Bunker Mentality: Hitler's Final Days

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On April 30, 1945, with allied troops closing in on Berlin, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his underground hideout. Here's a fascinating account of Der Fuhrer's final days provided to U.S. Army intelligence officers by a Red Cross nurse assigned to Hitler's bunker. In this declassified report, Erna Flegel, 34, disses a "colorless" Eva Braun, recounts Hitler poisoning his own dog, and tells how the Nazi leader was kind enough to share his bathtub with the Goebbels children. (5 pages)

Hitler loved the circus. Who knew?

Bunker Mentality: Hitler's Final Days