Why did Hitler shoot himself? Death of Hitler. The Fuhrer's last secret

Another revelation about the post-war years of the life of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is the most important secret document, according to which the Fuhrer was one of the passengers on a special plane from Austria on April 26, 1945.

The Life and Death of Hitler in Exile, Argentina

Although official history claims that Hitler committed suicide and then ordered his corpse to be burned along with his newlywed wife Eva Braun on April 30, 1945, Abel Basti knows this page of history is fiction.

The deceased Hitler and Brown were not there, so it was not they who were burned in the pit of the German bunker, the journalist assures, this is a falsification of history, the publicist is writing on his favorite topic.

Need to remind old story conspiracy theorists for many years: in May 1945, near the bunker of the Reich Chancellery, SMERSH employees removed two charred bodies from a crater, which, according to the results of examinations of that time, are recognized as the remains of Hitler and Brown.

From that very moment until the present day, this story of the death of Babylon has been surrounded by many rumors and artifacts. Conspiracy theory experts claim that Brown and Hitler, like his clique, fled, which was actively supported by the American intelligence service in Berlin with the words “we have no evidence of Hitler’s suicide.” Later, the version is supported by the ex-director of the intelligence agency B. Smith, stating that not a single person can cite the facts of Hitler’s death in Berlin.

According to the journalist's carefully conducted research, the leader of the Third Reich did not actually die from poison and was not “cremated.” Hitler ended his last years of life much later than the time indicated by history. The frontline helped the German mastermind of those events to successfully hide plastic surgery, which changed Hitler's appearance. This ancient story still interests people today:

Adolf Hitler died in Argentina after living a long life.

This statement was made by Argentine historian and journalist Abel Basti in his book “Hitler in Exile.”
While the book was quite popular in South America, its publication in Russia and the USA did not find a place. The two countries, despite the frequency of surviving Hitler, still claim that the Fuhrer of the Third Reich committed suicide in last days Second World War.

Speculation about the life of Hitler after the war, as well as of some high-ranking SS officials, has been heard for a long time, suggesting that they escaped punishment by taking refuge in South America in advance. To prove assumptions from the field of “conspiracy theories,” fans of the idea cite a lot of facts, usually of dubious reputation, but, nevertheless, quite popular and interesting.

Neil Nikandrov spoke about Hitler’s life after the war on the pages “All the leaders of the Third Reich fled to Latin America.” Donald McKayle correlated the early source of the legend of Hitler's escape to Southern Hemisphere with the unexpected and illogical surrender of a German submarine, early July 1945, at Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Several newspapers in Buenos Aires, despite the denial of the Argentine fleet, claimed that there were eyewitnesses who saw rubber boats and submarines in this area. On July 16, 1945, a sensational article appeared in the Chicago Times about Hitler allegedly quietly escaping the wrath of the war participants to South America.

Ladislao Zsabó, a Hungarian resident, witnessed the arrival of the U-boat U-530 and observed the leisurely disembarkation of the Nazi leaders. He also heard talk about a German base in Antarctica, on the basis of which he came to the conclusion that Hitler had taken refuge in a secret base hidden somewhere in the ice.

Later, Ladislaus published a book about the head of the Third Reich (Hitler is alive), which talks about Hitler’s possible place of residence in the area of ​​​​the “Queen Maud” land, called New Swabia by the Germans. Neuschwabenland - the area was explored in 1938/39 by a German expedition led by Captain Ritcher, who actually gave this name (some maps even now have a note about “Schwabeland” under the historical name of the land).

Now it is difficult to figure out what is more embedded here, a fairy tale, or fragmentary lines from historical documents. Rumors have surrounded the idea of ​​a surviving Hitler so tightly, speculation on the topic is so high that it seems that the Fourth Reich is about to throw off its blanket of ice and enter society.

Hitler, the road of the fugitives.

When there is so much gossip out there, usually the truth may be nearby. Basti searched for the truth for seven years, conducting a difficult investigation into the death of Hitler. He personally visited German formations, whose safety was ensured by the stern faces of the guards, and, after reading hundreds of kilograms of old documents, he revealed the secret of Hitler's life and death.

It looks like April Fool's joke, But actually it is not. Basti's investigation plunges us into the world of secrets of the last century, revealing the hidden secrets of the conspiracy theories that rule the world.
The journalist managed to talk with living witnesses of those years, and he not only interviewed people who lived next to Hitler, but even obtained photographs of Hitler and Eva Braun, who lived in exile in the post-war years.

Basti wrote that A. Hitler, E. Braun, and some of the Fuhrer’s close assistants flew from the burning Berlin to Spain. The fugitives then secretly cross the Atlantic Ocean in three submarines, and finally reach the shores of Argentina. In July/August 1945, Hitler and his retinue arrive in the province of Rio Negro, which lies near the village of Caleta and move deeper into Argentina.

Presumably, the same secret route, prepared by employees of the head of the SS Himmler, was later used by Bormann, the monster doctor Mengele, Eichmann, and some other participants in the events of those years.
An Argentine journalist and publicist, describing the journey of A. Hitler and E. Braun through Argentina, which, of course, was carried out with the assistance of local Nazi sympathizers, notes the happy family life spouses in exile, during which, despite their difficulties, they even had children!

The death of Hitler, a re-enactment of the play?

The war ended with the defeat of the Nazi army and complete surrender. On May 10, the Germans announced the existence of burnt bodies in the courtyard of the chancellery, saying that one of the bodies belonged to Hitler, the second to Eva Braun. Although the same American intelligence report reported that it was impossible to determine who owned the remains of the burned bodies.

It really was the strangest funeral in history, taking away the authenticity of the death of the Nazi courtier from understanding: did he die or did he flee, putting an end to the staging of his death with fire?
On June 6, the press secretary of the Soviet army in Berlin announced unequivocally that Adolf Hitler had committed suicide, the body had been found, the remains had been identified.

Three days later, Marshal Zhukov, at a press conference attended by future Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky, looking over his shoulder, said: “We have not identified Hitler’s body” ... “I can’t say anything definite about his fate. He could have left Berlin at the very last moment / Nil Nikandrov /.

Conspiracy theory: Hitler's life after the war.

Journalist Basti, in an interview with Deadline - an Argentine news program, hosts Santiago Romero and Abel Basti talk about Hitler's escape and life in exile:

Romero: What do you think about Hitler's escape?
Basti: “Hitler fled Austria to Barcelona. Final stage The escape was by submarine, from Vigo, heading straight to the coast of Patagonia. Finally, Hitler and Eva, in a car with a driver and bodyguards, drove to Argentina in at least three cars.
He took refuge in a place called San Ramon, about 15 miles east of the city. This place is opposite Lake Nahuel Huapi, which has belonged to a German company since the beginning of the 20th century.

