The generally accepted cause of the death of Adolf Hitler on April 30, 1945 is suicide by gunshot and cyanide poisoning. The dual method and other circumstances surrounding the event encouraged rumours that Adolf Hitler may have survived the end of World War II along with speculation about what happened to his remains; however, the 1993 opening of records kept by the Russian KGB and FSB confirmed the widely-accepted version of the death of Hitler as described by Hugh Trevor-Roper in his book The Last Days of Hitler published in 1947. The Russian archives did however shed new light on what happened to the remains of the cadaver.
Shortly after noon on April 30, Hitler had a short meeting with Party Secretary Bormann before eating a small lunch consisting of spaghetti with a light sauce. Hitler and Eva Braun then said their personal farewells to members of the Führerbunker staff and fellow occupants, including the Goebbels family, Bormann, the secretaries, and several military officers. At around 14:30, as Soviet forces raised their banner over the neighboring Reichstag, Adolf and Eva Hitler went into Hitler's personal study.
Some witnesses later reported hearing a loud gunshot at around 15:30 (the Goebbels' young son is said to have declared, "A direct hit!" thinking it was a bomb overhead). After waiting a few minutes, Hitler's valet, Heinz Linge, with Bormann at his side, opened the door to the study. Linge later stated he immediately noted a scent of burned almonds in the small study, a common observation made in the presence of prussic acid, a form of cyanide. The Hitlers were both sitting on a small sofa, Eva on the left, Adolf to the right. Eva's body slumped away from Adolf's. Hitler appeared to have shot himself in the right temple with a 7.65 mm pistol which lay at his feet. Blood was dripping from the wound to his right temple and had made a large stain on the right arm of the sofa. Eva had no visible physical wounds and Linge assumed she had poisoned herself.
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.
2006-06-27 04:56:08
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answered by Anonymous
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The official account records indicate Hitler committed suicide by being gernade blown up in his fortified bunker, along with other Nazi trusted high ranks and his beloved "girlfriend".
However, for years, there has been some controversy that Hitler wriggled out of Germany, was helped by the Vatican (of all people) and got flown out to South America or (if you actually belive this) the U.S. of A itself.
2006-06-26 17:28:05
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answered by Mr. Wizard 7
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Cyanide
2006-07-01 17:32:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Suicide on April 30 along with Eva Braun whom he married on April 29th.
2006-06-26 16:10:39
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answered by pebbles 2
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There was never any proof that he died. His remains were never found and any 'remains' found were never verified to be his. So no one can say for certain. There are many rumors and theories on how (or when) he died.
2006-07-02 21:12:04
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answered by Carolyn 1
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He got smebody to shoot him and then burn his body outside his bunker in berlin.
A brittish documentry called auchwitz has a lot of details about it.
2006-06-26 16:08:23
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answered by Wili b 2
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Soviets killed him w/ a single shot between the eyes.
2006-06-26 16:08:29
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answered by Subterfuge 3
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He took poison and also shot him self in his bunker.but gave the poison to his dog first to see if it worked
2006-06-26 16:11:03
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answered by Hea Dude ! 6
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I believe he was shot, in the back
2006-06-26 16:06:18
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answered by Anonymous
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Yeah, he got shot in the ***. Lol
2006-06-26 16:09:10
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answered by yehaamy 1
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