European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Desperate final drama unfolded in ii fuehrer Bunko �0 feel underneath the bombed and burned Reich chancellors. By Omer Anderson Nan a staff writer Twenty years ago today Adolf Hitler killed himself firing u revolver shot through his Mouth in an air raid shelter under the Heidi s Chan Mellory in Berlin. The weird tragicomedy from the fuehrer s Bunker refuses to end de spite the passage of two decades an the compiling of volumes of tedious Legal evidence. West Berlin ally. Oen. Hum Huen Thor has just opened proceeding against killer. Indicting him for mass murder Between 1933 find ims to make certain Tinl killer should lie one Day turn up alive could be prosecuted. Guc Lher s action was characteristic of the present Day German attitude to Ward Hitler which is to treat him Asmore myth than Man. Today s germans prefer to pretend that killer never existed is singular and significant that despite his indictment in Uerlin Hitler is rarely mentioned by Hermans today. Most of those who shared Hitler s last hours Ore alive today and living incest Germany. Ills Valet Lar Liz i in go remembers Malter of factly the fuehrer and Eva were alone in one of the Bunker rooms Hon Braun took Poison. Hitler shot himself. I car ried his body out of the Bunker and Hen helped pour the gasoline Over it. Hans Baur Hitler s personal Pilot died several years ago Hli Story of Hitler s lost hours told and retold. Ploll living Are Harry mongers Hauson hit Ler s is bodyguard Otto Guon Scho. His is adjutant a Lur Axmann Leader of the Hitler youth and today expert on Trade with communist China for Fier Mun Industry Hannah pc Temh. The aviatrix. Now a flight ins Ductor i Ghana and Albert spacer the munitions minister who is in Berlin. Spandau Prno body pays any attention to any of hem and this it characteristic of the Utu tudo of Germain today toward the Hiuer Era news dealers were left with sucks of unsold magazines from Der Silecc and Quick killer issues which sued a news dealer in Bonn not a in. Who wants to go through All hat again even to read about it to tragicomedy in Hitler s Bunker began on april 80. 1h1 Hitler win Berlin crowd turns out to Hail Hiller in Palmier Day of the third Reich. Imit Lidzy. In he Middle of april Hitler and the third Reich had reached the end of the Road. Hitler s original plan was to leave forthe South on his birthday. The plan was for the government to leave Berlin an establish itself in the so called National redoubt in the heart of the bavarian Alps around Berchtesgaden. The conference on april 20 was the last at which All the nazi higher up were present Goring. Kin Imler Goebbels Rob Bontrop Bormann seer and Tho chiefs of the three military services. Their advice was that Hitler leave Berlin. But despite the planning Hitler still april 21, Hitler Ord cd an All out attack against the russians besieging Berlin. Hitler held out fantastic Hopes for the Success of his attack everyman was to be thrown in and any com Mander holding Back forces was o be the attack was never launched. It Fulcd in confusion amid which the russians smashed through Berlin s outer defences in he North. After denouncing everyone Aroundhim for treachery cowardice and bungling. Killer proclaimed Ilia the continued on Pago Iii Friday april 30, 1965 the stars and stripes Page 11
