Adolf Hitler definitely died in 1945 in Berlin, from taking cyanide and a bullet, according to French researchers who were given rare access to fragments of the dictator’s teeth held in Moscow.
“The teeth are authentic, there is no possible doubt. Our study proves that Hitler died in 1945,” Professor Philippe Charlier said.
“We can stop all the conspiracy theories about Hitler. He did not flee to Argentina in a submarine, he is not in a hidden base in Antarctica or on the dark side of the moon,” Professor Charlier said.
The study, which Professor Charlier co-authored with four other researchers, was published on Friday in the scientific magazine European Journal of Internal Medicine .
The analysis of Hitler’s bad teeth and numerous dentures found white tartar deposits and no traces of meat fibre — the dictator was vegetarian, Professor Charlier said.
In March and July 2017, Russia’s secret service the FSB and the Russian state archives authorised a team of researchers to examine the bones of the dictator, for the first time since 1946, he said.
Skull fragment
The French team was able to look at a skull fragment presented as being from the Fuhrer, which showed a hole on the left side which was in all probability caused by the passage of a bullet.
The fragment’s morphology was “totally comparable” to radiographies of Hitler’s skull taken a year before his death.
If this study confirms the generally accepted view that Hitler died on the 30 April, 1945, in his bunker with his companion Eva Braun, it also shed new light on the exact causes of death, he said.
