What it was like in the bunker Hitler died in 71 years ago

While hiding in a fortified two level 3,000-square-foot underground bunker, oneof history's most brutal tyrants promised the world that his empire would reign for1,000 years.Hitler's Third Reich lasted 12 years,and officially ended on April 30, 1945, when the Fhrer committed suicide in his bunker with his new wife after learningAllied Forces had surrounded Berlin.Hitler's last hoursThe day before his death, 56-year-old Hitlermarried hislong-term mistress, 33-year-old Eva Braun.After his brief wedding ceremony Hitler beganpreparing hislastwilland political statement with his secretaryTraudl Junge at approximately 4:00 PM."What I possess belongs - in so far as it has any value, to the Party. Should this no longer exist, to the State; should the State also be destroyed, no further decision of mine is necessary," Hitler's will stated."I myself and my wife, in order to escape the disgrace of deposition or capitulation, choose death. It is our wish to be burnt immediately on the spot where I have carried out the greatest part of my daily work in the course of a twelve years' service to my people."Later on that day Hitler learned hisItalian counterpart Benito Mussolini wasexecutedby a mob ofanti-fascist partisans.Here's a summary of Hitler's last day as reported by MentalFloss:Hitler's bodySitting on a sofa next to each other in the living room of the Fhrerbunker, Hitler and his new bride Braun poisoned themselves with cyanide pills and then for good measure, the Nazi leader reportedly shot himself in the head.While various historians dispute the scenario of Hitler actually ending his life with a gunshot, the Russian government claimed they had aportion of Hitler's alleged skull complete with a bullet hole,The Guardianreports.The fractured skull, which was reportedly taken from thebunker went on public display in Moscow in 2000.Paired with the skull was what Russian intelligence said is Hitler's jawbone.Almost a decade later, American researchers claimed by way of DNA testing that the cranial fragment actuallybelonged to a woman approximately 40 years old,The Guardianreports.The orders to be "burnt immediately"were reportedly followed when SS officers wrapped the bodies of the Fhrer and Braun in blankets and then placed them on a small pyre where SS officer OttoGnsche set the remains ablaze.SEE ALSO:Amazing insight into what US intelligence knew about Hitler in 1943Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: We went inside a secret basement under Grand Central that was one of the biggest World War II targets
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