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Martin Bormann

Hitler and Braun Committed Suicide

Monday Apr 30, 1945
Berlin, Germany

As Soviet forces continued to fight their way into the centre of Berlin, Hitler and Braun committed suicide on the afternoon of 30 April. Braun took cyanide and Hitler shot himself. Pursuant to Hitler's instructions, their bodies were carried up to the Reich Chancellery garden and burned.


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