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Death in the Bunker

May 5, 2015

Adolf Hitler’s final ten days in his bunker ensconced deep below the Berlin Chancellery of the Reich have been described in numerous books, memoirs, and the chilling movie "Downfall”, but still questions remain.

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Was Hitler a physical and mental wreck at this point, waiting for the arrival of troops that no longer existed, or was this the coolly planned and executed final act of a failed fanatic? Did Hitler shoot himself as called for by Prussian soldiers’ honor, or was he given the coup de grâce by his loyal servant after biting on a poison capsule? Did Magda Goebbels put her six children to death herself, or did a physician perform this terrible act on her behalf? Interviewing the last remaining contemporaries of the day and evaluating numerous historical interviews with eye witnesses Michael Kloft’s documentary reconstructs the dramatic events of 1945.


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