Russia reveals details of Hitler’s last hours

The Federal Security Service has published top secret testimony from Nazi leader’s pilot

Photo taken from G. Baur during the arrest. “After the flight during the election campaign. September 2, 1932”. Hans Baur is in the center in a flight suit. © FSB Center for Public Relations
Russia’s Federal Security Service (the successor of the KGB) has declassified documents from the case file of Adolf Hitler’s personal pilot on Friday, revealing details of the final hours of the Nazi dictator. Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, just days before Soviet troops captured Berlin, effectively ending World War II in Europe. His body had been doused with gasoline and burned.

Lieutenant General Hans Baur who worked for Hitler for more than a decade, was captured by Soviet soldiers on May 2, 1945, and faced trial in Moscow. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) published previously classified documents from Baur’s file. The papers from the FSB’s Novgorod region branch include Baur’s handwritten autobiography and its translation from German, as well as his testimony.

Baur described his last conversation with Hitler which took place on April 30, 1945, shortly before the Nazi leader and his wife Eva Braun took their own lives. According to Baur, during his final days Hitler almost never left his quarters, looking old and fragile. His hands, as Baur claimed, trembled, and his intention was clear.

“Hitler met me in the hall and led me to his room. He gave me his hand and said: ’Baur, I want to say goodbye to you, I want to thank you for all the years of service,’” the pilot recalled.

Then, according to Baur’s testimony, Hitler wanted to give him his favorite painting – Rembrandt’s portrait of the Prussian King Frederick the Great – as a gift. Baur, in his turn, tried to persuade Hitler not to commit suicide saying that in this case “everything would fall apart.”

“My soldiers cannot and do not want to hold out any longer. I can’t take it anymore,” was Hitler’s response.

He revealed to Baur that he had ordered to burn his and Braun’s corpses “immediately” after death. Hitler explained this wish by the fear that their bodies would have a similar fate to that of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress whose bodies, after their April 1945 execution, were hung up for public viewing in Milan.

A couple of hours after the conversation, which he spent burning the documents and preparing to leave Berlin, Baur returned to collect the Rembrandt masterpiece and found out that “everything was over:” Hitler and Braun’s corpses had already been set on fire.

“Several SS guards ran up and down excitedly. I asked, ‘Is it over?’ – ‘Yes’. ‘Where are the bodies?’ ’They [the bodies of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun] have been wrapped in blankets, doused with gasoline, and they are already burning upstairs in the garden of the Imperial Chancellery. Then I was told that Hitler had shot himself. <…> Someone said: ‘We need to wipe up the pools of blood’…”

On May 13, 1945, employees of the Smersh counterintelligence department in the garden of the Reich Chancellery discovered the burial place of the charred corpses of A. Hitler and E. Braun, "the authenticity of which was confirmed by numerous forensic medical examinations,” the FSB said, commenting on the declassified documents.



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Hans Baur was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the Soviet Union in 1950 but was released five years later. He was imprisoned by the French for about two years until 1957. Later that year he returned to West Germany where he died in 1993 at the age of 95.

Over the years, Hitler’s suicide story has been disputed. In 2009, American researchers claimed that the skull fragment shown at an exhibition in Moscow was not Hitler’s. The head of the FSB’s archives, Vasily Hristoforov refuted those claims at the time saying that the Soviet forensic investigation had clearly proved the authenticity of the remains.

Hitler’s remains were buried in Magdeburg, Germany in 1946, but the Soviet government grew concerned that the burial site could become a shrine for Hitler’s followers, so it secretly exhumed the grave in 1970 and destroyed its contents. Moscow decided to keep the fragments of the skull and jaw that had been used to identify the Nazi leader.

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Many people still don't know that Russia won the second world War....

And they will win the third world war.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia.

If not for Russia the 2nd world war would have gone on far longer than it did. Those guys meant war and were ready.

Kingsnairaland:
Many people still don't know that Russia won the second world War....

And they will win the third world war.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia.

If Russia won the 2nd World War the Soviet union would not have Collapsed

Putin's Collapse will be bigger than that of the Soviet Unions

It was the Allies that Won the 2nd World War

This is a warning for Putin not to end up like Hitler

So shall the end of Putin be.

Leboska:
So shall the end of Putin be.

Wet dream.

Hitler thought he was God

How these people even get others to work for them is shocking

It is hard for the wicked to have peace, as hittler could not even have RIP till now.

Strong man

[quote author=Kingsnairaland post=112397940][/quote]It was God almighty that won the war. Russia was never match to Hitler. God used natural phenomenon to end Hitler reign.

