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?








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Amazing propaganda. Let me enlighten all of you on here. Adolf fled to Argentina where he lived until 1962. I didn’t believe it either until I saw and researched all the likely true and accurate CIA and FBI documents disclosing his whereabouts. Why keep him alive? The USA had a new enemy, the USSR and Communism. Hitler and all of the people he saved which were high ranking Nazis and also scientists and engineers which helped America win the space race and develop new weapons technology. Trading top secret tech to stay alive and defeat the Russians through the USA was as good of a deal as they were going to get. Look it up for yourself. You’ll see. There’s no absolute proof of course but there a lot of compelling evidence leading to what I’m saying.
Meanwhile in 2025 britain. Muslims are raping and stabbing white britains and getting little to no jail time. Simultaneously white britains are being put in jail for years for wrong think.
Germans felt like losers after world war 1 and Hitler was able to manipulate that to put himself in power. He gave them a scapegoat to take their anger, bitterness, jealousy and entitlement out on.
They were even willing to sacrifice their own children to the Hitler Youth or in the case of the Goebbels. Yet, they were claiming to be looking out for their children by supporting/being Nazis.
“He was sure there would be a period when people hated them, but in the long run they would eventually be appreciated and seen as heroes.” Yeah, by Trump and his lackies
Fools are the ones to follow Hitler…
Hitler and Stalin are in Hell eternally for their stupid decisions… you should talk about their outcome…
Fantastic podcast
There is an incredible movie called Downfall that was based on this subject. It's supposed to be very historically accurate.
Someone tell Dan Snow Hitler was a WW1 vet. It was not the first time he'd been under fire
The general’s name is ‘Wenck’ not ‘Wenke’ where did that come from