Hitler’s Last 48 Hours In The Bunker

What happened to Hitler’s body? When did he die? What really happened in the last 48 hours of his life? In this extraordinary episode of ‘As It Happened’, historian Emma Craigie and Dan Snow discuss the final moments of the Fuhrer’s life in the bunker beneath the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.

Emma Craigie is the author of four books including the critically acclaimed novel ‘Chocolate Cake with Hitler’, and co-author of the Sunday Times best-seller ‘Hitler’s Last Day: Minute by Minute’

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:17 Battle of Berlin (April 1945)
00:09:19 00:00 (29th April) | Hitler sets out his plan
00:12:17 00:15 (29th April) | Goebbels’ family
00:17:19 01:00 (29th April) | Hitler and Eva marry
00:20:52 04:15 (29th April) | Goebbels’ Plea
00:22:24 07:00 (29th April) | Allies Advance
00:24:56 10:50 (29th April) | Hitler Wakes Up
00:28:41 12:00 (29th April) | Dachau Discovered
00:30:20 14:30 (29th April) | Hitler has lunch
00:32:39 14:45 (29th April) | Hitler’s Dog is K*lled
00:33:27 15:00 (29th April) | Hitler Youth Party in Reich Chancellery
00:34:31 18:00 – 22:00 (29th April) | Russians close in and German Army in Italy surrenders
00:37:07 01:30 (30th April) | Oath of Loyalty and Hitler’s Drug Problem
00:38:42 03:00 (30th April) | Hitler orders Himmler’s Execution
00:40:22 03:50 – 06:00 (30th April) | S*x Parties and the Dentist Chair
00:42:02 06:00 (30th April) | Hitler has “24 hours left”
00:42:53 07:30 (30th April) | Eva Braun and Hitler want to see the sun
00:44:19 08:30 (30th April) | Magda Goebbels Breaks Down
00:44:58 10:00 (30th April) | Churchill sets himself on fire
00:47:10 12:00 (30th April) | Hitler allows breakout and Eva gets dressed
00:49:07 12:45 (30th April) | Hitler’s Last Meal
00:50:03 14:30 (30th April) | Dönitz vs Himmler
00:51:14 14:45 (30th April) | Final Goodbyes
00:53:38 15:15 (30th April) | Gunshot is heard
00:54:37 15:30 (30th April) | Hitler and Eva’s S*icide
00:57:58 15:50 (30th April) | Removing Evidence
00:58:57 17:00 (30th April) | Generals’ Meeting and Dönitz Appointed Hitler’s Successor
01:01:24 19:30 (30th April) | Goebbels’ Children’s Last Sleep
01:03:05 20:00 – 23:55 (30th April) | General Krebs meets Zhukov and Russians plant flag on the Reichstag
01:05:06 23:55 (30th April) | Dönitz and Himmler’s Final Meeting
01:09:11 What Happened to Hitler’s Body?