On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. CLICK HERE
On April 30, 1945, Hitler and his wife of 40 hours, Eva Braun, ended their life in the Führerbunker with a cyanide pill and a gunshot. This video is part of an ongoing series commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II made possible by Bank of America.