All language subtitles for The Day Hitler Died

Narrator: BERLIN, APRIL 1945.

NAZI GERMANY IS ABOUT TO FALL.

HIDING IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER
BENEATH THE CITY

IS ADOLF HITLER,

THE MAN WHO PLUNGED THE WORLD
INTO SIX YEARS OF TOTAL WAR.

HITLER HAD SWORN TO MAKE
THE NAZIS A WORLD POWER,

INSPIRING HIS ADORING PEOPLE

WITH HIS VISION
OF A THOUSAND-YEAR RULE.

HIS ARMIES HAD RAVAGED OVER
3 MILLION SQUARE MILES OF EUROPE

AND IGNITED A WORLD WAR
THAT KILLED 55 MILLION PEOPLE.

NOW HITLER'S WORLD IS SHRIVELED
TO A FEW CRAMPED ROOMS

BELOW THE RUINS OF BERLIN.

ABOVE HIM THE SOVIET ARMY
ADVANCES THROUGH THE CITY,

TIGHTENING THE NOOSE AS THEY
HUNT DOWN THE NAZI LEADER.

THIS FILM GOES
INSIDE HITLER'S BUNKER

TO HEAR PREVIOUSLY
UNTOLD STORIES

OF THOSE LAST DESPERATE DAYS.

IN EXTRAORDINARY
FILM INTERVIEWS,

LOST TO THE WORLD
FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS,

WE HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE THERE

WHAT HAPPENED
ON THE DAY HITLER DIED.

THE ARMY MAJOR WHO KNEW
THAT TO ADMIT DEFEAT

TO THE FUHRER MEANT DEATH.

Man: HE WANTED TO LIVE.

HE LOVED POWER LIKE
A MISER LOVES GOLD.

Narrator: THE SECRETARY WHO
TYPED HITLER'S LAST WILL

AND POLITICAL TESTAMENT.

Woman: FOR YEARS
HE HAD BEEN TAKING MEDICINES,

DRUGS AND INJECTIONS.

Narrator: THE LEADER
OF THE HITLER YOUTH

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO SEE
THE FUHRER'S BODY.

Man: THE BLAST OF THE PISTOL
HAD RUPTURED THE VEINS

ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

Narrator: THESE WITNESSES
FROM INSIDE HITLER'S BUNKER

WERE FILMED JUST
AFTER WORLD WAR II.

THEIR TESTIMONIES LAY FORGOTTEN
IN AMERICAN ARCHIVES

AND HAVE ONLY RECENTLY
BEEN REDISCOVERED.

Man: DID HE EXPECT OTHERS
TO COMMIT SUICIDE WITH HIM?

Woman: YES, EVA BRAUN.

Man: THE BUNKER BECAME
A MORTUARY

AND THE PEOPLE IN IT
LIVING CORPSES.

Narrator:
NONE OF THESE WITNESSES

HAD EVER SPOKEN
ON CAMERA BEFORE.

THEIR MEMORIES HAVE ALLOWED US
TO RECONSTRUCT IN DETAIL

THE BUNKER AND THE ACTIONS
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED

THE END OF THE NAZI THIRD REICH
AND HITLER'S FINAL HOURS.

Man: WAS THERE ANY DOUBT
IN YOUR MIND

THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIE?

Man: NONE WHATSOEVER.

♪

Narrator: THIS IS THE LAST TIME
THAT ADOLF HITLER

IS EVER SEEN IN PUBLIC;

THE LAST TIME HE IS EVER
CAPTURED ON FILM.

HE HAS BEEN FUHRER
OF NAZI GERMANY FOR 12 YEARS,

BUT AT THIS MOMENT,

AS HE AWARDS MEDALS
TO BOYS OF THE HITLER YOUTH

FORCED INTO COMBAT,
HE IS DAYS AWAY FROM DEFEAT...

AND FROM DEATH.

HITLER'S TROOPS ONCE OCCUPIED
MOST OF EUROPE,

BUT NOW THE THIRD REICH
IS REDUCED

TO A DESPERATE DEFENSE
OF BERLIN.

THE GERMAN CAPITAL
IS SURROUNDED.

BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES
FIGHT IN THE WEST

AND THE FEROCIOUS SOVIET ARMY
ADVANCES FROM THE EAST.

THE MAN WHO CONQUERED OVER
3 MILLION SQUARE MILES OF EUROPE

IS NOW CONFINED

TO A CLAUSTROPHOBIC
UNDERGROUND BUNKER.

BURIED 30 FEET BENEATH
HIS HEADQUARTERS,

THE FUHRERBUNKER WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 1944

IN RESPONSE TO HEAVIER
ALLIED BOMBING.

THE CEILING AND WALLS
ARE 12 FEET THICK,

ENCASING A NETWORK
OF 16 CRAMPED ROOMS.

LYING BELOW THE CITY'S
SEWAGE SYSTEM,

FOUR FLIGHTS OF STEPS LEAD
INTO THIS SUBTERRANEAN REFUGE...

...WHERE HITLER HAS BEEN
HOLED UP FOR FOUR MONTHS.

THE CORRIDOR IS DECORATED
WITH LOOTED ART.

A GRANDFATHER CLOCK
IN HITLER'S STUDY

IS THE ONLY WAY
OF TELLING THE TIME.

HIS PRIVATE SITTING ROOM IS
CRAMMED WITH OVERSIZED FURNITURE

BROUGHT DOWN FROM HIS
HEADQUARTERS ABOVE.

NEXT TO HIS BED
STANDS AN OXYGEN TANK

IN CASE THE VENTILATION
SHOULD FAIL.

HITLER DISAPPEARS
INTO THIS UNDERWORLD

FOR THE FINAL TIME
IN APRIL 1945.

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BUNKER

ARE THOSE TRAPPED HERE WITH HIM.

SIX MONTHS AFTER THE WAR
HAS ENDED,

THE NUREMBERG
WAR CRIME TRIALS BEGIN.

NAZI LEADERS ARE PROSECUTED
FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY,

BUT HITLER ISN'T ON THE LIST.

THERE ARE RUMORS
HE'S STILL ALIVE.

NUREMBERG JUDGE
AND U.S. NAVY LAWYER

CAPTAIN MICHAEL MUSMANNO

DECIDES TO TRACK DOWN

EYEWITNESSES TO HITLER'S
FINAL DAYS.

HIS MISSION: TO PROVE
THE FUHRER IS DEAD.

