The Conspiracies

Today, a lot of people are unsure of how Hitler died. Two conspiracy theories are proposed. One of the conspiracy theories is that he was murdered. If he was murdered, no one knows who murdered him. The other conspiracy theory is that he committed suicide. Let’s examine both theories further.

The first conspiracy is that Hitler was murdered by someone else. At the time of Hitler's death, there was a gun at his side. This could mean that someone else could have shot him. It could have been someone from the Red Army, but it is still very unlikely, "The Soviets were just two days away from storming Hitler’s underground shelter in Berlin when the crazed Nazi leader committed suicide" (Oleg 1). This means that this conspiracy is not true, because Hitler committed suicide, “Nikolai Popel, however, writes that Soviet soldiers generally didn’t care much about Hitler’s fate. He recalls talking with the officer who captured the Reich Chancellery: - This bandit escaped in the last minute…only burnt flesh and bones are left” (1). This states that the Red Army did find Hitler dead and that they did not murder him. This theory does not work because there is not any evidence to prove that it does work. All of the evidence states against this conspiracy theory. 

The second conspiracy theory says that Hitler committed suicide, "Hitler and Braun were dead. Hitler had a bullet hole in his right temple" (Hitler’s Suicide: Nazi Shot Himself, Poisoned Eva Braun at WWII’s End - the Washington Post, 1). The head is usually where people shoot themselves when they want to committ suicide, “In all age groups, 55% of men and 30% of women used firearm” (Choi 1). This states that Hitler did in fact commit suicide; “After dictating his political testament, Hitler shot himself in his suite on April 30; Braun took poison. Their bodies were burned according to Hitler’s instructions” (“Adolf Hiter: Rise to Power, Impact & Death”1). There is evidence that proves that Hitler shot himself. For example, a few months after he passed away, his skull was found with a bullet hole in it (Frost 1). So, this theory is correct because of this evidence. Plus, all of the evidence points toward this conspiracy theory. 

Even though a lot of people are still unsure how Hitler died, there is evidence that he committed suicide. The evidence that proves that he committed suicide is there was a bullet hole in his skull and that there was a gun at his side around the time of his death. In the end, Hitler did committ suicide.