Romero: On what basis do you claim that Hitler was in Spain after his escape from the Berlin bunker?
Basti: I received information from an elderly Jesuit priest whose family was friends with the Nazi leader. I have witnesses who saw Hitler and his entourage at the place where they were staying in Cantabria.

In addition, a document from the British intelligence services shows that the Nazi submarine and convoy left Spain, and after stopping in the Canary Islands, continued on its way to the south of Argentina.
Hitler and Eva Braun were on board one of the submarines that subsequently arrived in Patagonia between July and August 1945.

There is also another important document that lets us know that the FBI was persistently searching for Hitler in Spain after World War II. All evidence points to the Galician coast, where the boats were located during the Battle of the Atlantic.

When the Enigma code was cracked, it was possible to decipher the German submarine fleet messages and find out the course of Hitler's escort. There is a possibility that he fled from Vigo or Ferrol, but I am almost certain that Hitler fled from Vigo, as the British MI6 documents say.

Romero: What kind of life did Hitler have in Argentina?
Basti: Hitler lived with his wife and bodyguards, it was the life of fugitives, but quite comfortable. They spent the first post-war years in Patagonia, and then moved to the northern provinces of Argentina. At the beginning of the year, the Fuhrer held meetings in various parts Argentina with other Nazis in Paraguay, as well as with sympathizers from foreign countries.

Hitler shaved his head and shaved off his mustache, and was no longer so easily recognizable. They lived away from major urban areas, although he had several meetings in Buenos Aires. The Fuhrer died in the early sixties, ending his days in Argentina. Currently, the journalist continues, I am trying to find out the place of his burial, studying the last days of the life of Adolf Hitler.

Romero: Do you have access to documents from the former Soviet Union?
Basti: Until his death in 1953, Stalin never believed that Hitler committed suicide, telling the Allies about it in 1945. At the same time, there are three different transcripts in which Stalin noted that the German leader had fled. While in Argentina, I interviewed people who saw and met Hitler. There are documents in Russian archives that show that Hitler fled from the fallen Berlin.

Romero: As yours A new book will affect the official version of Hitler's death?
Basti: Despite recent research that has proven that Hitler's remains in the Kremlin are not those of the Fuhrer, most Russians have always rejected the theory that he escaped. The same applies to the peoples who participated in the war.

The United States, just recently, under the auspices of national security, “closed” official materials related to this story for another 20-year period. It is possible that when the deadline is reached, it will probably be raised again.

British authorities also reviewed all relevant documentation, pushing back the time frame for solving the mysteries by 60 years or more. Researchers cannot access information about an important period of history, which in turn confirms the correctness of the conclusions about the escaped top of the Third Reich. Otherwise, why hide the documents?

One of the reasons why Hitler fled to Argentina, who allowed him to do this and why, the journalist, both at the time of writing the first books about Hitler, and now names one thing, America needed the Fuhrer.

Yes, the Second World War was over, and the ashes of the dead had not yet scattered, but the world was preparing for a new war, for a “cold” war with communism.
And here the Germans received by the Americans, whose number is estimated at 300 thousand, were a good help. Moreover, one should not underestimate the serious technological knowledge of the Nazis, which America so desperately needed.

Argentine researcher Abel BASTI believes that Hitler died quietly in the arms of his wife and children in Paraguay in 1964...

Argentine writer Abel Basti, a researcher of the life of the head of the Third Reich, is seriously confident: on April 30, 1945, Hitler did not put a bullet in his head, but calmly packed his things for a safe departure from Berlin. Taking Eva Braun with him, he moved to Argentina to a friendly regime, and died only in 1965.

The writer did not find evidence that Frau Hitler also died. In addition, Brown had many long-livers in her family. Her mother died at 96. This suggests that Hitler's wife is still alive. Perhaps the three children of Adolf and Eva are also in full health. Abel Basti knows for sure that they had children! Two were born while the Fuhrer and his wife lived in Germany. Then, when they moved to Argentina, another child was born.

After multiple examinations and interrogations of witnesses, Moscow decided that it was indeed Hitler. Several times his remains were buried, dug up, and buried again. The Fuhrer's last refuge was a Soviet military unit in Magdeburg. In 1970, before handing over this territory to the Germans, on the secret order of Leonid Brezhnev, the remains of Hitler, Eva Braun and the Goebbels family were burned, and the ashes were poured from the bridge into the Biederitz river.

However, not everyone agrees with the official version to this day. Hundreds of studies have been conducted and many books have been written in search of the “escaped Hitler.” They searched for him in Spain, Latin America and even Antarctica. Recently, the Argentine writer Abel BASTI published his version of how the bloodiest dictator in Europe ended his days.

The leaders of the Third Reich began to look for a safer refuge back in 1943, writes Basti. Preparations for the evacuation were kept in the strictest confidence - Muller and Bormann, keeping an eye on each other, did not allow a single leak.

In Argentina, bank deposits were made out in front of dummies, small companies were created, and farms were purchased. Nazi emissaries settled in hotels and inns - “transshipment points” for their leaders. At the same time, secret negotiations were ongoing with the allies. For gold and technology of the Third Reich, they allegedly agreed to leave Hitler and his henchmen alone.

At the end of April 1945, Operation Seraglio began. Several planes escaped from the burning Berlin, which Soviet troops were fighting to occupy, - the top of Nazi Germany was transported to Spain, under the wing of “friend Franco.” From there, the submarines headed for Caleta de los Loros Bay in Argentina.

The author claims that in the area where Hitler came ashore, at a depth of 30 meters under a layer of sand and silt, three submarines were discovered, about which there is not a word in the archival documents of the Argentine military. So it began new life Nazi leader in Latin America.

He lived until 1964

The fugitives followed a long-established route. They were received in the homes of people known for their ties to the Nazis and close to Argentine dictator Juan Peron. Hitler maintained relations with some of them, for example, the Eichhorn family, until his death. Basti cites the testimony of a maid from their estate, who herself saw the “cousin,” as her owners called the Nazi leader.

More and more documentary evidence is appearing, shedding light on one of the mysterious mysteries of the 20th century.

The Eichhorns' gardener, who worked for the FBI, also reported on the presence of the leader of the Third Reich in Argentina. His recently declassified report was found by the author of the book in the archives of this organization.

