Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death

Several achromatic variations of the same portrait of Hitler with cosmetic variations concealing his natural likeness
In 1944 (prior to D-Day), the United States Secret Service imagined several ways Hitler could potentially disguise his appearance to evade capture.[1]

Fringe and conspiracy theories about the death of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, contradict the accepted fact that he committed suicide in the Führerbunker on 30 April 1945. Stemming from a campaign of Soviet disinformation, most of these theories hold that Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, survived and escaped from Berlin, with some asserting that he went to South America. In the post-war years, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) investigated some of the reports, without lending them credence. The 2009 revelation that a skull in the Soviet archives long (dubiously) claimed to be Hitler's actually belonged to a woman has helped fuel fringe theories.

While the claims have received some exposure in popular culture, they are regarded by historians and scientific experts as disproven conspiracy theories. Eyewitnesses and Hitler's dental remains demonstrate that he died in his Berlin bunker in 1945.

  1. ^ Macias, Amanda (31 March 2015). "All of the ways US intelligence thought Hitler may try to disguise himself". Business Insider. Retrieved 31 January 2025.

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