Did anyone ever recover Hitlers body?
Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He killed himself by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] Eva Braun, his wife of one day, committed suicide with him by taking cyanide.[lower-alpha 4] In accordance with Hitler's prior written and verbal instructions, that afternoon their remains were carried up the stairs through the bunker's emergency exit, doused in petrol, and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker.[1][2] Records in the Soviet archives show that their burnt remains were recovered and interred in successive locations until 1946.[lower-alpha 5] In 1970, they were again exhumed, cremated, and the ashes scattered.[lower-alpha 6]
Death of Adolf Hitler
General Hans Krebs met Soviet General Vasily Chuikov just prior to 04:00 on 1 May, giving him the news of Hitler's death, while attempting to negotiate a ceasefire and open "peace negotiations".[51][52] Stalin was informed of Hitler's suicide around 04:05 Berlin time, thirteen hours after the event.[53][54] He demanded unconditional surrender, which Krebs lacked authorisation to give.[55][56] Stalin wanted confirmation that Hitler was dead and ordered the Red Army's SMERSH unit to find the corpse.[57] In the early morning hours of 2 May, the Soviets captured the Reich Chancellery.[58] Inside the Führerbunker, General Krebs and General Wilhelm Burgdorf committed suicide by gunshot to the head.[59]