According to Basti, Hitler not only lived until 1964, but also had offspring. Allegedly, there are photographs of him, Eva Braun and their children, which, according to the official version, the German Fuhrer did not have and could not have had. However, the owners of the unique photographs “are not yet ready to publish them.”

The dictator lived out his last days in Paraguay, the head of which did not particularly hide his sympathy for the Third Reich. He died in the arms of his wife, surrounded by children, without answering for his atrocities. But the author speaks very vaguely about Hitler’s burial place and where his family lives. Apparently this is material for a new sensational book.

AiF provides an interview with writer Abel Basti:

On April 30, 1945, at 16:30 (that is, an hour after the alleged suicide), Hitler was seen next to his personal Ju-52 aircraft.

Bestseller "Hitler in Argentina"

Having conducted research, interviewed dozens of witnesses, and published documents declassified by the FBI, Basti wants to prove that Hitler could have hidden in South America and lived there to old age. Let the readers judge how well he succeeded.

SENOR Basti, in your book you claim that on April 30, 1945, Hitler managed to escape from Berlin by plane. How could he do this if by that time the airfields were destroyed and the Allies controlled the skies?

My book contains previously classified evidence from the FBI archives that on April 30 at 16:30 (that is, an hour after the alleged suicide), Hitler was seen next to his personal Ju-52 plane.

At night, throughout the last week of April, air transport of the Fuhrer's trusted representatives landed on Unter den Linden Avenue, where street lighting poles were preserved. For example, Reich Minister Speer left the “Führerbunker” on the 20th, and three days later he calmly returned back on the Fieseler-Storch plane.

As you can see, the Allied air defense did not stop him. On April 25, a secret meeting was held in the “Führerbunker” to evacuate Hitler, in which the female pilot Hanna Reitsch, the famous pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel and Hitler’s personal pilot Hans Baur took part. The secret plan for the safe movement of the Fuhrer from the besieged capital of the Third Reich was codenamed “Operation Seraglio”.

And who exactly, in your opinion, carried out the evacuation of Hitler?

Two days later, five Storch planes arrived in Berlin (each with seats for ten passengers), and on April 28, the same Ju-52, piloted by pilot Bosser, arrived - this was officially confirmed by Allied intelligence.

A day later, on the orders of General Adolf Galland, they were unexpectedly lifted into the air over the capital of the Reich. last strength The German Air Force has a hundred Me-262 jet fighters. They covered Hannah Reitsch’s plane: she managed to break through the fire of Soviet anti-aircraft guns and fly away from Berlin - it was an experimental flight, and the fact that it was carried out is not disputed by any historian.

Perhaps, having put on make-up, Hitler managed to leave the burning Berlin (the photo montage was made by FBI employees in 1945).

The next day, according to the scenario already tested by Frau Reitsch, Adolf Hitler also left Berlin - he was heading to Spain, from where at the end of the summer he sailed on a submarine to Argentina. He was accompanied by Eva Braun, Müller and Bormann.

Okay, but what about the fragments of Hitler’s jaw, which are stored in Moscow in the archives of the FSB? Research by both Soviet and independent experts unanimously confirmed that it belonged to the Fuhrer. What happens then - Hitler had part of his jaw torn off, but he still escaped?

Experts only had the opportunity to compare this charred jaw with x-rays of that era, which were of terrible quality, and with the testimony of Hitler’s personal dentist - and he could say anything.

If you know, no DNA testing has ever been carried out: Russia systematically refuses to allow such analysis. Meanwhile, this is the only way to find out the truth: it is necessary to compare DNA samples that can be obtained from the remains of Adolf Hitler’s sister, Paula, who died in 1960 and was buried in the Bergfriedhof cemetery.

The grave of the Fuhrer's sister - Paula Hitler

I formally address Russian authorities requesting that I be given the opportunity to examine this jaw in order to obtain final proof that I am telling the truth.

You know, people love conspiracy theories. For so many years it has been talked about mysterious disappearance“Nazi number two” - Martin Bormann, who evaporated from Berlin on May 1, 1945. A lot of people swore that they saw him in South America with their own eyes and could not be mistaken. But in 1972, a skeleton was found while digging a pit in Berlin, and a double DNA study showed that these were Bormann’s bones...

The funny thing is: both are right here. Martin Bormann really escaped, lived in Argentina and Paraguay: I found a lot of evidence of this, including documentary ones - especially a photo of Bormann taken in the fifties. Therefore, it is quite possible that when Bormann died of natural causes, his remains were secretly transported to Berlin, after which a performance was staged with their “find”.

AGAIN: in your book you write that Hitler and Eva Braun, along with an extensive retinue and security, arrived in Argentina on three submarines, which were then sunk in the bay for purposes of conspiracy. Indeed, in the place that you indicated, at a depth of approximately 30 meters under water, with the help of special equipment, teams of divers discovered large objects covered with sand. But where is the evidence that these are Nazi submarines?

I relied on the testimony of witnesses who, after the war, observed the arrival of three submarines with swastikas in the tiny bay of Caleta de los Loros, located in the Argentine province of Rio Negro. You say: Argentina has formally been at war with Germany since March 27, 1945 - maybe these are traces of past naval battles?

However, in the archives of the Argentine Ministry of Defense there is not a single word about the sinking of any German submarines. Then where did these sunken ships lying on the ground come from? I submitted a request that the submarines be brought to the surface and thoroughly examined.

List of passengers from Berlin to Barcelona approved on April 20, 1945. First - Hitler, the name of Goebbels, his wife and children is crossed out.

German submarines sailed to Argentina several times after the war - for example, the submarine U-977 arrived in the country on August 17, 1945: it is assumed that its commander Heinz Schaeffer was transporting gold and other valuables of the Third Reich.

You published a US FBI document that casts serious doubt on the official version of the death of Adolf Hitler. This paper, dated November 13, 1945, contains a report from an American agent in Argentina, who works as a gardener for wealthy German colonists - the Eichhorns. The agent reports that the couple, who live in the village of La Falda, have been preparing the estate since June for the arrival of Hitler, which will take place in the very near future. Is this document real?

This is very weird question, because I legally obtained this document after it was declassified from the FBI archives: file number 65–53615. And this is far from the only documentary evidence of Hitler’s escape.

There are several more secret reports from the FBI, CIA and MI5 about the living Fuhrer - but, unfortunately, the USA, Britain and Russia have not yet fully declassified all materials relating to this topic. For example, there are three shorthand recordings of a conversation between Joseph Stalin (one of them with US Secretary of State Byrnes) - where the leader of the USSR openly says that the Fuhrer managed to escape.

