In 1945, with Berlin about to fall to the Soviets, Adolf Hitler decided to kill himself, his new wife Eva Braun and their dog, Blondi (he also ordered her puppies shot. What did you expect? It was Hitler.) The Soviets came in and found the bodies in a bunker about seven hours after he died. After they were buried, Stalin figured Hitler shouldn't get off that easily, so he had their burned corpses exhumed and reburied, then took a part of his skull and his jawbone, because evidently Stalin didn't think much of photographic evidence.
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"That could just as easily be Charlie Chaplin."
Later, in 1970, the site that held the remains was set to be given back to East German control, but fearing a shrine or monument to their former adversary, the Soviets had a KGB team come in the middle of the night, dig up the bodies again, cremate them and spread the ashes in the Elbe River. For the Russians, the case was finally closed.
That is until 2009, when testing on "Hitler's skull" revealed it to have belonged to a woman under 40. Whoops. Either they got the wrong skull or Hitler was hiding a huge secret.
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"And this is where the Fuhrer's high-heels and extra brassieres were buried."
This hastily reopened the question: What happened to his body? The jawbone, also alleged to be Hitler's, is also in Russian possession, suspiciously being guarded under the pretense that it is "too fragile." With pressure building on the Russians to release it for testing, the mystery remains open. And there's always the outside chance that we'll find a 120-year-old Hitler living comfortably in a mansion in Argentina.
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He finally gave up genocide for a shot at engaging his true passion: performance art.
Read more: 6 Objects You Won't Believe People Managed to Lose | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/article_19201_6-objects-you-wont-believe-people-managed-to-lose.html#ixzz1NAOzFjU0
Via Hyperborean Vibrations
"That could just as easily be Charlie Chaplin."
Later, in 1970, the site that held the remains was set to be given back to East German control, but fearing a shrine or monument to their former adversary, the Soviets had a KGB team come in the middle of the night, dig up the bodies again, cremate them and spread the ashes in the Elbe River. For the Russians, the case was finally closed.
That is until 2009, when testing on "Hitler's skull" revealed it to have belonged to a woman under 40. Whoops. Either they got the wrong skull or Hitler was hiding a huge secret.
Getty
"And this is where the Fuhrer's high-heels and extra brassieres were buried."
This hastily reopened the question: What happened to his body? The jawbone, also alleged to be Hitler's, is also in Russian possession, suspiciously being guarded under the pretense that it is "too fragile." With pressure building on the Russians to release it for testing, the mystery remains open. And there's always the outside chance that we'll find a 120-year-old Hitler living comfortably in a mansion in Argentina.
Getty
He finally gave up genocide for a shot at engaging his true passion: performance art.
Read more: 6 Objects You Won't Believe People Managed to Lose | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/article_19201_6-objects-you-wont-believe-people-managed-to-lose.html#ixzz1NAOzFjU0
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