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It appears that Hitler along with his new bride, committed suicide in the Berlin bunker. Their bodies were taken outside by aides and placed in a shallow pit, soaked in gasoline and burned.

Later the Soviets overran the area and that point all historical accuracy disappears. The Soviets were more interested in creating Propaganda stories to support their various political agendas than they were in securing the historical truth.

It is unlikely that gasoline in an open pit would have completely destroyed the bodies, just rendered them charred and disfigured. The Soviets claimed to have found and secured them secretly. Later they claim to have dug up the corpse(s), cremated it/them and dispersed the ashes. Who knows?

It is interesting to note that the Soviets, who controlled the entire scene, claimed to have evidence that Hitler had shot himself through the mouth. Bone fragments later 'discovered' as left overs from the cremation indicated a temple shot. Since the Soviets falsified everything to their own political will we can only assume that Hitler shot himself via the temple, not the mouth. I suppose the Soviets thought it was somehow considered unmanly to shoot oneself in the mouth so they made up this story too.

Frankly I trust very little of Soviet history especially from this era. German eyewitnesses would be reliable only if they were not in the clutches of the Soviet system.

My personal belief is that Hitler killed himself and the body was destroyed by his German staff - via a combination of burning, burying, dispersal. Much of his staff adored him and I do not think they would have allowed the hated Soviets to secure his remains. I doubt that whatever the Soviets found or claimed to have found had anything to do with Hitler's corpse.

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Under Hitler's pre-death order, his body was taken outside, doused with petrol and set on fire in a shell crater (along with Eva Braun). The available petrol was scarce, and combustion was incomplete. The Russians later found the bodies, and briefly reburied them at another location. Later, they re-exhumed the remains, examined them. then cremated the remains and dumped the ashes into a river headed out to sea.

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He and his wife were found in his underground bunker with self inflicted gun shot wounds.

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