MUSMANNO'S SEARCH TAKES HIM
ACROSS GERMANY.

OVER TWO YEARS HE SPEAKS TO
MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE,

EVERYWHERE FROM PRISONS,
INTERNMENT CAMPS AND IN HIDING.

IN 1948 MUSMANNO CAPTURES
HIS FINDINGS ON FILM.

Michael Musmanno: I HAVE BROUGHT
A NUMBER OF EYEWITNESSES

ON THE SUBJECT
OF HITLER'S DISAPPEARANCE.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS THEY WILL
TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED

TO THE FUHRER OF GERMANY.

Narrator: THE WITNESSES
MUSMANNO BRINGS TOGETHER

ARE SURVIVING MEMBERS

OF HITLER'S CIVILIAN
AND MILITARY STAFF

WHO WERE WITH HIM
IN THE FUHRERBUNKER.

THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN INTERVIEWED
ON CAMERA BEFORE

AND NEED TO REHEARSE
THEIR STATEMENTS IN ENGLISH

OR SPEAK THROUGH A TRANSLATOR.

Musmanno: THE FIRST WITNESS
WILL BE FRAU TRAUDL JUNGE,

HITLER'S SECRETARY.

Narrator: TRAUDL JUNGE STARTED
WORKING FOR HITLER IN 1942

WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD.

ONCE SHE'D DREAMED
OF BEING A DANCER.

WAR PUT AN END TO THAT.

HITLER SELECTED HER BECAUSE
SHE WAS FROM BAVARIA,

HIS FAVORITE PART OF GERMANY.

SHE MARRIED AN SS OFFICER
FROM HITLER'S STAFF.

HE DIED IN COMBAT A YEAR LATER.

Narrator: BY APRIL 1945

NO ONE WRITES LOVE LETTERS
TO THE FUHRER.

AS BERLIN BURNS AND
THE SOVIET ARMY CLOSES IN,

HITLER HIDES
IN HIS UNDERGROUND BUNKER.

SECRETARY TRAUDL JUNGE
IS DOWN HERE WITH HIM.

Musmanno: FRAU JUNGE, WHAT WAS
HITLER'S HEALTH IN APRIL 1945?

Junge: HIS HEALTH WAS VERY BAD.

FOR YEARS HE HAD BEEN TAKING
MEDICINES, DRUGS AND INJECTIONS.

DURING HIS LAST DAYS HE HAD
A CONSTANT TREMOR IN HIS HANDS.

AND IN FRONT OF STRANGERS
I THINK HE WAS A LITTLE ASHAMED

OF HIS AFFLICTION
AND WOULD TRY TO HIDE IT.

Narrator: AS THE SOVIETS FIGHT
THEIR WAY INTO BERLIN,

HITLER REFUSES TO ACCEPT
THE WAR IS LOST.

HE IS ATTENDED IN THE BUNKER
BY MORE THAN A DOZEN GENERALS,

ADJUTANTS AND AIDES DE CAMP.

TWICE A DAY HE CALLS A MILITARY
CONFERENCE IN AN AIRLESS ROOM

WHERE ONLY HE IS
PERMITTED TO SIT.

ONE OF THE MILITARY MEN
TRAPPED WITH HITLER

IS BARON VON LORINGHOVEN.

HE'S AN ARISTOCRAT
WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR

BUT HAS NEVER JOINED
THE NAZI PARTY.

HE HAS A WIFE AND YOUNG SON

AND HAS COME TO REGARD
HITLER AS INSANE.

Musmanno: BARON LORINGHOVEN,

HOW LARGE WAS THE MAP ROOM IN
WHICH YOU HELD YOUR CONFERENCES?

Baron von Loringhoven: IT WAS
ABOUT THREE BY FOUR METERS,

AND WITH 15 PEOPLE CROWDED INTO
IT, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS STIFLING.

Musmanno: BUT WHAT DID YOU HAVE
TO DISCUSS?

THE WAR WAS LOST.

Loringhoven:
YES, BUT NO ONE DARED

TO MENTION DEFEAT TO HITLER.

TO DO SO ONE COULD
LOSE ONE'S LIFE.

IN ADDITION, ONE'S ENTIRE FAMILY
WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED.

HE STILL KEPT UP HIS HOPES
BY HINTING AT SECRET WEAPONS

AND OF DISSENSIONS
BETWEEN THE ALLIES.

Narrator: ONE AND A HALF MILLION
SOVIET SOLDIERS

BEGIN ENTERING BERLIN.

THE GERMAN DEFENDERS ARE
OUTNUMBERED THREE TO ONE.

THEY KNOW THAT THE WAR IS LOST.

BUT HITLER HAS BEEN LOSING
HIS GRIP ON REALITY FOR WEEKS.

THE BUNKER IS WITHIN RANGE
OF THE SOVIET GUNS,

YET HE STILL THINKS
HE CAN FIGHT BACK.

HEINZ LORENZ IS THE
FUHRERBUNKER'S PRESS ATTACHE.

HE'S BEEN PART OF HITLER'S
INNER CIRCLE THROUGHOUT THE WAR

AND OFTEN SITS UP LATE WITH THE
FUHRER TALKING AND DRINKING TEA.

Musmanno: MR. LORENZ, I SHOULD
LIKE TO HAVE YOU TELL ME

THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MOMENTS
THAT YOU ASSOCIATE WITH HITLER.

Heinz Lorenz: WELL,
THERE WERE TWO SUCH MOMENTS.

THE FIRST OCCURRED APRIL 12th,
WHEN I BROUGHT HIM THE NEWS

THAT ROOSEVELT, THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES,

HAD PASSED AWAY.

Reporter: FROM HIS BELOVED
SECOND HOME

AT WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA,

THE BODY OF
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

MOVES ON THE FIRST STAGES
OF ITS JOURNEY

TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE.

Lorenz: HITLER WENT INTO A DANCE
AND CONGRATULATED HIMSELF

AS IF HE HAD HIMSELF
BROUGHT ABOUT THIS EVENT.

HE EXCLAIMED, "THIS WILL MEAN
I WILL WIN THE WAR.

THIS IS OUR VICTORY."

TEN DAYS LATER,
THE OTHER EVENT OCCURRED,

AND THIS TIME HIS FEELINGS
WENT TO THE OTHER EXTREME.

Narrator: THE RED ARMY
JUGGERNAUT

ROLLS INTO THE NORTHERN
PART OF BERLIN.

