40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

Trista - December 19, 2018

40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall
The sofa on which Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in theFührerbunker, Berlin, on April 30, 1945. Note the bloodstains on the arm rest. Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images/Flickr/Stamp a Day.

9. The Duo Committed Suicide the Next Day

The day after Hitler’s marriage to Braun, he took a cyanide pill, which killed him. Braun died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It is likely that he did not intend for her to die with him, but she chose to commit suicide rather than be separated from him.

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