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Essay Archive - The Rise and Fall of Hitlers Reich
The Rise and Fall of Hitlers Reich
Feeling that all was lost, Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. By orders
formally given by him before his death, SS officers immersed Hitler's body in
gasoline and burned it in the garden of the Chancellery. Soon after the suicide
of Hitler, the German forces surrendered. The war was officially over; however,
the world was only beginning to realize the extent of its horror. The rise and
sudden fall of Hitler had a sensational effect on people and nations around the
world.
On Easter Sunday Apri....
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