The day history's most notorious dictator died

The day Hitler died

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The leader of the Nazi party and chief architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, died on April 30, 1945. 

The Red Army was advancing on Berlin

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The Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union was in full force. By April 30, 1945, they had entered Berlin.

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Reinhart added that they knew “that the whole story simply had no prospects for success anymore. But we were, as I said, jaded and callous and accepted everything as it came."

The death of Mussolini affected Hitler

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The news of the death of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini reached Adolf Hitler on April 29. On that day, the Nazi leader wrote his will, where he said “I do not wish to fall into the hands of an enemy who requires a new spectacle organized by the Jews for the amusement of their hysterical masses.”

A notary was present

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Walter Wagner, a notary, was the person who legally married Hitler and Braun hours before they died.

Last goodbyes

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In her book ‘Until the Final Hour,' Junge wrote about Hilter's last day, how he made his final goodbyes, and offered her a cyanide capsule. Braun gave Junge her fur coat and told her to escape Berlin.

Hitler wanted to set an example

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The leader of the Nazi party wished to set an example when choosing death over surrender.

Hitler expelled several of his men before he died

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Hitler left clear instructions to expel Nazi party figures, such as Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler, for their disloyalty and for causing “immeasurable harm to the country.”

Hitler's remains

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Hitler left instructions for his remains to be destroyed. Both Hitler and Braun’s remains were taken outside the bunker, thrown into a ditch, and set on fire.

By then, several concentration camps had already been liberated

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In July 1944, Soviet troops liberated the Majdanek concentration camp in Lublin, Poland. As Allied troops moved into Germany, more concentration camps were discovered and liberated.

Germany was in ruins

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By April 30, many German cities had been decimated by bombs. When Berlin was taken, a great part of the city was already in ruins.

The Cold War had already begun

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The Cold War was already brewing before Hitler died. The tension was noticeable during the February 1945 Yalta Conference, where the leaders of the UK, US, and Soviet Union discussed a future without Nazi Germany.

German scientists were getting ready to flee

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In 1943, a secret Allied unit known as the Alsos Mission (aka Lightning A), started to investigate the Nazi atomic program. In April 1945, they uncovered the Nazi nuclear lab, where they seized a lot of information.

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