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What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
After World War II, 50 percent of Americans polled said they didn’t believe Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide in their bunker in 1945, as captured Nazi officials claimed. Instead, they believed the dictator faked his death and escaped, perhaps to Argentina.
This wasn’t a crazy opinion: Joseph Stalin told Allied leaders that Soviet forces never discovered Hitler’s body and that he personally believed the Nazi leader had escaped justice.
At least two German submarines crossed the Atlantic and landed on the coast of Argentina in July 1945. Plus, there were numerous reports of top Nazi officials successfully fleeing to South America, where there was a large German colony.
So what really happened?
Popular history writer Robert J. Hutchinson, author of What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination, takes a fresh look at the evidence and discovers, once and for all, the truth about Hitler’s last week in Berlin. Among the questions the book explores are:
- What did surviving Nazi eyewitnesses really say about the Führer’s final days in the bunker - and could they have been lying to aid Hitler’s escape?
- If Hitler didn’t escape, why did the Allies not find his body?
- What about Hitler’s proven use of body doubles? Could Hitler have used a body double in the bunker while he and Eva Braun flew to safety in a long-range aircraft that took off from a runway in Berlin’s Tiergarten?
- Why did the FBI continue to investigate reports of Hitler’s survival for more than a decade after World War II - reports that were only declassified in 2014?
- What about sensational claims in books such as The Grey Wolf that Hitler and Eva Braun lived in an isolated chalet in the Andes - and that Hitler died in 1962?
- Why were forensic tests on crucial physical evidence only conducted in 2016, more than 70 years after World War II ended?
- And much more
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- james
- 14-03-24
interesting
there were some interesting facts in here but it seemed vague in places. other than that it was good.
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- Janet Jones
- 14-08-23
Interesting....
and informative throughout the book, even though the author did repeat himself on several occasions. The narrator was very good.
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- Phillip stead
- 03-10-22
Could be half the length
Good story but repeats itself over and over to fill it out. Only problem with the narrater is that he takes time to pronounce the names. No research done on the names beforehand.
Worth a listen tho
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- d a oliver
- 05-05-23
Well written
Interesting listen. Well performed. A few issues with the book skipping back but nothing major
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- graham
- 01-05-24
The unbiased view of Hitlers life
I began this book thinking that it would be another poorly researched record of what happened to Hitler in the bunker. On completion, this audio book is so much more. I thought that I had a reasonable understanding of the final weeks of the third reich but the depth of academic research is a joy to anyone with interest in the war.
The book not only covers the final weeks in the bunker but also much about his younger life and attempts that were made to assassinate him by his own staff.
The research is convincing and extensive and explores a number of different theories with an evidence led approach.
A highly enjoyable and interesting read.
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- misshappy
- 11-03-22
A good book for beginners
This is a good book for beginners in the subject although I personally found nothing new or revelatory, it was well and narrated and informative but when it comes down to it you cannot believe politicians or government's since their inception so when it comes down to Hitler's death your guess is as good as mine and anyone else's, good book just nothing new
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- Nathan Probets
- 11-04-23
The death of Nazi
A great listen well narrated. Was a bit dubious at first but a good listen. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-23
Excellent reading
Brilliant. Puts an end to all conspiracy theories. Well narrated and deals only with facts
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- Helliemoo
- 08-08-23
Fascinating
This book is both fascinating and informative. I’ve learnt such a lot. I’d definitely recommend
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- Stephen
- 11-06-24
An interesting look a disturbing subject
The attempt to remain objective was appreciated.
I personally accept the balance of probability that Hitler did not escape Germany in 1945 and did die in the furerbunker.
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