Unit 6 Great man II- Passage (5/5)

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Dr. Goebbels

Bormann

Fuehrer

Adolf Hitler

Eva Braun

3:30 p.m.

Chancellor

Third Reich

 

They finished their farewells and retired to their rooms. Outside in the passageway, Dr. Goebbels, Bormann and a few others waited. In a few moments a revolver shot was heard. They waited for a second one, but there was only silence. After a decent interval they quietly entered the Fuehrer's room. They found the body of Adolf Hitler sprawled on the sofa dripping blood. He had shot himself in the mouth. At his side lay Eva Braun. Two revolvers had fallen to the floor, but the bride had not used hers. She had swallowed poison. It was 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 30th, 1945, ten days after Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday, and 12 years and three months to the day since he had become Chancellor of Germany and had instituted the Third Reich. It would survive him but a week.