Führerbunker

Hitler moved into the Führerbunker on January 16, 1945. He was joined by his senior staff, Martin Bormann, Eva Braun and Joseph Goebbels with all his family, which took residence in the upper Vorbunker. Two or three dozen support, medical and administrative staff were also sheltered there. These included Hitler's secretaries (with his favourite, Traudl Junge among them) a nurse named Erna Flegel and telephonist Rochus Misch. The bunker was supplied with large quantities of food and other necessities and by all accounts success ...

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Führerbunker, Führerbunker - Events in 1945, Führerbunker - Post-war events, Führerbunker - Dramatizations, Führerbunker - Documentaries, Führerbunker - Sources

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In 1938, Hitler assigned his favorite architect Albert Speer to build the new Reichskanzlei (Chancellery) in the German capital of Berlin, requesting that the building be completed within a year. Near the complex was the underground Führerbunker, where Hitler committed suicide at the end of World War II in 1945. The new Reichskanzlei had the address Vossstrasse 6, and the old kanzlei, located a ...

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Reich Chancellery, Reich Chancellery - New Reich Chancellery 1938, Reich Chancellery - External link

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1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1945 - Events. January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference at Zonhoven describing his contribution to the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 - World War II: The Soviet Union begin a very large offensive in Eastern Europe against the Nazis. January 13 - A Soviet patrol arre ...

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In 1938, Hitler assigned his favorite architect Albert Speer to build the new Reichskanzlei (Chancellery) in the German capital of Berlin, requesting that the building be completed within a year. Near the complex was the underground Führerbunker, where Hitler committed suicide at the end of World War II in 1945. The new Reichskanzlei had the address Vossstrasse 6, and the old kanzlei, located a ...

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Reich Chancellory, Reich Chancellory - New Reich Chancellery 1938, Reich Chancellory - External link

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Hitler relocated to the Führerbunker on January 16, 1945, where he presided over the rapid disintegration of his Third Reich as the Allies advanced from both east and west. By late April, Soviet forces had entered Berlin itself and were battling their way to the center of the city where the Chancellery was located. Realizing that defeat was imminent, Hitler began making preparations for his suicide. Hitler finished drafting his last will and testament at 4 am on April 29. Shortly after midnight on April 30, 1945, Hitler married Eva B ...

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Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Standard account of Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Autopsy, Hitler's death - Rumours of escape, Hitler's death - Later Russian disclosures, Hitler's death - Skull and jaw fragments, Hitler's death - Pistol or cyanide?, Hitler's death - Could he have done both?, Hitler's death - Trivia, Hitler's death - Documentaries, Hitler's death - Dramatizations, Hitler's death - Bibliography

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An autopsy was performed by this SMERSH unit, led by Chief Forensic Pathologist Dr. Faust Sherovsky. They first identified Hitler using odontological records of removable dental fittings given to Hitler by his dentist Hugo Blaschke. Two of Blaschke's arrested assistants (Fritz Echtmann and Kaethe Hausermann) confirmed the accuracy of the records by first drawing sketches of his bridgework from memory. Sherovsky noted in his initial report that a piece of Hitler's skull cap was missing. The autopsy also led to the discovery of glass fr ...

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Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Standard account of Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Autopsy, Hitler's death - Rumours of escape, Hitler's death - Later Russian disclosures, Hitler's death - Skull and jaw fragments, Hitler's death - Pistol or cyanide?, Hitler's death - Could he have done both?, Hitler's death - Trivia, Hitler's death - Documentaries, Hitler's death - Dramatizations, Hitler's death - Bibliography

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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest war in human history. The war was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The Axis initially consisted of an alliance between Germany and Italy, which later expanded to include Japan and Eastern European countries such as Romania and Bulgaria. Some of the nations that Germany conquered sent military forces, particularly to the Eastern front. Among the expeditionary ...

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A bunker is a defensive warfare fortification to protect personnel or equipment. A bunker is also: a hazard, usually filled with sand, on a golf course. a storage bin or tank for a bulk product, such as coal, fuel oil or wood a marine heavy fuel oil. Deep-sea ships use different grades of "bunker", grades being IFO (International Fuel Oil) 180 or 380. Bunkers are mostly below ground, while a blockhouse is mostly above ground level. They were used extensively in W ...

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Albert Speer ▶ (help·info) (March 19, 1905 – September 1, 1981) was born Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer in Mannheim, Germany, the second of three sons. He is sometimes called 'the first architect of the Third Reich'. He was Hitler's chief architect in Nazi Germany and in 1942 became Hitler's minister of armaments, when he had considerable success in reforming and streamlining Germany's war production. After the war he was tried at Nuremb ...

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A book by Soviet journalist Lev Bezymensky on the SMERSH autopsy report was published in the west in 1968 but was associated with other disinformation attempts and considered untrustworthy. The KGB/FSB opened their files to the public in 1993, releasing records and statements by former KGB members. Drawing from these, historians reached a general consensus about what happened to the bodies of Hitler and Braun. After the autopsy their remains were frequently buried and exhumed by SMERSH during the unit's relocation from Berlin t ...

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Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Standard account of Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Autopsy, Hitler's death - Rumours of escape, Hitler's death - Later Russian disclosures, Hitler's death - Skull and jaw fragments, Hitler's death - Pistol or cyanide?, Hitler's death - Could he have done both?, Hitler's death - Trivia, Hitler's death - Documentaries, Hitler's death - Dramatizations, Hitler's death - Bibliography

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A skull fragment had also been recovered from the Führerbunker and it was found to contain a single bullet hole, most likely from a 7.65mm round. The skull fragment was taken to Moscow in 1946 along with the jaw section which had been used for the dental identification, both eventually finding their way to the Moscow Archives. Decades later they were located in a basement of the Moscow Archives, and the skull fragment was publicly displayed as part of ...

