2007-03-02 07:53:51 · 20 answers · asked by geckog1212 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He shot himself rather than be captured by the Red Army that was storming through Berlin at the time. Coward.
Anyhoo, go rent the film "Downfall." It chronicles Hitler's final days. It's a great watch.
2007-03-02 08:38:18 · answer #1 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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 cadaver.
2007-03-02 07:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Melli 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitler killed himself in April, 1945. He fired a Walter PPK, The same gun that James Bond uses in the movies, into his brain. He also took Cyanide to make sure he was good and dead. His wife Eva Braun died with him from Cyanide as well. Then their bodies were taken outside, pored gasoline on them and lit on fire. The Soviets find the charred remains and took them back to Moscow. Later on the Cranium of Hitler was shown to the public with the bullet hole in the skull.
Also Eva was Married to Hitler BEFORE they died in the bunker.
2007-03-02 08:19:21 · answer #3 · answered by MG 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Adolf Hitler commited suicide on April 30th 1945, after killing his mistress Eva Braun, or at least that is the story most known, others say he was murdered with his mistress while losing the war, either way, he is dead. over and done with thank god!
2007-03-02 08:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by justalilnutz 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bob j is wrong eva braun was hitler's wife. they married shortly before they committed suicide. hitler killed his dogs by giving them poison. he took a cyanide capsule, then shot himself in the head.
2007-03-02 21:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by Karli P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually believe he did both ingested cyanide and shot himself. Afterward he had his aides burn the bodies of both him and his wife lest they fall into Alllied hands and be placed on public display like had happened to Mussolini.
2007-03-02 09:25:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler commited suicide by shooting himself with a pistol thru the mouth into his head. His body was then burned. They recovered a piece of his skull/face years ago.
2007-03-02 07:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by glenn 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
he took poison then shot himself in the head to make certain
2007-03-02 10:14:03 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self inflicted gunshot to the head.
2007-03-02 07:57:35 · answer #9 · answered by Cheburashka 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well..he had parkinsons disease, and it was taking a toll on him near the end of WW II, but he died due to a gun shot to his head. by his own hand.
2007-03-02 08:01:09 · answer #10 · answered by tweetybird37406 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