Think You Know Everything about the death of Hitler? Think Again. After World War II, 50 percent of Americans polled said they didn’t believe Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide in their bunker in 1945, as captured Nazi officials claimed. Instead, they believed the dictator faked his death and escaped, perhaps to Argentina. This wasn’t a crazy opinion: Joseph Stalin told Allied … opinion: Joseph Stalin told Allied leaders that Soviet forces never discovered Hitler’s body and that he personally believed the Nazi leader had escaped justice. At least two German submarines crossed the Atlantic and landed on the coast of Argentina in July 1945. Plus, there were numerous reports of top Nazi officials successfully fleeing to South America where there was a large German colony.
Incredible as it sounds, the mystery surrounding Adolf Hitler’s final days only deepened in 2009 when a U.S. forensic team announced that a piece of Hitler’s skull held in Soviet archives was not actually Hitler’s. International interest increased further in 2014 when the FBI released previously classified files detailing investigations surrounding Hitler’s possible escape. And the following year, The History Channel launched a three-year reality TV series investigating if it was possible Hitler did somehow survive.
So what really happened?
Popular history writer Robert J. Hutchinson, author of What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination, takes a fresh look at the evidence and discovers, once and for all, the truth about Hitler’s last week in Berlin. Among the questions the book explores are…
* What did surviving Nazi eyewitnesses really say about the Führer’s final days in the bunker–and could they have been lying to aid Hitler’s escape?
* If Hitler didn’t escape, why did the Allies not find his body?
* What about Hitler’s proven use of body doubles? Could Hitler have used a body double in the bunker while he and Eva Braun flew to safety in a long-range aircraft that took off from a runway in Berlin’s Tiergarten?
* Why did the FBI continue to investigate reports of Hitler’s survival for more than a decade after World War II–reports that were only declassified in 2014?
* What about sensational claims in books such as The Grey Wolfthat Hitler and Eva Braun lived in an isolated chalet in the Andes – and that Hitler died in 1962?
* Why were forensic tests on crucial physical evidence only conducted in 2016, more than 70 years after World War II ended?
* And lots MORE.
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What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler
by Robert J. Hutchinson
I received a complimentary copy and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
Western Allied forces did not enter Berlin for almost two months after Germany formally surrendered. The question of what had happened to Hitler or even if he was alive or dead took years to piece together, no one seemed able to produce a body or even part of a body. Along with contradicitng claims of a man being shot and his body burned to it apparently being nothing but “ a very poor double “.
Covering decades of cover-ups and false information this book begins with an indepth account of several failed assassination attempts, specifically by the young German officer Claus Von Stauffenberg, complete with photos and eye witness accounts.
A puzzle still unsolved at the beginning of the 21st century, reviewing evidence and resolving as much as possible the few remaining mysteries. I was surprised to discover how easy it eventually was for Hitler to seize control and his early opposition began to form especially amongst those who were previously his loyal followers which led to the creation of the anti-Nazi resistance movement. Many early supporters became disillusioned by atrocitites committed in the 1930s.
Hitler convinced himself and his entourage, as to him having superhuman abilities, surviving so many attempts on his life, praising his genius and that he truly was meant to lead. Nevertheless the mystery of what happened to his body along with that of his mistress and later wife, Eva Braun, endured for more than seventy years due to the lack of physical evidence and conflicting reports from survivng witnesses on minor details.
This book addresses these issues already discussed in countless other books and memoirs yet draws it’s conclusions by methodical reasoning of the evidence rather than speculation based on the lack of it.
The author reveals numerous facts hidden or not touched on for decades, bases his theory on what has been proven and not what hasn’t and stays away from conspracy theories.
For any fan of this era or for anyone who is simply intrigued by how evidence can be overlooked this is a brilliant read, no matter what your personal opinion at the end of the day is. The account of the demise of the unfortunate Stauffenberg and his comrades is particularly impressive.
I note What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler 5 out of 5 stars.
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED: THE DEATH OF HITLER,
Did he die: Perhaps off to Argentina?
So many questions: Some answers were inflated.
It is time: Walk through the chaos.
Resources are available: Let’s look at them.
In specific place: Finds them and summarizes.
The reasons why: Such a decision made.
Pieces add up: What do you say?
Lot’s to learn: This is just beginning.
An important time: To learn lessons from.