Over fifteen years, I conducted hundreds of interviews with direct witnesses to Hitler's presence in Argentina. Most of them have only started talking now - many Nazis in Argentina have died, they have nothing to fear anymore, although not everyone is still making contact. A letter from Nazi General Seydlitz, dated 1956, has also been preserved - he reports that he is going to attend a meeting in Argentina between Hitler and the Croatian “Führer” Pavelic.

You often refer to witness testimony. But how, in this case, should we treat the words of other witnesses who saw Hitler dead and buried his corpse?

There is not a single person who saw with his own eyes how Hitler saw through an ampoule of poison and shot himself in the head. The story of the Fuhrer's suicide from beginning to end was invented by people from his inner circle - it was a special plan to confuse everyone.

But even at first glance, there are several contradictions in the eyewitness accounts of Hitler's death if you study the archival documents. At first it was said that he was poisoned. Then - no, he shot me in the temple. After - excuse me, first he poisoned himself, and then he shot himself.

Potassium cyanide causes instant death and convulsions: how after this the person pressed the trigger pistol?

“Hitler died in... 1964,” says the author of the scandalous bestseller

The writer is sure: the Reich Chancellor and his wife fled Berlin on the day when his suicide was announced.

According to the official version, the death of Adolf Hitler occurred on April 30, 1945 in an underground bunker located under the Reich Chancellery, at the address: Berlin, Wilhelmstrasse 77. By this time, Soviet troops had already completed the assault on the capital of Nazi Germany. Fierce fighting took place in the city center. Selected German troops were concentrated here. The soldiers of the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts had to take every street, every house, every floor at the cost of incredible human losses.

The artillery cannonade thundered endlessly, echoed by machine gun fire. The noise was incredible, but silence reigned at the Fuhrer's headquarters. Thick, marble-lined walls, excellent sound insulation, the depth of the dungeon - all this reliably protected the rooms with people in them from any sounds raging on the surface.

Adolf Hitler had lunch on April 30 with his wife Eva Braun and a small group of close associates. At the end of the meal, he announced his decision to retire and dictated his political will. The couple then went to their apartment. An hour and a half later, a single shot was heard.

He was heard by the Fuhrer's adjutant Otto Gunsche, who was constantly on duty at the door to the Fuhrer's living quarters. He immediately informed the senior footman Hein Linge about this. The men called the head of the party chancellery, Martin Bormann, and they all went together to the living quarters of the great dictator.

A terrible picture met their eyes. Adolf Hitler sat leaning back in his chair, a pistol lying at his feet. Eva Braun froze in a motionless position on the carpet. Three meters from her, also motionless, lay the Fuhrer’s favorite dog, the shepherd Blondie.

Those who entered examined all three. The Fuhrer was dead. He shot himself in the mouth and the bullet exited through the back of his skull. There were no visible injuries on Eva Braun's body. There were none on the dog's body either. Apparently, the couple first poisoned the animal, then the woman took the poison, and Adolf Hitler, like a soldier, killed himself with a pistol shot.

Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and Hitler Youth leader Arthur Axmann appeared in the room. After a short meeting, eyewitnesses to the tragedy decided to burn the corpses. Otto Günsche and Hein Linge wrapped the bodies in blankets and carried them to the emergency exit from the bunker. The exit was in the garden of the Reich Chancellery. At the time described, this entire territory was intensively shelled. Bullets whistled, shells exploded, and numerous craters dug up the ground.

The deceased dictator's henchmen, bending down, dragged the bodies to the nearest craters. Here they were hastily doused with gasoline and set on fire. The fire reluctantly ran over the corpses, then flared up, but quickly went out. The procedure was repeated two more times until the bodies began to look like burnt firebrands.

The officers began to cover them with earth, but then the shelling intensified. Shrapnel from the shells whistled right over the heads of the Fuhrer's adjutant and lackey. The men, to clear their consciences, threw a few more shovels of earth onto the burnt corpses and hurried to return to the bunker.

Already on May 5, the remains were discovered by Soviet soldiers from the SMERSH unit. The scouts carefully combed the entire area closest to the bunker and easily found bodies lightly covered with earth. The corpses of Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels were also discovered. They shot themselves very close to the exit from the Reich Chancellery a little over a day after the suicide of the dictator and his wife, having previously killed their six children.

It was not difficult to identify these two bodies. They were only slightly burned, and Hitler’s doctor Werner Haase, brought by representatives of Soviet intelligence to the Reich Chancellery the next day, barely looked at the corpses and immediately named the minister of propaganda and his wife.

Eva Brown

The situation was more complicated with the remains of Hitler and Eva Braun. There were numerous personnel in the bunker of the Reich Chancellery - these were stenographers, cryptographers, signalmen, cooks, and security. All of them were captured. Many of them saw how two bodies were taken out of the dictator's personal apartments. But whether these were the corpses of Adolf Hitler and his wife - representatives of Soviet intelligence were unable to obtain any intelligible answers.

The people present at the death of their leader were not detained in the bunker. Martin Bormann disappeared, Joseph Goebbels could no longer tell anything, the Fuhrer's adjutant and lackey disappeared. It was as if Arthur Axman had disappeared into thin air. The latter was detained only six months later. It was from him that the most reliable information was received about the last hours of the life and death of both the great dictator and Martin Bormann.

In May 1945, Soviet intelligence could not sit still and wait for eyewitnesses to appear. The order from Moscow was unequivocal: to establish in the shortest possible time where Adolf Hitler or his corpse was. Therefore, two badly burned bodies, found very close to the emergency exit from the bunker, were subjected to a thorough comprehensive examination.

Each of them was a baked, burnt mass. Any features or characteristic features it was not possible to distinguish. Only the jaws of the skulls were preserved in good condition. It was precisely these that military intelligence officers seized upon. Already on May 10, they found and interrogated Frau Ketti Goiserman. This lady was an assistant to Adolf Hitler's dentist, Professor Blaschke.

The woman identified the jaws presented to her for identification as belonging to Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun. This was indicated by the features of the dentures in one of them and the fillings in the teeth of the other. These signs were very specific and could not be confused with any others.

So the Fuhrer’s entire upper jaw was occupied by a prosthesis. Moreover, it had a characteristic cut on the left side between the 4th and 5th teeth. At one time, a diseased tooth was removed here, and the professor was forced to break the integrity of the structure in order to get to it. There were two bridges in the lower jaw. WITH right side there was only one artificial tooth. It was connected by a bridge to two natural teeth. On the left the picture was more depressing. There were three artificial teeth here. They were also attached using a bridge to natural teeth.