THE ONLY DEFENSE HERE IS
A RAGTAG COLLECTION

OF INEXPERIENCED UNITS.

HITLER ORDERS THEM
TO ATTACK THE SOVIETS,

WARNING THAT THE FATE
OF THE GERMAN CAPITAL

IS IN THEIR HANDS.

IT'S A SUICIDE MISSION,
AND HITLER'S SOLDIERS REFUSE.

Lorenz: HIS ARMIES WERE
DEFEATED ON ALL FRONTS

AND BERLIN WAS THREATENED.

HE ORDERED HIS TROOPS FORWARD,

TO STOP THE ADVANCE, BUT
THE TROOPS FAILED TO ATTACK.

THE SHOCK OF REALIZATION
THAT HE, ADOLF HITLER,

HAD BEEN DISOBEYED

AND THAT COMPLETE DISASTER WAS
INEVITABLE WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

HE COLLAPSED AND HE SAID, "IT'S
ALL OVER AND I'LL SHOOT MYSELF."

Narrator: FOR OVER A DECADE
HITLER HAS BEEN,

IN THE EYES OF HIS FOLLOWERS,
AN INVINCIBLE DEMI-GOD.

NOW HIS INNER CIRCLE ARE STUNNED
BY THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

SECRETARY TRAUDL JUNGE
SEES HIM MOMENTS LATER.

Musmanno: DID YOU EVER HEAR HIM
MENTION SUICIDE?

Junge: YES,
AFTER APRIL THE 22nd,

HE TALKED ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY,

IN ORDER THAT THERE SHOULD BE
NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS DEATH.

HE MADE PLANS TO TAKE POISON

AND AT THE SAME TIME
SHOOT HIMSELF WITH HIS PISTOL.

Narrator: HITLER ORDERS HIS SAFE
EMPTIED AND THE CONTENTS BURNED.

HE ALSO REMOVES HIS WALTHER PPK
PISTOL FROM THE SAFE

AND SITS WITH IT STARING AT A
PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK THE GREAT,

THE PRUSSIAN KING WHO ALSO
VOWED TO KILL HIMSELF

WHEN THE RUSSIANS
THREATENED BERLIN.

Musmanno: WHAT WAS YOUR ATTITUDE

REGARDING HITLER'S INTENTION
TO COMMIT SUICIDE?

Junge: I TOLD HIM
IF HE INTENDED TO DIE,

THE PLACE TO DIE WOULD BE
IN BATTLE LEADING HIS TROOPS.

BUT HE SAID HE FEARED THAT
HE MIGHT ONLY BE WOUNDED

AND CAPTURED, AND THEN
THE RUSSIANS WOULD DEGRADE HIM.

Musmanno: DID HE EXPECT OTHERS
TO COMMIT SUICIDE WITH HIM?

Junge: YES, EVA BRAUN.

Narrator: EVA BRAUN FIRST MET
HITLER IN 1929 WHEN SHE WAS 17

AND WORKING FOR
A NAZI PARTY PHOTOGRAPHER.

ALTHOUGH 23 YEARS
YOUNGER THAN HIM,

BRAUN HAS BEEN HITLER'S MISTRESS
FOR 14 YEARS,

BUT THE RELATIONSHIP
IS BEING KEPT HIDDEN

FROM THE GERMAN PEOPLE.

HITLER WANTS TO REMAIN
ATTRACTIVE

TO HIS FEMALE ADMIRERS

AND HAS GROOMED BRAUN TO REFRAIN

FROM PUBLIC DISPLAYS
OF AFFECTION.

THEIR PRIVATE LIFE TOGETHER
IN THE BUNKER

IS CONFINED TO A FEW SMALL
CONCRETE ROOMS.

THEY SLEEP SEPARATELY.

SHE'S HERE IN THE BUNKER
AGAINST HITLER'S WISHES,

BUT REFUSES TO LEAVE.

BRAUN'S FAMILY DO NOT APPROVE
OF HER AFFAIR WITH THE FUHRER.

HER SISTER, ILSE BRAUN,

KNEW THAT EVA'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH HITLER WAS DOOMED.

Musmanno: MADAM BRAUN,
WHAT WAS HITLER'S HEALTH LIKE

WHEN YOU LAST SAW HIM?

Ilse Braun: HIS FACE WAS
GRAY AS ASHES,

HIS HANDS WERE IN A CONSTANT
STATE OF AGITATION,

AND HIS EYES WERE GLASSY.

HE WAS KIND OF LIKE AN OLD MAN.

IT SEEMED TO ME HE DIDN'T HAVE
THE ENERGY TO LIVE MUCH LONGER.

Narrator: TO THOSE
WHO KNEW DETAILS

OF BRAUN AND HITLER'S
RELATIONSHIP,

IT'S NO SURPRISE SHE WANTED
TO DIE WITH HIM.

Musmanno: MRS. WINTER, HOW LONG
DID YOU KEEP HOUSE FOR HITLER?

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: 15 YEARS.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: OF COURSE,
EVA BRAUN WAS A REGULAR VISITOR.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: THERE WAS A TIME
WHERE EVA BRAUN

WANTED HITLER TO MARRY HER.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: HITLER SAID,
"I SHALL NEVER MARRY...

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

...BUT YOU MAY REMAIN
MY GIRLFRIEND."

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: SHE WAS VERY UNHAPPY
OVER THIS SITUATION

AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

SHE SHOT HERSELF IN THE BREAST,

BUT SHE DID NOT SERIOUSLY
INJURE HERSELF.

♪

Narrator: AS HITLER AND
EVA BRAUN CONTEMPLATE

ENDING THEIR LIVES,

A POWERFUL INFLUENCE
IN THE REICH TELLS THEM TO WAIT.

JOSEPH GOEBBELS, THE NAZI
PROPAGANDA MINISTER,

IS THE FUHRER'S
MOST FANATICAL FOLLOWER.

HE PERSUADES HITLER
NOT TO TAKE HIS LIFE--YET.

RATHER, HE SAYS, USE HIS
WILLINGNESS TO FACE DEATH

TO INSPIRE GERMANY
TO FIGHT ON TO THE END.

GOEBBELS WILL MAKE
A RADIO BROADCAST

ANNOUNCING THAT THE FUHRER WILL

"DIE FIGHTING WITH HIS TROOPS
DEFENDING BERLIN."

