FAMOUS DEAD

By April 1945 the Russian army had surrounded Berlin, where Hitler had his headquarters in his bunker. He had decided to make his last stand in Berlin, and not surrender. The generally accepted account is that he committed suicide by biting a cyanide capsule and shooting himself simultaneously. His body (and that of his wife) was then burned with gasoline by his aides. The Russian secret service identified his remains by his dental records.

However, to this day there have been doubts as to his death, the manner of his death and as to the identification of his remains, including the fragment of skull the Russians claim belonged to Hitler.