All of these signs were clearly visible on the jaws of one of the burnt corpses. There was no doubt about the fact that this body had recently belonged to the great dictator. To dispel all doubts about the death of Adolf Hitler, the security officers found another witness. He was prosthetist Fritz Echtmann. It was with his hands that dentures were made, which were then installed in the Fuhrer’s oral cavity.

The prosthetist admitted his work and thereby confirmed the testimony of Frau Ketti Goiserman. Soon, SS Obersturmbannführer Hein Linge and SS Sturmbannführer Otto Günsche were discovered in prison camps. They outlined the entire chronology of events concerning last hours life and death of Adolf Hitler.

The most valuable testimony was given by Arthur Axman, who was detained in November 1945. He was a participant in the meeting that determined what to do with the body of the Fuhrer and his wife. Axman also pointed out that on May 2, before his eyes, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann, who could have become another witness in the case of the death of Adolf Hitler, committed suicide.

Thus, all surviving eyewitnesses of such a significant historical event gave confessions to Soviet intelligence agencies. They coincided in detail, so the security officers did not raise any doubts. The death of Adolf Hitler was considered a completed matter and they put an end to it.

The fate of the remains of the great dictator, Eva Braun, Goebbels, his wife Magda, and their six children (five girls and one boy aged 4 to 12 years) is unenviable. Military intelligence officers packed them in wooden boxes and buried them near Berlin. Soon, however, the headquarters of the security officers changed their location, and the ill-fated boxes followed suit. They were buried again in a new place, and then, during the next move, they were removed from the ground. Thus, the remains were buried and unearthed several times.

Finally they found permanent refuge at a military base near the city of Magdeburg. Here the boxes lay in the ground for almost a quarter of a century. In 1970, the territory of the base came under the jurisdiction of the GDR (German Democratic Republic existed until October 1990). In this regard, the leadership of the USSR decided to destroy the remains. They were cremated and the ashes were scattered by helicopter. Only the jaws of the great dictator and a fragment of his skull with a bullet hole were left for history.

This material evidence of Adolf Hitler's death was sent to Moscow and placed in the KGB archives. On this, in fact, the entire post-war epic associated with the Fuhrer and his entourage finally ended. The souls of suicides passed through the purifying fire and found peace in the afterlife. In the world of living people, passions were only heating up.

Rumors that Adolf Hitler was alive appeared almost immediately after his death. The British, French, and Americans doubted the dictator's demise. There was persistent talk about, allegedly, amazing rescue Fuhrer. He fled from Berlin, which was engulfed in fire, abroad along the so-called “rat trail.” It was a “window” on the border with Switzerland. Through it, high-ranking officials of the Third Reich with forged documents made their way to a neutral country, and from there they were sent to fascist Spain or Latin American countries.

Here it should be immediately noted that it was very difficult to escape from Berlin, taking into account the fact that on April 25, 1945, the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian fronts closed the ring around the capital of Germany. On the same day, Soviet and American troops met on the Elbe. Almost the entire territory controlled by the Reich ended up in a cauldron. It was not possible to get out of it by land.

Martin Bormann failed when he attempted a similar attempt on the night of May 2. All bridges and roads were already blocked by Soviet troops. The military unit in which the Reichsleiter was breaking through came under heavy fire. The second man of the Reich was wounded in the thigh and then forced to take poison to avoid being captured.

So there was no chance for Adolf Hitler to escape from Berlin. But this is provided that he was in this very Berlin. The great dictator might not end up in the bunker under the Reich Chancellery. And who was there then, who led the defense of the capital of Nazi Germany for two whole weeks?

On this issue, there is a version that all tactical issues were decided by the Fuhrer’s double. A man exactly like Adolf Hitler. It was he who was shot on April 30, 1945. Eva Braun was also killed along with him, so that the death of the country's main Nazi would look more natural. Hitler himself, at that time, was already sailing in a submarine towards South America.

He moved onto the submarine vessel at the very beginning of April from his headquarters “Adlerhorst” (Eagle’s Nest, 40 km from Frankfurt am Main). He had been there since December 1944, leaving his main command post “Wolfschanze” (Wolf’s Lair) in East Prussia, due to the advance of Soviet troops.

Hitler with
by the people

All this sounds fantastic and absolutely unlike the truth. Until the end of April, the German command cherished the hope that disagreements would arise between the allied forces of the anti-Hitler coalition. The Americans and British, frightened by the successes of the Soviet troops, could well have suspended their offensive. This would give Germany the opportunity to transfer part of its forces from Western Front to Vostochny.

The country's military potential was still at a very high level. It would be a mistake to think that there was confusion and panic in the Nazi ranks. Discipline, all-seeing eye the Gestapo, devotion to National Socialism, which gave people jobs and a high standard of living - all this united the German nation and encouraged fierce resistance to Soviet troops.

Moreover, Adolf Hitler himself was not known for cowardice. His courage is evidenced by the fact that he volunteered for the front in the First World War, was awarded several iron crosses for courage, and had wounds received in battle. He was a real soldier who did not succumb to enemy bullets. One can talk for a long time about his atrocities, but the great dictator cannot be denied personal courage.

And then claim that at the most difficult moment for the nation, the Fuhrer cowardly abandons his party comrades and shamefully escapes in a submarine, leaving a double in his place. This was impossible in principle. This would be contrary to the very essence and character of Adolf Hitler.

He was with Bormann, and with Goebbels, and with all those who defended Berlin to the end. Only after his death did the Germans put forward a proposal for a truce. Having been refused, Goebbels committed suicide; Bormann did the same just a few hours later. Would these high-ranking Nazis have waited until April 30th if a Hitler lookalike had been with them? Of course not. They would have started negotiations ahead of time, when Soviet troops were still on the outskirts of Berlin, and the progress military operation was vague and unclear.

Nobody ever paid attention to such arguments. Everyone saw in the great dictator, first of all, a monster to whom everything human was alien. Undoubtedly, he deserved such an attitude towards himself with his atrocities, but we must not forget that Hitler, like all of us, was also a man with his own thoughts, feelings and the concept of honor.

Stalin did not abandon Moscow and did not leave a double in his place when the Germans were only a few tens of kilometers from the Kremlin. He understood that such an act would demoralize those closest to him, and that, in turn, he would begin to negatively influence his subordinates. A chain reaction will begin, and everything will end in complete collapse. So why should Adolf Hitler behave differently?

