Daily Archives: April 18, 2015

The date 30 April 1945 is universally accepted as the day Adolf Hitler—Germany’s Führer and the most dominant Nazi dictator from 1933 to 1945 - met his end. According to the official historical narrative, Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin as Soviet forces closed in on the city, bringing an abrupt end to the Third Reich. This version of events has been repeated for decades and is documented in classical works such as The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.