler are a few skull fragments.
2006-06-23 07:56:26 · answer #5 · answered by erin7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He told someone to burn his body and his wife's body. So the remains were never found.
2006-06-23 07:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they burned his body and cremtedi and threw the ashes in a nearby river. by raymond.c 9years old
2006-06-23 08:19:40 · answer #7 · answered by Raymond C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
was burned.
the red army found the remains and destroyed them because they didn't want some sort of crazy shrine to the freak
2006-06-23 07:56:23 · answer #8 · answered by jivesucka 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't want his body to be mutilated by protestors like Mussilini, so he had his people cremate him.
2006-06-23 07:56:58 · answer #9 · answered by chicagoan86 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burned, charred..etc..As well as it should be...And I'm talking about in HELL.
2006-06-23 07:56:22 · answer #10 · answered by dewdropinn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