This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Final Days of Hitler as Berlin Falls Into Ruin
SS Staff Sgt. Rochus Misch, Hitler's bodyguard, recalls the bunker scene on April 30 as Berlin faced apocalyptic battle. Hitler shot himself, Eva Braun died by cyanide, and their bodies were burned above ground while Soviet forces pressed the final assault on the city. Misch, 87, reflects on loyalty, the boss, and the war's end amid wartime carnage and chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Berlin
Berlin
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Rochus Misch
Hitler
Fuehrer
Misch
Germany
Eva Braun
Eva
Braun
Gestapo
SS Leibstandarte
Poland
Josef Stalin
Red Army
Joseph Goebbels
Martin Bormann
Berchtesgarden