Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler died on 30 April 1945 in Berlin (the capital city of Germany) when the Soviets were surrounding Berlin during the final days of the European theatre of World War II. It was clear now that Germany would loose the war and so he (and his wife) committed suicide with his wife swallowing cyanide and Hitler shooting himself in the mouth. Their bodies were taken to the Reich Chancellery and burned. Two days later, Berlin surrendered.
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Schematic diagram of the Führerbunker
Eva Braun and Hitler at Berchtesgaden (with Hitler's dog Blondi at right), June 1942
Situation of World War II in Europe at the time of Hitler's death. The white areas were controlled by Nazi forces, the pink areas were controlled by the Allies, and the red areas indicate recent Allied advances.
Exterior of the Führerbunker shortly before its destruction. Hitler and Braun's remains were burnt in a shell crater outside the emergency exit at the left.
Joseph Goebbels, his wife Magda, their six children, and Magda's earlier son, Harald Quandt (the only family member to survive the war)
Hitler (right) visiting Berlin defenders in early April 1945 with Hermann Göring (centre) and Chief of the OKW Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (partially hidden)
Heinz Linge, Hitler's valet, was one of the first people into Hitler's study after the suicides.
Winston Churchill sitting on a damaged chair from the Führerbunker in July 1945
The destroyed Führerbunker (1947)
