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The Specter of Hitler's Survival

Historical Blindness

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The Shocking Truth About Hitler's Death, a Case of Self-Inflicted Gunpowder

The teeth and a portion of the jaw taken from those burned remains were identified by Hitler's dentist as belonging to him. They remained in a separate archive of Soviet records, further demonstrating how divided the investigation had been between rival Soviet intelligence agencies. Charliè suggested that the teeth could be matched to the skull fragment, and if there were no trace of gunpowder on them, a case could be made that Hitler shot himself. His findings were published in 2018 in the European Journal of Internal Medicine. These findings are not certain, as DNA testing would be required to determine with any certainty that the skull fragment and jaw were from the same individual. And that individual's cause of death still cannot be pinpoint

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