https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler

photo: Front page of the US Armed Forces newspaper Stars and Stripes on 2 May 1945

Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin[a] after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe. Eva Braun, his longtime companion and wife of one day, also committed suicide by cyanide poisoning.[b] In accordance with Hitler’s prior written and verbal instructions, that afternoon their remains were carried up the stairs and through the bunker’s emergency exit to the Reich Chancellery garden, where they were doused in petrol and burned.[1][2] The news of Hitler’s death was announced on German radio the next day, 1 May.[3]

  • lagoon8622English
    3·
    15 hours ago

    No need to Google anything; this is covered comprehensively in the linked article

    • deeferg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      14 hours ago

      Thanks, didn’t even notice which community I was in.

      It was interesting to read and compare it to current times where “no one really knew” the real reason until their 1952 trial it seemed, where they questioned members who had seen Hitler’s dead body regarding this, and they used testimonies to set the record straight. Then his death certificate in 1956. Insane about Stalin and his disinformation campaign to keep the army going, and comparisons to our own times now. Bastard knew the day after his death and started throwing out all of the “he ran to Argentina!” Bullshit that we still hear to this day.

      Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

      • lagoon8622English
        2·
        14 hours ago

        Insane about Stalin and his disinformation campaign

        I agree, completely insane. They can’t help but be manipulative. Sociopathy/psychopathy