The death of Adolf Hitler

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🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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What do we really know about Adolf Hitler’s death? In this episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, historian and author Caroline Sharples tells Charlotte Vosper about the reporting that surrounded Hitler's final days in April 1945, the subsequent discoveries of biological evidence, and our ongoing fascination with finding out more – ultimately revealing what really happened in the Führerbunker in 1945. ----- GO BEYOND THE PODCAST If you’d like to find out more about the ongoing biomedical investigation into Hitler, then check out this HistoryExtra article about the recent testing of his DNA, extracted from a blood stain left in the bunker: https://bit.ly/414nl8w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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