THEN THE PROPAGANDA MINISTER

BRINGS HIS FAMILY
INTO THE BUNKER.

HIS SIX CHILDREN,
FIVE GIRLS AND A BOY,

CALL HITLER "UNCLE ADOLF."

HIS WIFE MAGDA IS
A FANATICAL NAZI.

THE GOEBBELS HAVE BEEN
PRESENTED TO GERMANY

AS THE THIRD REICH'S
MODEL FAMILY.

NOW THEY WILL BE AT THE FUHRER'S
SIDE IN HIS FINAL HOUR

AS AN EXAMPLE TO ALL GERMANS.

IT BECOMES APPARENT
THAT THE GOEBBELS CHILDREN

HAVE NO CHANGE OF CLOTHES.

AND THEN THE NAZI PROPAGANDA
MINISTER AND HIS WIFE

MAKE A HORRIFYING ANNOUNCEMENT.

Loringhoven: GOEBBELS AND
MRS. GOEBBELS ANNOUNCED

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE
AFTER THE FUHRER HAD GONE,

AND SO THEY TALKED ALL DAY LONG
ON HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DIE.

Junge: MINISTER GOEBBELS
AND HIS WIFE

ARRANGED TO HAVE THEIR SIX
CHILDREN POISONED AS WELL.

Narrator: FRAU GOEBBELS DECLARES
THAT SHE DOES NOT WISH

HER CHILDREN TO LIVE IN A WORLD
WITHOUT NATIONAL SOCIALISM.

THE RANK ATMOSPHERE
IN THE BUNKER

IS RECHARGED WITH NAZI FERVOR.

GENERALS KREBS AND
BURGDORF ANNOUNCE

THAT THEY, TOO, WILL DIE
WITH THE FUHRER.

Loringhoven: HE WAS
PASSING AROUND POISON VIALS.

Musmanno: DID YOU GET ONE?

Loringhoven: NO, I WASN'T WITHIN
THE IMMEDIATE ENTOURAGE,

NOR HAD I ANY DESIRE
TO PAINT MY LIPS.

Musmanno: WELL, WHAT
DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

Loringhoven: THE POISON WAS
CONTAINED IN A RECEPTACLE

WHICH LOOKED LIKE A LIPSTICK,

AND THOSE WHO RECEIVED THEM

REGARDED THEM
AS A GREAT TREASURE.

Narrator:
CONVERSATION IN THE BUNKER

IS DOMINATED BY THE IDEA
OF SUICIDE,

BUT SOME PEOPLE
REJECT THE NOTION.

MAJOR JOHANNMEIER IS
HITLER'S ARMY ADJUTANT.

HE'S A VETERAN
OF THE RUSSIAN FRONT

AND WON THE IRON CROSS
FOR BRAVERY.

Musmanno: MAJOR JOHANNMEIER,

DID YOU RECEIVE ONE
OF THE POISON VIALS

WHICH HITLER DISTRIBUTED

ACCORDING TO THE TESTIMONY
OF OTHER WITNESSES?

Johannmeier: NO, I WAS A SOLDIER

AND DID NOT WANT TO DIE
BY POISON.

I WANTED TO FIGHT, AND IF
I HAD TO DIE, DIE HONORABLY.

Narrator: BUT HITLER ALLOWS
NO ONE TO LEAVE THE BUNKER

WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION,

AND FEW BELIEVE THEY'RE
GOING TO GET OUT ALIVE.

30 FEET ABOVE THE BUNKER
IN THE RUINS OF BERLIN,

THOUSANDS OF GERMANS
ARE ALREADY DEAD.

THE RED ARMY HAS COMPLETELY
ENCIRCLED THE CITY

AND MEETS UP WITH
THE U.S. TROOPS IN THE WEST.

GENERAL EISENHOWER,

SUPREME COMMANDER
OF THE ALLIED FORCES,

HAS AGREED TO LET THE SOVIETS
TAKE BERLIN.

[EXPLOSION]

THEY WANT HITLER ALIVE,

AND AS THEY FIGHT THEIR WAY
TO THE FUHRERBUNKER

STREET BY STREET,

THEY'RE CALLING IT THE BIGGEST
MANHUNT IN HISTORY.

HITLER TRIES ONE LAST DESPERATE
TACTIC TO SAVE HIMSELF.

50 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF BERLIN

IS THE 12th GERMAN ARMY
COMMANDED BY GENERAL WENCK.

IT FACES THE AMERICAN ADVANCE
ON THE RIVER ELBE.

HITLER ORDERS WENCK
AND HIS 70,000 MEN

TO REVERSE COURSE
AND COME TO HIS AID.

Loringhoven: HITLER HOPED THAT
WENCK'S ARMY WOULD BREAK THROUGH

TO RELIEVE BERLIN.

Musmanno: WHERE WAS WENCK?

Loringhoven: ON THE ELBE.

HE STORMED AHEAD WITH A FEW
TROOPS AS FAR AS POTSDAM,

BUT HE WAS HOPELESSLY
OUTNUMBERED AND OUT-EQUIPPED.

Narrator: THE SOVIET BOMBARDMENT
NOW HOMES IN

ON HITLER'S POSITION.

SHELLS LAND SO CLOSE TO
THE BUNKER, IT SHAKES,

FILLING THE AIR AND COVERING
SURFACES WITH CONCRETE DUST.

THE LIGHTS FREQUENTLY FAIL.

EACH DAY HITLER TAKES TEA AND
CRUMPETS WITH HIS SECRETARY.

AND EACH DAY HE DEMANDS TO KNOW
WHEN WENCK WILL COME.

BUT UNKNOWN TO HITLER,
WENCK HAS DISOBEYED THE ORDER

TO RELIEVE BERLIN AND IS INSTEAD
HELPING CIVILIANS FLEE.

Loringhoven: NONETHELESS,
EACH DAY HITLER WANTED TO KNOW

WHERE WENCK WAS.

Musmanno: BUT, BARON, HADN'T
HITLER ALREADY DECIDED TO DIE?

Loringhoven: YES.

BUT HE WANTED TO LIVE.

HE LOVED POWER LIKE
A MISER LOVES GOLD.

Narrator: FOR FIVE DAYS
HITLER CLINGS TO THE DELUSION

THAT HIS ARMY WILL
RELIEVE BERLIN.

