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Witness History: The death of Hitler

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The death of  Hitler

05/05/2020 GMT

The death of Hitler

BBC World Service - Witness History, The death of Hitler

First-hand accounts of Hitler's death from the BBC's archives

First-hand accounts of Adolf Hitler's death from the BBC's archives.

The German leader Adolf Hitler killed himself on April 30th 1945. He had taken shelter in a bunker beneath his government headquarters as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Louise Hidalgo has gathered firsthand accounts of his death from the BBC's archives.

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