True. Unfavorable weather turned the tide of the war in favor of Russia.

okeysoninv:
It was God almighty that won the war. Russia was never match to Hitler. God used natural phenomenon to end Hitler reign.

[quote author=christistruth01. post=112398226][/quote]

Who captured Berlin is who won war directly.

Historian's know that Russia did the leg work and won the war.

Search for lord of War in telegram to see how they match into danger to clear Ukraine fighters on foot.

Russia has captured land size as big as UK in Ukraine.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia. No one jokes with the red army of Russia.

christistruth01:


If Russia won the 2bd World War the Soviet union would not have Collapsed

Putin's Collapse will be bigger than that of the Soviet Unions

It was the Allies that Won the 2nd World War

This is a warning for Putin not to end up like Hitler

Who captured Berlin is who won war directly.

Historian's know that Russia did the leg work and won the war.

Search for lord of War in telegram to see how they match into danger to clear Ukraine fighters on foot.

Russia has captured land size as big as UK in Ukraine.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia. No one jokes with the red army of Russia.

Kingsnairaland:


Who captured Berlin is who won war directly.

Historian's know that Russia did the leg work and won the war.

Search for lord of War in telegram to see how they match into danger to clear Ukraine fighters on foot.

Russia has captured land size as big as UK in Ukraine.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia. No one jokes with the red army of Russia.

You actually think the US and UK invaded Germany as Spectators ?
And also who Won the Cold War ?

Kingsnairaland:


Who captured Berlin is who won war directly.

Historian's know that Russia did the leg work and won the war.

Search for lord of War in telegram to see how they match into danger to clear Ukraine fighters on foot.

Russia has captured land size as big as UK in Ukraine.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia. No one jokes with the red army of Russia.

For posterity sake, I think it’s safe to say that the Allied forces won. While Soviet did the leg work to Berlin, UK and the US were on another theaters too. It’s wrong to give the Soviet all the credit cos they didn’t single-handedly defeated the Nazis.

Kingsnairaland:
Many people still don't know that Russia won the second world War....

And they will win the third world war.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia.

Lol.

Google “lend-lease ww2” then come back to comment on who actually won the war against germany, italy and japan.

While at it, read up on the soviets’ position before receipt of assistance from the USA.

sunboy:


For posterity sake, I think it’s safe to say that the Allied forces won. While Soviet did the leg work to Berlin, UK and the US were on another theaters too. It’s wrong to give the Soviet all the credit cos they didn’t single-handedly defeated the Nazis.

no mind these putin puppets. Without operation overlord declared by u s/allied forces by entering Normandy, France at midnight of June 6 1944, so its would not have been able to fight Nazis. At best at all, may be they would just mange to remove them from Stalingrad, and a few cities the Germans initially dominated. As for the rest of major Europe, like Spain, France, Poland,Belgium, Netherland, Austria, greece Cyprus, forget it, they were liberated by u.s, while soviets from that point, taking advantage of the fight from two fronts against Germany, began to fight them from Stalingrad, and clear small territories around Russia, like latvia

Kingsnairaland:
Many people still don't know that Russia won the second world War....

And they will win the third world war.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia.

Stop trying to twist history. Read Carefully.

US credited

In contrast, Americans, Germans and the French believe the U.S. war effort ultimately was the most significant contribution in achieving victory in Europe, according to a survey conducted by British pollster YouGov. Recent polls conducted in Russia, however, show Russians are convinced they’re the ones deserving the main credit for Hitler’s defeat — a reflection, possibly, of the huge death toll the country suffered in the war.

An estimated 25 million to 31 million Russians were killed in the conflict — 16 million of them civilians, and more than 8 million from the Red Army. Russians also point to the fact that Soviet forces killed more German soldiers than their Western counterparts, accounting for 76 percent of Germany’s military dead.

Some military historians say death tolls and the number of casualties shouldn’t be seen as reflecting necessarily what was crucial in the defeat of the Nazis. The Allied victory was more complicated than the heroic sacrifice of Soviet soldiers. Historian Anthony Beevor told Britain’s The Times newspaper that Stalin was more callous than Western leaders, who tried to minimize casualties

“The Red Army dispatched militiamen into attacks without any weapons and basically expected them to stop Panzer divisions with their own bodies,” he said. “They were suffering a 42 percent fatal casualty rate. They just threw away a quarter of a million lives.”

Others say Western attitudes toward the
Soviet Union are colored by the fact that Stalin concluded a nonaggression pact with Hitler in 1939 that was instrumental in allowing the Nazi leader to unleash a world war, before turning his attention to Russia.