Hitler with
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The great dictator fled neither to Latin America nor to Spain. He committed suicide in the Reich Chancellery on the afternoon of April 30, 1945. This is the natural outcome of his entire life’s journey. It simply couldn't be any other way. A different scenario of events can only be intended for a public that loves sensations. Here you can come up with anything and as much as you want. A certain category of people will take all this at face value, and will even pay money.

This point of view regarding the death of Adolf Hitler has every right to exist, once again proving the absurdity of assumptions about his life after the war. But any convincing and demonstrative scheme can be unexpectedly adjusted, as they say, by newly discovered circumstances.

Nowadays, one weighty fact has emerged that outweighs all arguments and logical conclusions about the fatal fate of the great dictator and his death on April 30, 1945. This fact refutes all the results of Soviet intelligence investigations of that time and the testimony of eyewitnesses. It directly indicates that Hitler's corpse was not found. This entails any assumptions that the sophisticated human imagination is capable of.

This fact is based on the achievements of genetics. It was a DNA analysis carried out in 2009 by employees of an American university from Hartford (Connecticut) that destroyed the entire evidence base regarding the death of Adolf Hitler.

For analysis, experts took a fragment of a skull with a bullet hole, stored in the secret archives of the FSB. It was once part of the Fuhrer's skull and was shot through by the single bullet that the great dictator fired into his mouth.

The Americans did not question the authenticity of these remains; they did not have samples of Adolf Hitler's closest relatives. They only wanted to check the pedigree of the great dictator. Heated debates and disputes about the Jewish or African roots of the main Aryan have been going on for a long time. Genetic testing could put an end to this fundamental issue. However, the experiment failed. The skull fragment turned out to be not at all what the Hartford experts wanted.

The badly damaged bone did not belong to Adolf Hitler at all. She didn't belong to a man at all. It was a fragment of a woman's skull. Moreover, the woman was in the prime of her life at the time of her death. Experts estimated her age at 35-40 years. The great dictator was 56 years old at the time of his death, and he was also of a different gender. Eva Braun was suitable in age - at the time of her death she was 33 years old. But she died from poison, and no one shot her in the head.

This conclusion caused a big scandal. FSB officers completely refused to acknowledge its authenticity. Their indignation is understandable and understandable. At the same time, it is puzzling that an obviously foreign part of the body has long been passed off as a fragment of Adolf Hitler’s skull. How could this happen?

There can be only one explanation here - Soviet intelligence officers got something wrong in that distant year of 1945, covered in military glory. Those who removed the bodies from the crater could also have grabbed this fragment of human bone, which had nothing to do with either the great dictator or his wife.

There were battles, people died in the thousands. Berlin operation entered the annals of history as the largest military battle in history human civilization. About 4 million people took part in this grandiose battle on both sides. We must not forget about the civilian population, who were unwittingly involved in this terrible meat grinder.

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Human bodies on the streets of Berlin were a common sight in those days. The entire long-suffering land was strewn with such bone fragments. Therefore, one cannot strictly judge those who removed from the funnel one of the main culprits of this whole terrible nightmare. The security officers could simply have gotten it wrong.

If in those days they knew about such a thing as DNA analysis, then military intelligence officers would have behaved more carefully and responsibly. But, as we know, this term became popular only at the very end of the 20th century. Modern advances in genetics have played cruel joke with the leadership of the FSB, pointing out obvious flaws in the work of such a serious department in those harsh years.

The death of Adolf Hitler on April 30, 1945 is beyond any doubt. Any sensational statements and assumptions to the contrary have no evidence base. We must also not forget that the great dictator was not just a major, but a gigantic political figure. He would not have been able to hide unnoticed for many years in one of the Latin American countries. In any case, rumors would have spread. They would have aroused natural interest among the intelligence services, and the new place of residence of the planet's main Nazi would have been discovered.

Any historical events require evidence. If it concerns major historical figures who radically influence the course of history, then the evidence must be especially thorough and logically verified. It is on these principles that the study of the history of our past is based, without the knowledge of which, as we know, it is impossible to build a normal future.

The article was written by ridar-shakin

Based on materials from foreign and Russian publications

Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. Later, the remains of the dictator were discovered by the Soviet military and taken to Moscow.

But the very fact of Hitler’s death is still shrouded in all sorts of secrets and mysteries. There are many theories, in addition to the official version, according to which Hitler’s remains were not genuine, he did not commit suicide or remained alive at all.

26 April. Soviet troops occupied three quarters of Berlin. Hitler, who has not lost hope, is in a two-story bunker at a depth of 8 meters under the courtyard of the Imperial Chancellery.

Together with him in the bunker are his mistress Eva Braun, Goebbels and his family, Chief of the General Staff Krebs, secretaries, adjutants, and guards.

According to an officer of the General Staff, on this day Hitler was scary picture: he moved with difficulty and awkwardly, throwing his upper body forward and dragging his legs... The Fuhrer had difficulty maintaining his balance. Left hand did not obey him, and the right one was constantly trembling... Hitler's eyes were bloodshot...

In the evening, one of the best pilots in Germany, Hanna Reitsch, fanatically devoted to Hitler, arrived at the bunker. She later recalled that the Fuhrer invited her to his place and said: “Hannah, you are one of those who will die with me. Each of us has an ampoule of poison.”

He handed the ampoule to Hannah with the words: “I don’t want any of us to fall into the hands of the Russians, and I don’t want the Russians to get our bodies. Eva’s body and mine will be burned.”

As Reich testified, during the conversation Hitler presented a terrible picture: almost blindly rushing from wall to wall with paper in trembling hands. “A completely disintegrated person,” the pilot stated.

April 29. The wedding of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun took place. The process took place in accordance with the law: a marriage contract was drawn up and the wedding ceremony was performed.

Witnesses, as well as Krebs, Goebbels's wife, Hitler's adjutants, General Burgdorf and Colonel Belov, secretaries and a cook were invited to the wedding celebration. And after a small feast, Hitler retired to draw up his will.

April 30. The Fuhrer's last day has arrived. After lunch, on Hitler's orders, his personal driver, SS Standartenführer Kempka, delivers canisters with 200 liters of gasoline to the garden of the Imperial Chancellery.

This is the last photograph of Hitler during his lifetime, taken on April 30. On the threshold of a bunker in the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, the Fuhrer was captured by one of the officers of his personal security.