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Adolf Hitler ▶ (help·info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death by suicide. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. Under Hitler's charismatic leadership Germany emerged from the depths of defeat to rebuild its economy and its decimated military. At the height of their power during World War II, ...

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Journalist James O'Donnell, after extensive interviews with inhabitants of the bunker (including those unavailable for years due to Soviet detention), noted a consensus that shortly before his death, Hitler spoke with another doctor, Werner Haase, who gave him instructions on how to make the suicide successful, which included recommending a combination of cyanide and a gunshot to the temple. However, Haase died in Sovie ...

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Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Standard account of Hitler's death, Hitler's death - Autopsy, Hitler's death - Rumours of escape, Hitler's death - Later Russian disclosures, Hitler's death - Skull and jaw fragments, Hitler's death - Pistol or cyanide?, Hitler's death - Could he have done both?, Hitler's death - Trivia, Hitler's death - Documentaries, Hitler's death - Dramatizations, Hitler's death - Bibliography

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After his release Bormann joined the NSDAP in Thuringia. Despite a coarse and brutal manner, he became the Party's regional press officer and later business manager in 1928. In 1929 Bormann married Gerda Buch, whose father Walter Buch served as a chairman of the Nazi Party Court. Bormann had recently met Hitler, who agreed to serve as a witness to their wedding. In October 1933 Bormann became a Reichsleiter of the NSDAP and in November a member of the Reichstag. From July 1933 until 1941 Bormann served as the personal se ...

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Martin Bormann, Martin Bormann - Early life, Martin Bormann - Rise through the Nazi party, Martin Bormann - Suicide and missing remains, Martin Bormann - Bormann's children, Martin Bormann - Trivia

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Hitler saw more of Braun after the suicide of Angela's daughter Geli Raubal in 1931 (some historians suggest Raubal killed herself because she was distraught over Hitler's relationship with Braun, while others speculate Hitler killed her, or had her murdered). Hitler was seeing other women such as actress Renate Müller (whose early death was also termed a suicide). Braun attempted suicide in 1932 by shooting herself in the neck. She attempted suicide a second time in 1935 by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. After Braun's recovery Hitler became more committed to her and bought her a villa in Wasserburgerstrasse, a Munich ...

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Eva Braun, Eva Braun - Background, Eva Braun - Relationship and turmoil, Eva Braun - Lifestyle, Eva Braun - Marriage and suicide

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Nazi architecture has three primary roles in the creation of their new order: (i) Stage; (ii) Symbolic; (iii) Didactic. In addition, they saw architecture as a method of producing buildings that had a function, but also served a larger purpose. For example, the House of German Art had the function of housing art, but through its form, style and design it had the purpose of being a community structure built using an Aryan style, which acted as a kind of temple to acceptable German art ...

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Nazi architecture, Nazi architecture - Hitler the architect, Nazi architecture - Three primary roles, Nazi architecture - Stage, Nazi architecture - Symbolic, Nazi architecture - Didactic, Nazi architecture - Cult of victory, Nazi architecture - Berlin's reshaping, Nazi architecture - Architecture as religion, Nazi architecture - Theory of Ruin Value, Nazi architecture - Hitler's mausoleum, Nazi architecture - Sculpture, Nazi architecture - Labour and plunder, Nazi architecture - Nazi Construction, Nazi architecture - Hitler's builders, Nazi architecture - Books, Nazi architecture - Videos

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Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World War II - A debated starting date. [4]The date on which World War II started is a debated subject; historians do not all agree on which event signified the start of the war. The most common date used is 1 September 1939, marking the German invasion of Poland, which resulted in the ...

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The last political testament was signed at the same time as Hitler's last will, 4:00am on April 29, 1945. The first part of the testament is a restatement of the political position and justifications which he had stated many times before. His intention to commit suicide soon after writing the testament and the imminent destruction of the Third Reich did not alter his political position. The second part lays out Hitler's intentions for the government of Germany and the Nazi Party after his demise. Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering ...

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Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Will, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Testament, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Authorship, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - External documents

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The main opponent of SMERSH in its counterintelligence activity was Abwehr, the German military foreign information and counterintelligence department, active during both World War I and World War II. Smersh activities also included "filtering" the soldiers recovered from captivity. It was also used extensively to "filter" the population of the gained territories, including Eastern Europe. Smersh was also used to punish those within the NKVD itself; it was allowed to investigate whomever it wished in the NKVD structure; department and directorate heads were not immune from it. Smersh would also often be sent out to find and ...

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SMERSH, SMERSH - History, SMERSH - Activity, SMERSH - Organization, SMERSH - SMERSH in fiction

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After the war her family moved to Berlin where she attended Kollmorgen Lycée, receiving three hundred marks a month spending money from Rietschel. In 1919 Magda was enrolled in the prestigious Holzhausen Ladies' College near Goslar. At nineteen she is said to have had remarkable poise and presence. While returning to school on a train she met Günther Quandt, a wealthy German industrialist twice her age whose holdings later grew into Varta batteries among other businesses, with large stakes in BMW and Daimler-Benz. She soon dropped out of c ...

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Magda Goebbels, Magda Goebbels - Childhood and youth, Magda Goebbels - Marriages and family with Joseph Goebbels, Magda Goebbels - War years, Magda Goebbels - Murder and suicide, Magda Goebbels - Quotes, Magda Goebbels - References and further reading, Magda Goebbels - Films

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