The U.S. mobilized about the same number of troops as Russia but fought on more major front lines — not only in Europe but also in the Pacific and North Africa. American war production — its ability to churn out astounding numbers of bombers, tanks and warships — was possibly the key war-winning factor, say some historians, who point out American factories produced more airplanes than all of the other major war powers combined.

Kingsnairaland:


Who captured Berlin is who won war directly.

Historian's know that Russia did the leg work and won the war.

Search for lord of War in telegram to see how they match into danger to clear Ukraine fighters on foot.

Russia has captured land size as big as UK in Ukraine.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia. No one jokes with the red army of Russia.

You seem to know very little about ww2.

First, you assume it was just a war between USSR and Germany. It was called a world war for a reason.

Secondly, USSR was already losing the war at a very fast rate before Hitler made the wrong decision to bomb the UK, against the seasoned advice of his generals.

Resources were diverted by Hitler towards Stalingrad instead of Moscow. This alone plus the attack on UK was what saved USSR.

If you also know your military history well enough, you would understand that had Hitler being a real military tactician and strategist, he would have followed the blitzkrieg strategies completely to the latter and gotten sleeping europe in a couple of years.

It was the USA that saved the day. For all intents, USSR while suffering a large number of casualties, had only a limited territorial impact in the war.

The OP is either trying to twist facts or is seriously lacking in this subject.

If he makes these kinds of posts on places like Reddit or Twitter, his very shallow depth would be dredged in minutes.

He can only cast these beer parlor logic on Nairaland.

christistruth01:


If Russia won the 2nd World War the Soviet union would not have Collapsed

Putin's Collapse will be bigger than that of the Soviet Unions

It was the Allies that Won the 2nd World War

This is a warning for Putin not to end up like Hitler

which allies , they could not face hitler's jet engines....
russia won

christistruth01:


You actually think the US and UK invaded Germany as Spectators ?
And also who Won the Cold War ?

Cold War is not a physical war... Russia was spending to much to maintain those other useless nation attached to Russia.... That why Russia gave them independence....

sunboy:


For posterity sake, I think it’s safe to say that the Allied forces won. While Soviet did the leg work to Berlin, UK and the US were on another theaters too. It’s wrong to give the Soviet all the credit cos they didn’t single-handedly defeated the Nazis.

Russia did the hard work while the other ones did soft work.

truthCoder:


Lol.

Google “lend-lease ww2” then come back to comment on who actually won the war against germany, italy and japan.

While at it, read up on the soviets’ position before receipt of assistance from the USA.

Google who put their flag in Berlin first and who actually knew what happened to Hitler.

Kingsnairaland:


Cold War is not a physical war... Russia was spending to much to maintain those other useless nation attached to Russia.... That why Russia gave them independence....

Cold War was also a Physical War in many parts of the Globe it was why the first President of Congo and Emperor Selassie we’re both killed

Kingsnairaland:


Google who put their flag in Berlin first and who actually knew what happened to Hitler.

Dont talk like a child.

As at the time Berlin was won (by all the allies), the war was still going on in other places especially in the pacific section.

The nuclear bombs had not been dropped and Japan mainland didn’t even have one single allied soldier claiming any square millimeter.

Your argument is like saying Nigerian Civil war ended when Benjamin Adekunle landed in PH.

The soviets had very bad military tactics during ww2, sacrificing poorly armed soldiers in thousands.

The fact remains that the soviets were only able to push back Germany because Hitler made mistakes and America and UK got involved in the war.

Kingsnairaland:


Cold War is not a physical war... Russia was spending to much to maintain those other useless nation attached to Russia.... That why Russia gave them independence....

Why are you trying to re-write history?

There was a frigging coup due to how broke the corrupt communist soviet government was.

The whole world had moved on and basic things like disposable cups were not even existent in USSR. Even Nigeria was assembling better cars then than their Lada.

The soviet government crashed in the 80s/90s and it was the the western world that came to their rescue AGAIN..

Kingsnairaland:


Russia did the hard work while the other ones did soft work.

So in your own words, they both worked for the success of it. If US wasn’t facing Japan on its own theater Soviets may not have had a ride.

Credit should be given to whoever deserves it, don’t use your fanboy nonsense to distort the truth.

Op just being emotional...
No depth..
No research
Just hear say. Simple minded. The type of Nigeria's Gen Z or millennials. No depth.

It only on nairaland you have this audacity to try to rewrite history.

Post this on Reddit or Quora. Historians would have given you wotowoto.

Educate yourself before you start to embarrass your generation.

Christistruth00:


Cold War was also a Physical War in many parts of the Globe it was why the first President of Congo and Emperor Selassie we’re both killed

Cold War has no relationship with physical war.