BARON VON LORINGHOVEN'S DUTY
IS TO PROVIDE THE FUHRER

WITH INTELLIGENCE UPDATES,

BUT THE BUNKER IS NOW CUT OFF

FROM RADIO CONTACT
WITH THE MILITARY.

HE RESORTS TO USING A BERLIN
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

TO CALL ADDRESSES IN THE CITY.

IF A RUSSIAN VOICE ANSWERS,
HE KNOWS THAT SECTOR IS TAKEN.

IF IT'S GERMAN HE ASKS THEM
TO LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW

AND TELL HIM WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BY APRIL 28th, THE RUSSIANS ARE
LESS THAN 550 YARDS

FROM THE BUNKER.

HITLER STILL CLINGS ON.

THEN HE RECEIVES NEWS
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

HEINRICH HIMMLER, HEAD OF THE SS

AND THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL MAN
IN THE REICH, HAS BETRAYED HIM.

FROM THE RELATIVE SAFETY
OF GERMAN OCCUPIED TERRITORY

IN THE NORTH,

HE'S TRYING TO NEGOTIATE PEACE
WITH THE AMERICANS.

THE NEWS IS PICKED UP
VIA BULLETIN

ON THE BBC WORLD SERVICE,

NOW VIRTUALLY THE ONLY CONTACT
HITLER'S STAFF HAS

WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

Musmanno: NOW,
BARON LORINGHOVEN,

JUST WHEN DID HITLER
ABANDON ALL HOPE?

Loringhoven: WHEN HITLER HEARD
THAT HIMMLER HAD TRIED

TO SURRENDER TO
THE WESTERN POWERS,

HE RAGED AND DECLARED

THAT NEVER WOULD A TRAITOR
SUCCEED HIM AS FUHRER.

Narrator: HITLER ORDERS
HIMMLER'S REPRESENTATIVE

IN THE BUNKER, GENERAL FEGELEIN,
TO BE SHOT.

FEGELEIN IS EVA BRAUN'S
BROTHER-IN-LAW,

MARRIED TO HER PREGNANT SISTER.

HITLER'S MISTRESS BEGS FOR HIS
LIFE, BUT THE PLEA IS REFUSED.

THEN HITLER BEGINS DICTATING
HIS FINAL WILL

AND POLITICAL TESTAMENT
TO TRAUDL JUNGE.

HE STARTS BY BLAMING
THE JEWS FOR THE WAR.

Junge: HE DICTATED IT TO ME
THE NIGHT OF APRIL 28th.

AND, I MUST FRANKLY SAY, THAT
THE WILL WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

I THOUGHT THAT IN IT HE WOULD
TRY TO JUSTIFY WHAT HE HAS DONE

AND WHY GERMANY FOUND ITSELF
IN ITS PRESENT SITUATION

SO THAT HE MIGHT OFFER TO SHOW

SOME WAY OUT
OF OUR HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

BUT HE REPEATED THE SAME OLD
ARGUMENTS HE HAD USED

OVER AND OVER
IN ALL HIS SPEECHES.

Narrator: THE WILL ALSO REVEALS
THAT HITLER IS PREPARED

TO GIVE HIS MISTRESS
WHAT SHE'S ALWAYS CRAVED.

ALTHOUGH NEVER MENTIONING
HER BY NAME,

IT STATES THAT IN RETURN
FOR HER LOYALTY

AND WILLINGNESS TO DIE WITH HIM,
HE WILL AT LAST MARRY EVA BRAUN.

JUST OVER AN HOUR AFTER
EXECUTING HER BROTHER-IN-LAW,

HITLER EMERGES FROM HIS ROOM
WITH EVA BRAUN ON HIS ARM.

SHE WEARS A BLACK
SEQUINED DRESS.

HER EYES ARE RADIANT
WITH HAPPY TEARS.

HITLER WEARS HIS USUAL TUNIC.

GOEBBELS ACTS AS BEST MAN IN
THE HASTILY ARRANGED CEREMONY,

AND THE BRIDE AND GROOM,

ADHERING TO THE LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS OF A NAZI WEDDING,

BOTH DECLARE THAT THEY ARE
"OF PURE ARYAN DESCENT

AND FREE FROM
HEREDITARY DISEASE."

AS EVA SIGNS
THE WEDDING CERTIFICATE,

SHE WRITES THE LETTER "B"
FOR BRAUN,

BEFORE SCORING IT OUT
AND WRITING "HITLER."

Musmanno: WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE END?

Lorenz: HE MARRIED EVA BRAUN
AND PREPARED FOR HIS SUICIDE.

Musmanno: WAS THERE
A WEDDING CELEBRATION?

Lorenz: THERE WAS A LITTLE PARTY
AND THEY DRANK CHAMPAGNE.

HITLER DID NOT DRINK
ANY CHAMPAGNE,

BECAUSE HE WAS DICTATING
HIS WILL.

Narrator: HITLER RETURNS
TO DICTATING HIS WILL,

STATING THAT HE AND HIS NEW WIFE
WILL TAKE THEIR LIVES

RATHER THAN FACE THE SHAME
OF DEFEAT AND SURRENDER.

THEIR BODIES ARE TO BE BURNED.

IT ALSO URGES HIS SUCCESSORS
TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT.

THE DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE
COURIERED OUT OF THE BUNKER

THROUGH SOVIET LINES

TO TERRITORIES STILL HELD
BY GERMANY.

Musmanno: WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE
ADOLF HITLER?

Johannmeier:
THE MORNING OF APRIL 29th.

HE DIRECTED ME TO TAKE
A COPY OF HIS WILL

TO FIELD MARSHAL SCHORNER

AND EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE MISSION.

Musmanno:
WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE

OF THAT LAST CONVERSATION
WITH HITLER?

Johannmeier: WE BOTH REALIZED

WE WOULD NEVER SEE
EACH OTHER AGAIN.

Musmanno: WAS THERE ANY DOUBT
IN YOUR MIND

THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIE?

Johannmeier: NONE WHATSOEVER.

Narrator: HAVING MARRIED
EVA BRAUN

AND WRITTEN HIS LAST WILL
AND POLITICAL TESTAMENT

URGING HIS FOLLOWERS
TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT,

ALL ADOLF HITLER HAS LEFT TO DO
IS TAKE HIS LIFE.

NOW IN HIS FINAL HOURS,

THE FUHRER'S PARANOIA
REACHES NEW HEIGHTS

IN THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC BUNKER.

Musmanno: WHAT WAS HITLER'S MOOD
DURING THIS PERIOD?

