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
Front page of the US Armed Forces newspaper, Stars and Stripes, May 2, 1945, announcing Hitler’s death. Stars and Stripes/Wikimedia Commons.

1. Stalin Found the Bodies

Stalin ordered that his army find the bodies of Hitler and Braun in order to ensure that they were really dead. In Soviet custody, the bodies were repeatedly disinterred until they were finally fully cremated in 1970. The ashes went into an unmarked grave.

 

Where Did We Find This Stuff? Here Are The Sources:

“Adolf Hitler,” by editors of biography.com. Biography.com. November 2, 2018

“Adolf Hitler,” by John Lukacs Wilfrid F. Knapp Alan Bullock, Baron Bullock. Encyclopedia Britannica. December 5, 2018.

“The Siblings of Adolf Hitler.” Hitler’s Children.

“Benito Mussolini (1883-1945).” BBC History.

“Eva Braun, the Führerbunker & Hitler’s Marriage.” A Stamp A Day.

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