EXACTLY 70 years ago today Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his wife of just
one day, Eva Braun, killed themselves.
Besieged in his Berlin Fuhrerbunker 30ft underground, the evil leader had
contemplated the total failure of the Third Reich.
Last-ditch attempts to appoint new leaders to his rapidly capitulating
forces had failed.
Here, in excerpts adapted from a fascinatingly detailed new book, Hitler's
Last Day, we look at the tyrant's final hours.
Sunday April 29, 12.10am: Adolf Hitler stands in the conference room of
the Fuhrerbunker, dictating his “political testament” to secretary Traudl
Junge.
The bunker, in the heart of Berlin, is protected by a 10ft-thick concrete
roof, and linked by a staircase to an older bunker higher up.