In the meeting room, Hitler and Brown say goodbye to Bormann, Goebbels, Burgdorf, Krebs, Axmann, and the Fuhrer's secretaries Junge and Weichelt who came here.

According to the first version, based on the testimony of Hitler's personal valet, Linge, the Fuhrer and Eva Braun shot themselves at 15.30. There is even a photo of Hitler's body with a bullet mark, the authenticity of which is in question.

When Linge and Bormann entered the room, Hitler was allegedly sitting on a sofa in the corner, a revolver lay on the table in front of him, and blood was flowing from his right temple. The dead Eva Braun, who was in another corner, dropped her revolver to the floor.

Another version (accepted by almost all historians) says: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun poisoned themselves potassium cyanide. In addition, before his death, the Fuhrer also poisoned two beloved shepherd dogs.

By order of Bormann, the bodies of the deceased were wrapped in blankets, taken out into the yard, and then doused with gasoline and burned in a shell crater. Since they burned poorly, the SS men buried the half-burnt corpses in the ground.

The bodies of Hitler and Brown were discovered by Red Army soldier Churakov on May 4, but for some reason they lay for 4 whole days without examination: they were taken for examination and identification to one of the Berlin morgues on May 8.

An external examination gave reason to believe that the charred corpses of a man and a woman were the remains of the Fuhrer and his wife. But, as is known, Hitler and Braun had several doubles, so the Soviet military authorities intended to conduct a thorough investigation.

The question of whether the person taken to the morgue was really Hitler still worries researchers.

According to an eyewitness, the man's corpse was in a wooden box 163 cm long, 55 and 53 cm wide and high, respectively. A burnt piece of yellowish knitted material, similar to a shirt, was found on the body.

During his lifetime, Hitler repeatedly visited his dentist, as evidenced by a large number of fillings and gold crowns on the remaining areas of the jaws. They were confiscated and transferred to the SMERSH-3 department of the Shock Army.

On May 11, 1945, dentist Gaisermann described in detail the anatomical data of Hitler's oral cavity, which coincided with the results of a study conducted on May 8.

There were no visible signs of severe fatal injuries or illnesses on the fire-damaged body. But a crushed glass ampoule was found in the mouth. A characteristic smell of bitter almonds emanated from the corpse.

The same ampoules were discovered during the autopsy of 10 more corpses of Hitler's associates. It was determined that death was caused by cyanide poisoning.

On the same day, an autopsy was performed on the corpse of a woman, presumably that of Eva Braun. Despite the fact that there was a broken glass ampoule in the mouth and the smell of bitter almonds also emanated from the corpse, traces of a shrapnel wound and 6 small metal fragments were found in the chest.

Military intelligence officers packed the remains in wooden boxes and buried them in the ground near Berlin. However, soon the headquarters of the security officers changed their location, and the boxes followed suit.

They were buried again in a new place, and then, during the next move, they were removed from the ground.

She found a permanent refuge at a military base near the city of Magdeburg. Here the boxes lay in the ground until 1970, when the territory of the base came under the jurisdiction of the GDR.

On March 13, 1970, KGB head Yuri Andropov gave the order to destroy the remains. They were cremated and the ashes were scattered by helicopter.

Only the dictator's jaws and a fragment of his skull with a bullet hole were left for history.

This material evidence of Adolf Hitler's death was sent to Moscow and placed in the KGB archives.

Rumors that Adolf Hitler was alive appeared almost immediately after his death. The British, French, and Americans doubted the death of the dictator. There was persistent talk about the amazing salvation of the Fuhrer.

It was rumored that he fled from Berlin abroad along the so-called “rat trail”. It was a “window” on the border with Switzerland. Through it, high-ranking officials of the Third Reich with forged documents made their way to a neutral country, and from there they were sent to fascist Spain or Latin American countries.

Regarding the dictator's flight to South America, there are even a number of FBI "documents" regarding the investigation of this fact.

However, most historians continue to argue that Hitler had no chance of escaping Berlin.

In response, they put forward a version that Hitler might not have been in the bunker under the Reich Chancellery at all. On this issue, there is a version that all tactical issues were decided by the Fuhrer’s double. It was he who was shot on April 30, 1945.

Eva Braun was also killed along with him, so that the death of the country's main Nazi would look more natural. Hitler himself, at this time, again sailed in a submarine towards South America, changing his appearance.

Similar versions are expressed today.

Newspapers wrote about them, publishing supposedly the surviving clothes of the Fuhrer, in which he arrived in Peru or Paraguay.

There were even photos of the surviving Hitler, calmly facing old age incognito.

But historians argue in response that the Fuhrer could not be called a coward. His courage is evidenced by the fact that he volunteered for the front in the First World War and was awarded several Iron Crosses for bravery, as well as having wounds received in battle.

After this, it is simply illogical to declare that at the most difficult moment for the nation the Fuhrer flees cowardly, leaving a double in his place.

The fact that Hitler was in the bunker is also supported by the fact that only after his death did the Germans put forward a proposal for a truce. Having been refused, Goebbels committed suicide, poisoning his entire family. Bormann did the same a few hours later.

In 2009, the head of the Department of Registration and Archival Funds of the FSB of Russia, Vasily Khristoforov, said that in 1946 a special commission carried out additional excavations at the site where the corpses of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were discovered. At the same time, “the left parietal part of the skull with an exit bullet hole” was discovered.

In 1948, the “finds” from the Fuhrer’s bunker (several burnt objects, as well as fragments of jaws and teeth, which were used to identify the corpses of Hitler, Eva Braun and the Goebbels) were sent to Moscow, to the investigative department of the 2nd Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of State Security.

Since 1954, by order of the Chairman of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR Serov, all these items and materials were stored in a special order in a special room in the departmental archive.

Since 2009, Hitler’s jaws have been kept in the FSB archives, and skull fragments have been kept in the State Archives.

However, a DNA analysis conducted in 2009 by employees of an American university from Hartford (Connecticut) destroyed the entire evidence base regarding the death of the dictator. According to their version, the badly damaged skull bone did not belong to Adolf Hitler at all. She didn't belong to a man at all. It was a fragment of a woman's skull. Moreover, the woman at the time of her death was in the prime of her life - 35-40 years old.

This statement caused a big scandal. FSB officers completely refused to acknowledge its authenticity. And later they also expressed a version of the error Soviet soldiers who collected the remains.

It looks like this matter will never be resolved. Although, nowadays, most often, the “surviving” Hitler and his doubles become the heroes of memes rather than major scientific disputes.

