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Reports of Adolf Hitler's Death (0:38)

An American news report describes the Allies' skepticism over Hamburg Radio's claim that Hitler had died on May 1, 1945, while fighting with his troops. Later, it was revealed that Hitler, along with his wife Eva Braun, had committed suicide the previous night.

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  • Reports of Adolf Hitler's Death
    Reports of Adolf Hitler's Death

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    An American news report describes the Allies' skepticism over Hamburg Radio's claim that Hitler had died on May 1, 1945, while fighting with his troops. Later, it was revealed that Hitler, along with his wife Eva Braun, had committed suicide the previous night.

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  • Goering and Hess Are Sentenced for War Crimes
    Goering and Hess Are Sentenced for War Crimes

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    On October 1, 1946, the verdicts of two top Nazi war criminals tried at Nuremberg, Hermann Wilhelm Goering and Rudolf Hess, are announced.

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  • The Executions at Nuremburg
    The Executions at Nuremburg

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    As an eyewitness to the executions at Nuremberg, news correspondent Arthur Gaeth describes the deaths and last words of the convicted Nazi war criminals in a broadcast on October 10, 1946.

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  • Adolf Eichmann on Trial
    Adolf Eichmann on Trial

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    News coverage discusses the defense strategy of attorney Robert Servatius as he represents Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organized Adolf Hitler's "'final solution of the Jewish question'" and who was scheduled to stand trial in Israel on April 11, 1961, for his crimes during World War II.

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    As Allied troops move across Europe, they encounter the horror of thousands of prisoners in Nazi camps.

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  • Death of Hitler
    Death of Hitler

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    What really happened on April 30th, 1945? Six decades after his supposed death, some people still believe Adolf Hitler didn't die in Germany.

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