The Death of Hitler: The Final Word

CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Part I: The Investigation (I)

Moscow, 6 April 2016

Berlin, May 1945

Moscow, October 2016

Paris, October–November 2016

Part II: The Last Days of Hitler

19 April: “Where are the Russians? Is the front holding? What’s the Führer doing? When is he leaving Berlin?”

20 April: “Führer’s birthday. Sadly no one is in the mood for a party.”

21 April: “This is the final act.”

22 April: “The war is lost.”

23 April: “I know Göring is rotten.”

24 April: “Soldiers, wounded men, all of you to arms!”

25 April: “Poor, poor Adolf. Abandoned by everyone, betrayed by everyone!”

26 April: “Stay alive, my Führer, it’s the will of every German!”

27 April: “Eva, you must leave the Führer…”

28 April: “Himmler’s Opening Gambit To End European War”

29 April: “In the presence of witnesses, I ask you, my Führer Adolf Hitler, if you wish to join Frau Eva Braun in matrimony?”

30 April: “Where are your planes?”

1 May: “Hitler is dead. He fought to his last breath for Germany against Bolshevism.”

2 May: “Hitler has escaped!”

Part III: The Investigation (II)

Moscow, December 2016

Lubyanka, Moscow, December 2016

Berlin, 2 May 1945

Moscow, March 2017

Moscow, May 1945

Russian State Military Archives, Moscow, March 2017

Part IV: Conclusions?

Moscow, March 2017

Berlin, 30 May 1946

Summer 2017

Paris, September 2017

Epilogue

Photo Addendum

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Archives

Index