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Death of Adolf Hitler

1945 CE · German Reich, Europe · Disaster

Death of Adolf Hitler
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On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in the Führerbunker when it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which resulted in Germany's surrender to the Allies and the end of World War II in Europe. His wife Eva Braun, whom he had married the day before, committed suicide with him via cyanide poisoning.

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