Loringhoven: HE WAS DEPRESSED
AND SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYBODY.

HE EVEN NOW SUSPECTED
THAT THE POISON

WOULD ONLY MAKE HIM UNCONSCIOUS

AND HE WOULD BE TURNED OVER
ALIVE TO THE ALLIES.

SO HE DECIDED TO
TEST THE POISON.

Musmanno: ON WHOM DID HE TEST
THE POISON?

Loringhoven: ON HIS BEST FRIEND.

Musmanno: NAMELY?

Loringhoven: BLONDI.

Musmanno: WHO WAS BLONDI?

Loringhoven: HIS DOG.

Musmanno: WHAT WAS THE RESULT
OF THE TEST?

Loringhoven: THE DOG DIED.

♪

[EXPLOSIONS]

Narrator: TRAPPED IN THE BUNKER
WITH HIM,

HIS STAFF KNOW THE REIGN
OF THE FUHRER WILL SOON BE OVER.

Junge: HITLER MOVED ABOUT
LIKE A LIVING DEAD MAN.

HE COULDN'T BEAR TO BE ALONE,

AND HE WALKED AROUND
FROM PERSON TO PERSON.

BEFORE, EVERYBODY
HAD AN AWE OF HIM.

NOW HE INCITED NO FEAR
OR SENSATION.

THE PEOPLE IN THE BUNKER
EVEN SMOKED--

SOMETHING NO ONE HAD DARED TO DO
IN 12 YEARS IN HIS PRESENCE.

EVEN EVA BRAUN, WHO HAD
NEVER SMOKED BEFORE,

PUFFED AT A CIGARETTE
ON THAT DAY.

Narrator: THE BOMBARDMENT
OF BERLIN INTENSIFIES.

THE BUNKER SEWAGE PIPES RUPTURE
AND THE TOILETS OVERFLOW,

FILLING THE CORRIDOR AND THE
ROOMS WITH THE REEK OF URINE.

THE GENERALS GET DRUNK.

Loringhoven: THE BUNKER
BECAME A MORTUARY,

AND THE PEOPLE IN IT
LIVING CORPSES.

THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY
DEPRESSING AND SURREAL,

AND I HAD NO DESIRE TO REMAIN.

IF I WAS GOING TO DIE,

I PREFERRED DEATH
ON THE BATTLEFIELD AS A SOLDIER.

Musmanno: HOW DID YOU GET
OUT OF THE BUNKER?

Loringhoven: I ASKED MY
SUPERIOR OFFICER, GENERAL KREBS,

IF I COULD TRY TO JOIN
GENERAL WENCK'S ARMY

STILL IN THE FIELD.

HE GOT HITLER'S PERMISSION,
I SALUTED AND LEFT.

Musmanno: WHAT WAS HITLER'S
DEMEANOR AS YOU ACTUALLY LEFT?

Loringhoven: HE HAD A COLLECTED
AND CONCENTRATED EXPRESSION

AS IF HE HAD CLOSED EVERYTHING

AND WAS NO MORE INTERESTED
IN MINOR PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES.

Narrator: A BRITISH
RADIO BROADCAST IS PICKED UP

IN THE BUNKER LATE
ON THE EVENING OF APRIL THE 29th

DESCRIBING THE FATE
OF HITLER'S ALLY,

THE ITALIAN FASCIST DICTATOR
MUSSOLINI.

Reporter: MILAN WAS IN A STATE
OF THE WILDEST EXCITEMENT

AT ABOUT THIS TIME,

FOR PARTISANS HAD JUST
KILLED MUSSOLINI.

THE BODIES OF THE EX-DICTATOR,
HIS MISTRESS AND FELLOW FASCISTS

WERE LEFT LYING IN THE SQUARE,

AND THE ENRAGED ITALIANS
TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY

OF KICKING THEM AND FLINGING
RUBBISH ON THEM.

THE FINAL GHASTLY SCENE WAS
THE HANGING OF THE BODIES

UPSIDE DOWN OUTSIDE
A PETROL STATION.

WELL, AT LEAST IT'S A WARNING

TO ALL REMAINING FASCISTS
EVERYWHERE.

Musmanno: DID HITLER HEAR
OF THE DEATH OF MUSSOLINI?

Junge: YES, HE DID, AND I THINK
THAT THIS UNNERVED HIM

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

HE HAD A GREAT FEAR THAT
IF CAPTURED, DEAD OR ALIVE,

HIS BODY WOULD BE EXPOSED TO
RIDICULE AND DEGRADATION.

♪

Narrator: IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF APRIL 30th,

HITLER ORDERS AN ASSEMBLY
OF THE FUHRERBUNKER STAFF.

BARONESS IRMENGARD VON VARO
IS A GERMAN ARISTOCRAT

SHELTERING IN THE BUNKER
FROM THE RED ARMY.

NOW SHE VOLUNTEERS
AS A WAITRESS.

Irmengard von Varo:
ABOUT 2:30 IN THE MORNING

I WAS AWAKENED AND INSTRUCTED
TO REPORT TO THE FUHRER'S ROOMS.

MY EYES HEAVY WITH SLEEP,

I MADE MY WAY UNDERGROUND TO THE
CORRIDOR IN THE FUHRERBUNKER.

I SAW A STRANGE FIGURE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A GHOST.

I SAW IT WAS HITLER.

HE WAS ABSOLUTELY SHRUNKEN.

HE WAS HANGING IN HIS CLOTHES.

HIS EYES WERE GLARING
INTO EMPTINESS.

HIS HANDS WERE SHAKING
LIKE LEAVES IN A STORM.

Narrator: HITLER THANKS HIS
STAFF FOR THEIR LOYAL SERVICE.

Varo: HE SHOOK HANDS
WITH EACH ONE OF US

LIKE AN OLD MAN GOING
TO HIS GRAVE.

AND THEN HE SAID GOODBYE
TO ALL OF US.

I MADE SOME FOOLISH REMARKS
ABOUT KEEPING UP COURAGE,

BUT I AM SURE HE DID NOT HEAR ME
OR PAY ANY ATTENTION.

AND THEN DRAGGING HIS FEET,
HE SLOWLY WENT OUT.

♪

Narrator: THE SOVIETS
ARE 220 YARDS AWAY.

HITLER IS INFORMED THAT THE
FUHRERBUNKER WILL BE BREACHED

AT ANY MOMENT.

