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Today In History: Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide In His Underground Bunker

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On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the … Read more