User:Faamita

Adolf Hitler
death of Adolf Hiter

There are several things that contributed to that rumor. At the end of the war the Russian at first claimed that Hitler's body had been discovered. However not long after Stalin decided that there was an advantage in claiming that the where abouts of Hitler was unknown. This would cause the Allies to continue keeping a close watch on the Germans fearing the return of Hitler and a new rise of Nazism. Some time later a German U-Boat, the U977 surfaced in South America. It had escaped all Allied anti-sub measures because it could stay under water for most, if not the whole trip, as it had a "snorkel," allowing it to get all the air needed while remaining below the water. Soon after several Latin American newspapers started speculating that Hitler had escaped on that submarine. There is no official record, but there was another U-Boat that also made its way to Latin America. Eventually one of its passengers made it to the U.S. many years later, and had enough evidence to convince me the story he told of his adventure was true. That submarine was scuttled after all its passengers made it to the South American shore. Could Hitler have escaped? It was possible, BUT what were his chances? There are witnesses that saw Hitler in the bunker when the Russian troops were within 4 blocks of the bunker. Few, if any, of the people in the bunker made a successful escape, Martin Bore man for example. Would Hitler have risked it? NO. Not long before he saw what had happened to his closest friend - Mussolini. Hitler was determining not to be caught alive, he was equally determined not to have his body found and put on display as was Mussolini's. So while there is the absolutely smallest possibility Hitler could have escaped, the OVERWHELMING odds are against it. I think you can VERY SAFELY say he died in Berlin in 1945. All those present in the Bunker, plus his driver, dentist, nurse, and private secretary agreed.