However, the story does not end here. There has long been a

suspicion that the Russians knew more than they were willing to

tell about what happened to the remains of Hitler and others,

notably Goebbels and his family, whose bodies were found in the

bunker. In 1968, a book entitled "The Death of Adolph Hitler:

Unknown Documents from the Soviet Archives" (AHlla ) provides

additional data.

According to the author of this report, the Russians found a

number of bodies underneath the ruins of the Chancellery, when

they occupied this area of Berlin on May 5, 1945. Among them

were two partially burned corpses, that of a man and a woman.

These were removed along with the other bodies later identified

as those of Goebbels . and his wive and children.

The two partially burned bodies were autopsied and on the

basis of the observations made were presumptively identified as

those of Adolph Hitler and his newly wedded wife, Eva Braun. The

autopsy protocols, which appear below seems to have been "edited".

Several points may be noted: (a) Contrary to other published

reports Hitler did not commit suicide by shooting himself. He

died by poison - the odor of cyanide was still detectable in his

mouth together with slivers of glass from the containing capsule.

(b) Confirmation of i the fact that the two bodies were in fact

those of Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun, comes mainly from dental

evidence. (c) In the body presumed to be that of Hitler,"the

left testicle could not be found either in the scrotum or on the

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spermatic cord inside the inguinal canal, nor in the small

pelvis."

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