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Hitler’s death in. See Hitler’s death/suicide

Hitler’s refusal to leave 57–58, 66

Hitler’s wedding in, 98–100

life in 53–54, 68, 76–78, 79, 87–88, 90, 91

post–war searches of 236–237, 236–237, 255–264

power struggles in 70–71, 72–74, 93–94

suicide/murder pacts in 76–78, 80, 85, 87, 90, 101, 104, 127–128

Führergeburtstag (Führer’s birthday), observances of 59–64

GARF (Gosudartstennyy Arkhiv Rossyskov Federatisii / Russian State Archive) 3, 4–12, 18, 22–23, 25–38, 39–46, 165, 194–199, 224, 225–235, 246–247, 253, 258

Geising, Dr. Erwin (Hitler’s personal doctor) 61

Goebbels, Josef 39, 69, 70–71, 72, 75, 80, 99, 104–105, 111, 115, 116, 126–129, 136, 142, 144, 146, 164, 167, 186–187, 238, 251, 254

Goebbels, Magdalena 72, 77, 78, 80, 82, 94, 100, 111, 126–128, 136, 142, 144, 146, 238

Goebbels children 72, 77, 126, 126–128, 146, 238

GÖring, Reich Vice-Chancellor Hermann 60, 63, 70, 71, 72–74, 83, 104

Greim, General Ritter von (Luftwaffe Aviation Minister 1945) 81–84, 86, 93–96, 192

Günsche, Otto (SS officer / Hitler’s personal aide-de-camp) 43–44, 55, 57, 58, 66, 111, 156, 163, 164, 167–174, 177–180 passim , 185, 193, 196, 203–205, 210–212, 217–219, 234–235, 248–249, 250, 255, 259, 261, 290, 296–303 passim , 306

Harriman William Averell (US ambassador to USSR 1945) 186, 187

Heusermann, Käthe (Hitler’s dental assistant) 140–141, 145, 157–158

Himmler, Heinrich 60, 90–92, 93, 96–97, 104, 105, 164, 207, 291, 295–296

History Channel 20–22, 285

Hitler, Adolf

atom bomb project of 64

birthday in bunker 59–61, 62–64

and death of Blondi (dog) 105, 290–291, 292

death/suicide of. See Hitler’s death/suicide

declining health of 61, 68, 72, 92, 270

evacuation plans of 56–58, 92, 93

and Himmler betrayal 90–91, 93–94, 104, 105

last goodbyes of 109–112

last will and testaments 100–105, 116

letter to Keitel 106

life in bunker 68, 69, 83, 91, 108

marriage to Eva Braun 98–100

paranoia of 69, 81, 83, 290

refusal to leave bunker 57–58, 66, 85–86, 92

and relationship with Baur (his pilot) 208

search for (initial) 13–16, 113–117, 118, 129, 149–150

suicide resolve of 69, 72, 85, 87, 101, 105, 106

Hitler artifacts

last wills and testaments 266, 267

Moscow exhibition (2000) 17–18

medical x–rays 269, 270, 271, 272–274, 305

parts of bloodied sofa 30–31, 34, 233–235, 257–258, 262

photographs 33–34, 233–234, 246

skull fragments 6, 8, 10–12, 17, 18, 32, 35–57, 125, 162, 224, 226–233, 235, 246, 248, 259, 305

teeth / dental bridges 143–144, 158, 163, 224, 232, 265, 269, 272–273, 275–281, 284–285, 300–301, 305–307

tunic/jacket 135

visitors’ log 61–63

wedding certificate 266

Hitler’s death/suicide

American investigation of 269–271

announcements of 41, 115–116, 188

autopsy 159–163, 237, 239–240, 263, 279, 292

British investigation of 191–194, 302–303

burning/burials/disinterments 43–44, 146–147, 156–157, 187, 190, 238–246

circumstances of 159–163, 174, 177–178, 193–194, 211, 213, 215, 217–219, 230–235 passim , 251–262 passim , 293–294, 297–299, 302–303, 305–307

cover-up of by Stalin/Soviet intelligence 185, 186–190, 194–199, 202, 241, 264, 266, 271, 311

discovery of remains 136, 138–140, 143–148, 153–157, 237–238

Soviet Union’s investigation of 39–45, 51–52, 123, 153–163, 174, 177–179–185, 194–199, 203–219, 235–246, 248–264

