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The Death of Hitler

The Final Word on the Ultimate Cold Case: The Search for Hitler's Body

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A dramatic and revelatory new account of the final days in Hitler's bunker, based on new access to previously unseen Soviet archives, previously unseen materials and cutting edge forensics.

After two years of nonstop negotiations with the Russian authorities, Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana Parshina were granted access to secret files detailing the Soviets' incredible hunt to recover Hitler's body: the layout of the bunker, plans for escaping, eyewitness accounts of the Führer's final days, and human remains - a bit of skull with traces of the lethal bullet and a fragment of jaw bone. 

For the first time, the skull, teeth and other elements were analysed by a medical examiner with cutting-edge forensics equipment. The authors use these never-before-seen documents and research to reconstruct the events in fascinating new detail.

©2018 Jean-Christophe Brisard, Lana Parshina and Shaun Whiteside (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Europe Germany Military True Crime War Soviet Union
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A must listen for anyone interested in the Hitler history, fantastic reading of the book gripped me all the way through to the end

Fantastic and gripping bookshelf

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I loved this book. Great performance that totally pulls you in to how the researched and investigated the ultimate mystery of the 2nd war. Yes there are still frustrating gaps in our knowledge by the end but the big questions are answered.

If you enjoy forensic investigations and stories about how things are found out you'll love this. If you want a pure dramatisation of Hitler's last days or a thriller a la Dan Brown, this one's probably not for you.

Brilliant

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This is fascinating. The whole Downfall thing is part of this but even more interesting is what happened after Hitler killed himself; the fate of the others in the bunker and, most importantly, what happened to the bodies of those who killed themselves.

This is a mystery told by journalists and scientists trying to piece together whether the skull and teeth kept by the Russians are actually Hitler’s…

What happened after Downfall

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Not much about Hitler but more about the process of how the authors came to their conclusion. It is an archive mystery more than the death of Hitler. Very disappointed

Not much about Hitler more about the process

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