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photo: Front page of the US Armed Forces newspaper Stars and Stripes on 2 May 1945

Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin[a] after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe. Eva Braun, his longtime companion and wife of one day, also committed suicide by cyanide poisoning.[b] In accordance with Hitler's prior written and verbal instructions, that afternoon their remains were carried up the stairs and through the bunker's emergency exit to the Reich Chancellery garden, where they were doused in petrol and burned.[1][2] The news of Hitler's death was announced on German radio the next day, 1 May.[3]

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

One day we'll have a headline like that of our own.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

We’ve had a Luigi, we need a Mario next.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago

Ukraine needs a day like that. Almost everyone alive need a day like that.

Man, I just wanna have a job and a home for my family. Why do we put up with all these shitty people.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

Adolf Hitler died, yes, but what about second Hitler?