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The Death of Hitler

The Final Word on the Ultimate Cold Case: The Search for Hitler's Body

Jean-Christophe Brisard author Lana Parshina author Shaun Whiteside translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton

Published:4th Apr '19

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After two years of nonstop negotiations with the Russian authorities, Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana Parshina were granted access to secret files detailing the Soviets' incredible hunt to recover Hitler's body: the layout of the bunker, plans for escaping, eyewitness accounts of the Führer's final days, and human remains-a bit of skull with traces of the lethal bullet and a fragment of jaw bone. For the first time, the skull, teeth and other elements were analysed by a medical examiner with cutting edge forensics equipment. The authors use these never before seen documents and research to reconstruct the events in fascinating new detail.

A thrilling investigation * L'Express *
The text holds onto its historical thriller qualities and makes for a gripping read * Le Monde *
Orchestrated like a spy novel, this fascinating piece of work weaves the highs and lows of the journalists's investigation with an edge-of-your-seat tale of Adolf Hitler's last days * Journal Du Dimanche *

ISBN: 9781473686540

Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 26mm

Weight: 237g

336 pages