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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.
- Last Will and Testament
The last will was a short document signed on 29 April at...
- Conspiracy Theories
Hitler depicted by the US Secret Service in 1944 to show how...
- Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an...
- Battle of Berlin
Death of Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials;...
- Cyanide Poisoning
Signs and symptoms Acute exposure. If hydrogen cyanide is...
- Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery (German: Reichskanzlei) was the...
- Ruhr Pocket
The Ruhr pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place...
- World War II in Europe
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main...
- Last Will and Testament
Joseph Stalin, second leader of the Soviet Union, died on 5 March 1953 at his Kuntsevo Dacha after suffering a stroke, at age 74. He was given a state funeral in Moscow on 9 March, with four days of national mourning declared.
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountains, whilst its western boundary is defined in various ways. [1] Most definitions include the countries of ...
Death. The human skull is used universally as a symbol of death. Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. [1] The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. [2] Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms.
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
On 5 December 1791, the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at his home in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death have attracted much research and speculation.
On 21 January 1924, at 18:50 EET, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the October Revolution and the first leader and co-founder of the Soviet Union, died in Gorki aged 53 after falling into a coma. [1] The official cause of death was recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels. [2] Lenin was given a state funeral and then buried in a specially ...
