TRUTH about Hitler's Escape From Berlin - Forgotten History

[Music] the long running History Channel series hunting Hitler enthralled Millions with their exploring the conspiracy theories that Adolf Hitler somehow escaped the bunker in Berlin prior to the Soviet occupation and escaped to South America Hitler's death and supposed Escape has captivated millions of people for decades on April 30th 1945 it is established that Hitler died so what is fact what is fantasy why do people believe this story in the light of the facts could Hitler have escaped Berlin if so how what does the actual evidencesuggest why have the eyewitness testimonies of those in the bunker been dismissed by conspiracy theorists Hello I'm Heaton former history Professor Army and Marine Corps veteran and welcome to this episode of Forgotten history Adolf Hitler went into his bunker underground permanently in early February 1945 only to resurface on two or three occasions he celebrated his birthday on April 20th in the bunker with his closest Associates several of whom I your humble narrator interviewed the conspiracies surroundingHitler possibly escaping are easily challenged and from my years of research and interviews I am debunking the Hitler escapes story and here is how those in the bunker with whom I spoke at length over the years were in the best position to tell their stories and are listed in the sources vilhelm monkey SS General was personally appointed by Hitler as the commant for the defense of the Center District of Berlin which included the Reich Chancellor and fura bunker as Mony said after the fagal Line Court MarshalHitler stated again that he would not leave the bunker alive his force was the last line of defense with SS General Felix Steiner's Force as the outer defensive perimeter roko smish Hitler's bodyguard and telephone operator said when hanad a and F Grime came into the bunker they had to take the seats next to my telephone desk this was because Hitler wanted to appoint Fon Grime as the replacement for guring as head of the luva Grime would was shot in his calf by a bullet as they were landing on the street that had been prepared by Boweras an air strip he is referencing Lieutenant General hansbauer this was so that Hitler could fly out with them R Grime and others who believed that they could fly out and would want to she meaning R asked Hitler to go with them but he said no they then begged to at least take the Geral children with them but Magnus said no there would would all die with Hitler yet Dr yoseph Geral had said that he wanted the children taken out but he did not interfere I had heard that Dr helmet Quin went into the room after thechildren had been given candy and water and they were killed in my room but I never saw anyone but Magna go in but I could be wrong later was when Hitler and Ava Brown were married we already knew that they also wanted to kill themselves rather than be captured Hitler spoke of what happened to to melini he did not want that according to tr young Hitler's personal secretary she said a message was received at about 3:00 a.m. on 30 April field Marshall kitle sent Hitler the message that General Wink's 12th Army was surrounded there would be no one coming to Berlin to help Hitler then said that national socialism will die with me half an hour later Gera meaning G Christian myself and a fline Manar had tea with both of them then he gave us all Cod pills to take rather than be captured and then he signed the order and told us secretaries and doctors to leave rather than be captured the others could also leave I did not want to go but then Mish came inand read the order this was when he told us that he and ever would die together Rus smish related Hitler did not trust the cide capsules himler had given him so he had Dr hassi and Dr stumer come in and test one on Blondie his dog it worked so Hitler felt better about it those in the bunker were called upon to say goodbye to Hitler and brown and G Christian said that Hitler and brown said farewell to members of the fur bunker staff and fellow occupants including Martin Borman Yosef gerles and his family the secretaries and severalMilitary Officers he was determined not to be captured mated at 0600 I was asked by Hitler to have monkey come to see him which I did Mony arrived sometime later he had been directing combat operations Mona stated I arrived and Hitler invited me into his bedroom and we spoke briefly I told him the news that the Russians were only 300 M from from the right chancell and there was no relief force and he just nodded his head understanding that it was over I told him that I expected a great tank and infantry attack tomorrow morning on May1st I told him you know what May 1st means to Russians my furer Hitler said I know let me say that your troops have fought splendidly and I have no complaints then he spoke for a few minutes calling hler and guring traitors as well as some of the generals Gera Christian then said I heard something like a quiet bang and I thought nothing of it later hin linga came and told us that Hitler and AA were dead I saw the door opened Hitler and AA had already been taken out so I walked into his office and saw a blood stainabout the size of a hand on the rug next to the sofa Hitler's bodyguard auna stated after the furer was dead along with his wife we followed his order and took them both upstairs and outside for The Cremation we poured Benzene meaning gasoline on both of them and lit the fire later the same was done for the GBL family it was rather sad Hans Bower was not present during the deaths I had gone to see about the makeshift Airfield I had made in the tear Garden in case there was a way for escape after R and Fon Grime left Idoubted he meaning the fury would leave in in fact the Russians surrounding the area I could not see how he could Hitler said clearly that he would not leave Berlin when I arrived back Guna and the others had already lit the fires on their bodies I asked what had happened and they told me that was all I knew about that Ros smish added then Jor Krebs came to my phone and began negotiating with the Russians since Hitler was dead and the only way Krebs would have