Hitler files (in Soviet/Russian archives) 5, 123, 125, 134–148, 163, 195, 224, 269. See also FSB, archives of; Russian State Military Archives; GARF

Höfbeck, Hans (SS officer) 43–44, 252, 254

Hopkins, Harry (US diplomat) 186–187

Jodl, General Alfred 69, 70, 106

Junge, Traudl (Hitler secretary) 79, 80, 86, 100–104, 109–110, 111, 173–174, 290, 291

Keitel, Marshal Wilhelm 60, 69, 106

Kempka, Erich (Hitler’s chauffeur) 61, 63, 88, 151–152, 186, 192, 302–303, 306

KGB 122, 241

Klausen, Lt. Colonel (Soviet) 239–240

Klemperer, Victor (philologist) 102

Klimenko, Lt. Colonel (Soviet) 154

Kobulov, General (Soviet / NKVD) 174–175

Koenig, Colonel T.J. (US intelligence) 266–267

Koller, General Karl (German) 70

Konev, Marshal Ivan (Soviet) 55, 75, 113

Korotaev, Vladimir Ivanovich (RGVA archivist) 164–168 passim , 183, 200–202

Krebs, General Hans (German army Chief of Staff 1945) 57, 69, 105, 106, 111, 114–115, 117, 146, 148, 161, 173, 238

Krüger, Else (Bormann’s secretary) 174, 192

Kruglov, Sergei (head of NKVD 1946) 212, 236, 250, 263–264

Kunz, Helmut (SS officer / dentist) 127–128

Laboratory of Solid State Physics ( Laboratoire de Physique des Solides , France) 286, 300

Leonov, Leonid (Russian author) 13

Linge, Heinz (SS officer / Hitler’s valet) 55–72 passim , 88, 110, 111, 112, 151, 156, 174, 183, 184, 203–207, 212, 213–215, 219, 231–232, 234–235, 248–262 passim , 290–300 passim , 306

Litvin, Alexei (Soviet curator) 18–19

Lubyanka, the 122. See also FSB, archives of

Manziarly, Constanze (Hitler’s cook in bunker) 174

Maximova, Ella (Russian journalist) 36

Mengele, Dr. Josef, 16

Mengershausen, Oberscharführer Harri 153, 154, 155–157, 183

Merkulov, V. N. (Soviet intelligence) 197

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet). See NKVD

Mironenko, Sergei (Director Russian State Archives until 2016) 8–9, 10, 18–19

Misch, Rochus (telephone operator in bunker) 63, 76, 91, 209–210

Molotov, V yacheslav Mikhailovich (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs 1945) 195–196, 197–198, 199

Morrell, Dr. Theodor (Hitler’s personal doctor) 55, 77–78, 270

Moscow Exhibition 2000 (“Agony of the Third Reich: the Punishment”) 17–19

Mussolini, Benito 107

NKVD (Soviet People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs / Ministry of Internal Affairs) 174, 175–179, 194, 198, 203–219 passim

Nokhotovich, Dina Nikolaevna (GARF archivist) 7, 9, 19, 20, 22, 25–38, 45, 165, 227–233 passim , 246–247, 309

Odessa network, 16

Operation “Archive” (Soviet intelligence) 240–246

Operation “Myth” (Soviet intelligence) 199, 202, 212, 236–237, 239, 248–264

Orlov, Alexander (in Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) , 123–124, 223, 225, 230, 265, 275, 287–289

Paparov, Colonel (Soviet NKVD) 174–175

Peters, Lana 3–4, See also Stalin, Svetlana

Potsdam Conference 190

Poupon, Joël (French scientist) 294

Putin, Russian President Vladimir 8, 17, 225

Quandt, Harald (Magda Goebbel’s son) , letter to 94–95

Rattenhuber, SS General Johann (Hitler’s head of security) 180–183, 193, 196, 248, 251, 254, 290

Reitsch, Hanna (German flying ace) 81–83, 84–86, 91, 92, 93–97

Ribbentrop, Joachim von (Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs 1945) 60, 73

Rings, Erich (radioman in bunker) 41

Rogovaya, Larisa Alexandrovna (Director GARF) 4, 7–8, 9, 10–12, 19, 22–23, 24