HE ATTEMPTS TO STEP OUTSIDE,
BUT THE SHELLING IS TOO INTENSE.

A CONFERENCE IS HELD.

THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY.

HITLER INSTRUCTS HIS ADJUTANT
OTTO GUNSCHE

TO PROCURE ENOUGH GASOLINE

TO ENSURE THAT HIS AND HIS
WIFE'S BODIES ARE INCINERATED.

Musmanno: TELL US
ABOUT THE 30th.

Junge: WE HAD LUNCH TOGETHER,
HITLER, EVA BRAUN AND MYSELF.

THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT
AT NORMAL CONVERSATION,

BUT EVERYBODY COULD FEEL
THE PRESENCE OF DEATH.

Narrator: HITLER IS VEGETARIAN,

AND THE LAST MEAL
HE AND EVA BRAUN EAT

IS SPAGHETTI WITH
CABBAGE AND RAISIN SALAD.

Musmanno: HOW DID EVA BRAUN TAKE
ALL THIS BUSINESS OF DYING?

Junge: SHE LOVED THE FUHRER, AND
SHE WAS WILLING TO DIE WITH HIM.

BUT STILL, SHE LOVED LIFE.

SHE WAS A VERY LIVELY PERSON

AND HAD A GREAT SPIRIT
OF GOOD LIVING.

ONCE SHE HAD AGREED TO DIE
WITH HITLER,

I THINK SHE WAS LIKE
A CHILD IN THE DARK.

SHE ASKED HITLER, "WILL IT HURT?

I DON'T MIND DYING HEROICALLY,
BUT IT MUST BE PAINLESS."

AND SHE LAUGHED,

BUT IT WAS NOT LAUGHTER
WHICH COMES FROM THE HEART.

Musmanno: WHAT DID HITLER
SAY TO THIS?

Junge: OH, HE WENT INTO DETAILS.

HE SAID, "THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT
OF THE POISON

WILL BE A PARALYZATION
OF THE RESPIRATORY TISSUES

AND THEN OF THE HEART.

DEATH WILL OCCUR ONLY
AFTER A FEW MINUTES,

BUT THE PAINS WILL CEASE
AFTER A FEW SECONDS,

FOR THEN THE TISSUE
CONVULSIONS OCCUR."

♪

Narrator: EVA BRAUN CHANGES.

SHE CHOOSES HITLER'S
FAVORITE DRESS,

BLACK WITH WHITE ROSES
AROUND THE NECK.

SHE DOES HER HAIR
AND PAINTS HER NAILS.

Junge: AFTER LUNCH I RETIRED
IN ONE OF THE ROOMS.

AT ABOUT 2:30, GUNSCHE,
WHO WAS HITLER'S SS ADJUTANT,

CALLED ME OUT TO THE CORRIDOR.

HERE I SAW HITLER
WITH EVA BRAUN ON HIS ARM

GIVING HIS FINAL FAREWELL.

I WAS THE LAST PERSON TO WHOM
HE OFFERED HIS HAND.

IT WAS VERY LIMP.

HE LOOKED AT ME,
BUT I DON'T THINK HE SAW ME.

I DON'T THINK HE SAW ANYBODY.

Narrator: HITLER AND HIS WIFE
RETIRE TO THEIR ROOMS.

♪

MAGDA GOEBBELS, THE NAZI
PROPAGANDA MINISTER'S WIFE

AND MOTHER OF HIS SIX CHILDREN,
APPEARS AT HITLER'S DOOR.

FOR DAYS SHE SHUT HERSELF AWAY
IN HER ROOM.

NOW SHE DEMANDS TO SEE HITLER.

THE ADJUTANT RELENTS AND KNOCKS.

HITLER OPENS THE DOOR,

AND FRAU GOEBBELS BURSTS
INTO A DESPERATE PLEA.

SHE KNOWS THAT
WHEN THE FUHRER DIES

SHE WILL HAVE TO CARRY OUT HER
VOW TO NOT ONLY KILL HERSELF,

BUT ALSO POISON HER CHILDREN,

AND IMPLORES HITLER TO ESCAPE
AND LIVE ON.

HITLER'S REFUSAL IS BRUSQUE.

NO ONE WILL SEE THE FUHRER
ALIVE AGAIN.

♪

ARTUR AXMANN, LEADER
OF THE HITLER YOUTH, ARRIVES.

HE JOINED THE NAZI PARTY AT 15

AND STARTED THE FIRST
HITLER YOUTH GROUP

TO INDOCTRINATE CHILDREN
AND TEENAGERS

INTO NATIONAL SOCIALISM.

HE'S RECRUITED THOUSANDS
OF BOYS AS YOUNG AS 12

TO DEFEND BERLIN, AND THEY ARE
TAKING HEAVY CASUALTIES.

HE'S HERE FOR HIS DAILY
CONFERENCE WITH THE FUHRER.

Axmann: I ARRIVED THERE AT ABOUT
3 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.

I WENT TO HIS ROOM,
BUT THE DOOR WAS CLOSED,

AND GUNSCHE, HIS SS ADJUTANT,
WAS STANDING OUTSIDE.

HE MOTIONED ME TO SILENCE, AND I
WENT BACK TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM

AND WAITED WITH GOEBBELS.

[EXPLOSIONS]

Narrator: THE BOMBARDMENT ABOVE
RESUMES WITH RENEWED INTENSITY.

THE BUNKER PERSONNEL WAIT FOR
THE FUHRER TO FINALLY CARRY OUT

THE ACT HE'S BEEN THREATENING
FOR THE LAST EIGHT DAYS.

Junge: SUDDENLY I THOUGHT
OF THE GOEBBELS CHILDREN.

MY HEART WENT OUT
IN SYMPATHY TO THEM

BECAUSE I KNEW THEY WERE
MARKED FOR DEATH, TOO.

AND I WAS AFRAID THAT
JUST IN THAT MOMENT

THE CHILDREN WOULD
WANT TO SEE HIM.

I KNEW THAT AT ANY MOMENT NOW
HITLER WOULD TAKE HIS LIFE.

♪

[GUNSHOT]

AND THAT, CAPTAIN MUSMANNO,
WAS THE SHOT

WHICH FINISHED ADOLF HITLER.

♪

Axmann: GOEBBELS AND I RAN BACK
TO HITLER'S ROOM AND ENTERED IT.