been able to negotiate with the Russians was in fact if Hitler wasdead this was when Borman had me send a message to Admiral duretz and he also tried to escape with Bower he stump begger and others Krebs Dr Nan and general lightling remained there after Dr gribbles was dead they tried to burn his body in the room but there was not enough oxygen Magna killed herself in the room upstairs where the children had died Krebs and general Bergdorf had shot themselves on May 1st Dr lwi stumer left the bunker with a group that included Martin Borman Hans Bower Walter H verer nman and Hitler Youth leader Arthuraxman axeman and B would be captured Bower suffering a leg amputation after his capture B was held until 1955 and also tortured for information about Hitler axeman avoided capture and lived under the name Eric SE for several months axman was finally arrested in Lubec in December 1945 when a Nazi underground movement was uncovered by a US Army Counter Intelligence operation axman told us officials that he interpreted The Gunshot damages to Hitler's temples as being secondary damage from a gunshot through the mouthdue to the jaw hanging Loosely and that Hitler's body was never properly ident identified because the gunshot destroyed his dental work in May 1949 a nberg tribunal sentenced axman to a prison sentence of 3 years and 3 months as a major offender but he was not found guilty of war crimes Rus smish was held in the Soviet Union until December 1953 his first year was in solitary confinement undergoing torture to extract information about Hitler the mystery has been alleged ly solved because in 2009 the US forensicteam announced that a piece of Hitler's skull held in Soviet archives was not actually Hitlers well that is not evidence in a later study French scientists analyzed fragments of Adolf Hitler's teeth that were in the Russian archive and by the way the piece of skull was female the research published in the European Journal of internal medicine in May 2018 seeks to end a conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death through scientific analysis of the dictator's teeth and skull on April 30th 1945 the Russiansclaimed to have found a fragment of Hitler's Jawbone and a dental bridge at his bunker the US Army hoped Dr Hugo yannes blashki Hitler's dentist would either confirm or deny that this was indeed a piece of Hitler's skull blaska kept his patient notes which listed untreated cavities crowns and chipped teeth with pieces broken off Hitler's remaining original teeth were discolored and loose he had gingivitis and needed extensive work one of his iners was also broken he had two old dental bridges andthe arch connecting the bridges caused annoyance because food particles got caught in it easily Hitler rejected a temporary replacement until the new Bridges were ready fearing it might affect his speech blaski had suggested that he get a removal prosthesis that could be taken out at meals gruesome pictures of the teeth published in the study show a jaw made mostly of metal at the time of his death they wrote in the report Hitler had only four remaining teeth the few there are misshapen Brown at the base and fleckedwith white tarar deposits the analysis corroborated frequently cited claims that Hitler was a vegetarian which is true but could not conclusively prove whether he took cide before the gunshot bluish deposits on his false teeth the researchers wrote suggest a variety of different hypotheses did some chemical reaction take place between his fake teeth and the cyanide at the moment of death during his cremation or while the remains were buried bl's interrogation explained the dental work which was corroborated with the laterexamination and what was recovered the great conspiracy theory that the fragments of skull were not Hitlers mean nothing there were dozens of bodies both male and female surrounding the bunker it could have been Ava Browns or Magna gbl's skulls in April 2018 the English publication of the Memoirs of a Russian interpreter revealed how she had been entrusted with a set of teeth in 1945 and tasked with cross-checking them against the dictator's dental records and they matched there is no possible doubt ourstudy proves that Hitler died in 19 45 the teeth are authentic there is no possible doubt co-author Philip charlier told efp by way of the Washington Post following the paper's publication on the European Journal of internal medicine a recently Declassified CIA document found that Hitler escaping to Argentina was a rumor so credible that the agency had investigated the matter as late as 1955 nearly a decade after the war ended the document which appears on the cia's website site highlights a former SSsoldier who told spies that he had regularly met with Hitler in Colombia Citron a CIA Source claimed to have contacted Hitler about once a month in Colombia on his trip from marra Kaio to that country as an employee of the KSM Royal Dutch shipping company in maraio that story was later debunked it has also been believed that Hitler managed to escape the bunker and somehow got out of Berlin and into Northern Germany and aboard u530 the ubot did not follow the order by Grand admal Carl durett surrender at War's end the ubot surrendered afterhaving arrived in Argentina and they surrendered to the Argentine Navy on July 10th 1945 at marao Plata all of the crew were taken into custody and Hitler was definitely not on board so ends the myth about Hitler living after the end of the war likewise it has also been presumed that Hitler managed to board the aircraft that carried leyon degil to Spain see our video on Leon de that aircraft crashed on the beach and deil was badly injured and all persons on board were accounted for and Hitler was not among them so wemay finally put to rest the theory that Hitler survived and escaped his fate in Berlin thank you for watching this episode of Forgotten history if you liked what you saw please click like share and subscribe and if you would like to assist with the ever increasing cost of production please consider becoming a channel member and joining our patreon page please check out our merchandise store and thanks for watching [Music]