Both of Adolf Hitler's parents came from the rural Waldviertel region of Austria, near the Czech border. Hitler's father, Alois, was born on June 7, 1837 to unmarried 42-year-old Maria Anna Schicklgruber. Alois's father (Adolf Hitler's grandfather) is unknown. There were rumors that he was the son of a wealthy Jew, Frankenberger, for whom Maria Anna worked as a cook. When Alois was almost five years old, a certain Johann Georg Hidler married Maria Schicklgruber. The surname Hiedler (in ancient metrics also written as Hüttler) sounded unusual for an Austrian and resembled a Slavic one. Five years later, Maria, Adolf Hitler's grandmother, died. Stepfather Johann Georg abandoned his stepson, and Alois was raised by his stepfather’s brother, Johann Nepomuk Hidler, who had no sons. At the age of 13, Alois ran away from home and first got a job as a shoemaker's apprentice in Vienna, and after 5 years - in the border guard. He quickly moved up the ranks and soon became senior customs inspector in the town of Braunau.

Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler

In the spring of 1876, Nepomuk, who wanted to have a son, even if not his own, adopted Alois, giving him his last name. It is unknown for what reason she was slightly changed during adoption - from Hiedler to Hitler. Six months later, Nepomuk died, and Alois inherited his farm worth 5,000 florins. A lover of love affairs, Adolf Hitler's father already had an illegitimate daughter. Alois first married a woman 14 years older than him, but she divorced him when he had an affair with the cook Fanny Matzelsberger. In addition, Alois was attracted by the granddaughter of his adoptive father Nepomuk, sixteen-year-old Clara Pelzl, who was formally his cousin. In 1882, Fanny gave birth to a son from Alois, named after his father, and then a daughter, Angela. Alois was legally married to Fanny, but she died in 1884.

Even before this, Alois entered into a love affair with the calm, gentle Clara Pelzl. In January 1885 he married her, having received special permission from Rome to do so, since new wife formally she was a close relative of him. IN coming years Clara gave birth to two boys and one girl, but they all died. On April 20, 1889, Clara’s fourth child, Adolf, was born.

Clara Pelzl-Hitler - mother of Adolf Hitler

Three years after this, Alois was promoted, and Adolf Hitler's parents moved from Austria to the German city of Passau, where the young Fuhrer forever adopted the Bavarian dialect. When Adolf was almost five years old, his parents had another child - son Edmund. In the spring of 1895, Hitler's family moved to Hafeld, a village fifty kilometers southwest of Linz. The Hitlers lived in peasant house with a field of almost two hectares and were considered wealthy people. Soon his parents sent Hitler to primary school, whose teachers later remembered him as “a student with a lively mind, obedient, but playful.” Even at this age, Adolf showed oratorical abilities and soon became a leader among his peers. At the beginning of 1896, a daughter, Paula, was also born into the Hitler family.

The house in Braunau where Hitler's family lived and where he was born

Alois Hitler retired from customs, leaving behind the memory of a diligent employee, but a rather arrogant man who loved to be photographed in his official uniform. His tendencies as a family tyrant brought him into sharp conflict with his eldest son and namesake. At the age of 14, Alois Jr. followed his father’s example and ran away from home. Hitler's family moved again - to the town of Lambach, where they settled in a good apartment on the second floor of a spacious house. In 1898, young Adolf graduated from school with twelve “units” - the highest mark in German schools. In 1899, Hitler's father bought a cozy house in Leonding, a village on the outskirts of Linz.

Adolf Hitler in 1889-1890

After the escape of Alois Jr., his father began to train Adolf. He also thought about running away from his family. Already at the age of eleven, Adolfe aspired to leadership. In a photograph from that year, he sits among his classmates, towering over his comrades, with his chin raised and his arms folded across his chest. Adolf discovered a talent for drawing. The young Fuhrer was very fond of war games and Indians, and read books about the Franco-Prussian War.

Adolf Hitler with classmates (1900)

In 1900, Adolf Hitler's brother Edmund died of measles. Adolf dreamed of becoming an artist, but in 1900 his parents sent him to the Linz real school. Big city produced a boy strong impression. He did not study particularly well, especially in natural science subjects. Among his classmates, Adolf Hitler became a leader. “Two extremes of character merged in him, a combination of which is extremely rare in people - he was a calm fanatic,” one of his fellow students later recalled.

On January 3, 1903, the head of the Hitler family, Alois, died in a beer hall from a stroke. His widow began to receive a good pension. Family tyranny is now a thing of the past. Adolf studied worse and worse and dreamed of becoming a great artist. His older half-sister Angela married a tax inspector from Linz, Leo Raubal. “He lacked self-discipline, he was wayward, arrogant and quick-tempered... He reacted very painfully to advice and comments, at the same time demanding from his classmates unquestioning submission to him as a leader,” one of his Linz students recalled about the then Adolf Hitler teachers. The Hitler boy was very fond of history, especially stories about the ancient Germans. Adolf finished his last, fifth grade at a real school in Steyr, forty kilometers from Linz. Final exams in mathematics and German language he passed only on the second try (1905). Now he could continue his studies at a higher real school or technical institute, but, having an aversion to technical sciences, he convinced his mother that this was unnecessary. At the same time, Adolf referred to a pulmonary disease that then appeared in him.

He continued to live in Linz, read a lot, painted, went to museums and the opera house. In the fall of 1905, Hitler became friends with August Kubizek, who was studying to be a musician. They became very close. Kubizek bowed to his comrade, who often spoke in his presence. Hitler told Kubizek about his sublimely romantic love for a certain Stefanie Jansten, a beauty of the “Nordic type”, to whom he never dared to confess his feelings. On this occasion, Hitler even planned to jump from the bridge into the Danube. He told Kubizek about his plans to rebuild the whole of Vienna (planning, among other things, to erect a 100-meter steel tower there). In the spring of 1906, Adolf spent a month in Vienna, and the trip there strengthened his intention to devote his life to painting and architecture.

Hitler's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. In January 1907, she had one breast removed. In September 1907, Hitler, having received his share of the inheritance, about 700 crowns, with the consent of his mother, who constantly spoiled him, went to Vienna to enter the Academy of Arts. But he failed the exam. In October 1907, the Jewish doctor Bloch, who was treating Klara Hitler, informed Adolf that she was in very bad condition. Adolf returned home from Vienna and selflessly looked after his mother, sparing no money for her treatment. On December 21, Clara died, and her son mourned her dearly. “In all my practice,” Dr. Bloch later recalled, “I have never seen a more inconsolable person than Adolf Hitler.”