WE FOUND EVA BRAUN
SITTING ON THE SOFA,

HER HEAD RESTING ON HITLER'S
LEFT SHOULDER.

SHE WORE A BLACK CHIFFON DRESS.

SHE WAS DEAD, BUT SHE HAD NO
MARKS OF VIOLENCE ON HER BODY.

SHE DIED OF POISON.

HITLER'S LOWER JAW
WAS SLIGHTLY DISTORTED.

IT WAS OBVIOUS HE HAD
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE MOUTH.

ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS TEMPLES
I SAW DROPS OF BLOOD.

THE BLAST OF THE PISTOL
HAD RUPTURED THE VEINS

ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

THE SOFA WAS STAINED WITH BLOOD,
AND HIS PISTOL LAY AT HIS FEET.

I REMAINED WITH THE CORPSES
ABOUT 10 MINUTES,

THEN I RETURNED
TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

AND FROM THIS POINT SAW HITLER'S
AND EVA BRAUN'S BODIES

BEING CARRIED OUT OF THE BUNKER.

Narrator: BUT FOR HITLER'S STAFF

THERE IS STILL ONE MORE
ORDEAL TO COME.

FOR 12 YEARS ADOLF HITLER
WAS LEADER OF NAZI GERMANY.

FOR SIX YEARS HE INFLICTED
THE CHAOS AND CATASTROPHE

OF A GLOBAL WAR THAT CLAIMED
55 MILLION LIVES.

NOW HITLER LIES DEAD
BY HIS OWN HAND.

THE THIRD REICH IS OVER.

♪

IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS ORDERS,

THE BODIES OF HITLER AND
HIS WIFE ARE TO BE BURNED.

HIS STAFF MUST GET THEM OUTSIDE.

ERICH KEMPKA, THE FUHRER'S
CHAUFFEUR SINCE 1934,

CARRIES EVA BRAUN.

Musmanno: MR. KEMPKA,
PLEASE TELL US

ABOUT THE EVENTS OF APRIL 30th.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: I TURNED OVER
EVA BRAUN'S BODY TO GUNSCHE.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

AND HE LAID IT DOWN
NEXT TO HITLER'S CORPSE.

Narrator: HITLER AND
BRAUN'S BODIES

ARE LAID IN A SHELL CRATER.

NEARLY 50 GALLONS OF GASOLINE
LIE WAITING AT THE BUNKER EXIT.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator:
WE THEN PICKED UP THE CANS

AND POURED GASOLINE
OVER BOTH BODIES.

Narrator: FUHRERBUNKER GUARD
HERMANN KARNAU

APPROACHES THE SCENE.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: HITLER WAS
WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET,

WHICH HAD OPENED UP.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

AND I SAW HIS FACE
COVERED WITH BLOOD.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: ALL THE TIME
THE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY

WERE SHELLING
THE REICH CHANCELLERY.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

WE HAD TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE
CONCRETE ENTRANCE TO THE BUNKER.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: HERE GUNSCHE
LIGHTED A RAG...

AND THREW IT TO THE BODIES.

♪

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: BOTH BODIES WERE
IN FULL FLAME WHEN I LEFT.

♪

Narrator: HERMANN KARNAU HAS
KEPT WATCH OVER THE FUNERAL PYRE

FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: THE BODIES WERE
STILL BURNING...

AND THE FLESH MOVED UP AND DOWN.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: I TOUCHED
THE BURNING REMAINS,

WHICH WERE LYING BEFORE ME WITH
MY FEET, AND THEY FELL APART.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Translator: ALMOST FROZEN,
I REMAINED FIXED TO THE SPOT,

AND LIFTED MY ARM IN SALUTE.

Narrator: THE INCINERATED
REMAINS OF ADOLF HITLER

AND EVA BRAUN ARE BURIED
IN THE SHELL CRATER.

♪

[RADIO TUNING]

Reporter:
THIS IS LONDON CALLING.

HERE IS A NEWS FLASH.

THE GERMAN RADIO HAS JUST
ANNOUNCED THAT HITLER IS DEAD.

I REPEAT THAT: THE GERMAN RADIO
HAS JUST ANNOUNCED

THAT HITLER IS DEAD.

Narrator: 24 HOURS LATER,

SOVIETS ENTER AND LOOT
THE DESERTED FUHRERBUNKER.

♪

THEY FIND THE CHARRED REMAINS
OF GOEBBELS AND HIS WIFE.

THEY'VE SHOT THEMSELVES AND
THEIR BODIES HAVE BEEN BURNED.

THEY ALSO FIND THE BODIES OF THE
SIX POISONED GOEBBELS CHILDREN.

THE SOVIETS DIG UP WHAT'S LEFT
OF ADOLF HITLER AND EVA BRAUN

AND IDENTIFY THE FUHRER
USING HIS DENTAL RECORDS.

NO ONE IS CERTAIN WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE REMAINS,

AND THEY ARE NEVER SHOWN
TO THE WESTERN POWERS.

STALIN, THE RUSSIAN DICTATOR,

SUGGESTS HITLER ESCAPED BERLIN
AND IS STILL ALIVE.

THE RUMOR MARKS THE BEGINNING OF
THE MISTRUST AND DISINFORMATION

THAT WILL DEFINE
THE COMING COLD WAR.

BY THE TIME CAPTAIN MUSMANNO
CONCLUDES HIS INVESTIGATION

IN 1948,

THERE HAS BEEN NO TRACE
OF HITLER FOR THREE YEARS.

Musmanno: THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT
THAT ADOLF HITLER,

THE FUHRER OF GERMANY, THE
MASTER CRIMINAL OF THE WORLD,

THE GREATEST GANGSTER WHO EVER
DISGRACED THE HUMAN RACE,

IS DEAD!

Narrator: MICHAEL MUSMANNO'S
INTERVIEW FOOTAGE

IS NEVER SEEN BY THE PUBLIC.

HE SENDS A COPY TO HOLLYWOOD,

BUT THE MOOD OF THE WESTERN
WORLD HAS CHANGED.

IT WANTS TO FORGET
HITLER AND THE WAR

AND INSTEAD LOOK FORWARD
TO A BRIGHTER NEW FUTURE.

THE FILM IS ONLY REDISCOVERED IN
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH,

IN 2013.

TODAY THE SITE
OF THE FUHRERBUNKER IN BERLIN,

WHERE HITLER DIED AND HIS BODY
WAS BURNED, IS A CAR PARK.

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