On this day in 1945, Adolf Hitler is believed to have shot himself dead in his underground bunker beneath the Chancellery in Berlin.
Eva Braun, who had become his wife the previous day, died beside him after taking a cyanide pill.
The couple’s bodies were found as Hitler’s terrible reign was defeated by the Allied powers.
Adolf Hitler is believed to have committed suicide on April 30, 1945
The founder and leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler’s destruction and killing of Jews during World War II is referred to as the Holocaust.
Around six million Jews were gassed, starved and shot dead throughout his regime.
Adolf Hitler
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In this July 31, 1938, file photo, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler salutes a huge crowd at a sports meeting in Breslau, Germany. Causes across the political spectrum have long used distinctive salutes to identify themselves. When Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right suspect in the massacre of 77 people in Norway, pulled his right hand to his chest and then thrust his arm out with a clenched fist after an Oslo courtroom guard removed his handcuffs on Monday, April 16, 2012; it was hardly the first time such a salute has been flashed. (AP Photo/File) (credit:AP)
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This undated file picture shows the German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun while dining. A German woman named Margot Woelk was one of 15 young women who sampled Hitler's food to make sure it wasnt poisoned before it was served to the Nazi leader in his "Wolf's Lair," the heavily guarded command center in what is now Poland, where he spent much of his time in the final years of World War II. Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime role. (AP Photo/US Army Signal Corps from Eva Braun's album, File) (credit:AP)
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FILE - The May 22, 1939 file photo shows, from left, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop; Chief of the German navy, Grand Admiral Dr. H.C. Erich Raeder; Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano; Chief of the German army, Colonel General Walter von Brauchitsch; the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler; Chief of the Supreme Command of the German army, Colonel General Keitel; Field Marshal Hermann Goering; and Chief of the Italian army, General Pariani after having signed the German-Italian military pact in the rooms of the new Reichs Chancellory in Germany. On Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 the book "Das Amt" came into German shops describing that the German Foreign Office was more deeply involved in the genocide of the Jews than previously known. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 1938 file photo German dictator Adolf Hitler stands in a room of the hotel Dreesen, in Bad Godesberg, near Bonn. Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment while jailed in 1924, being allowed hundreds of visitors - sometimes unsupervised - including some 30 to 40 to celebrate his 35th birthday, according to a treasure trove of documents that have surfaced from the prison near Munich where he was held. The 500 documents from the Landsberg prison were recently found by a Nuremberg man among the possessions of his late father, who had purchased them at a flea market in the 1970s, according to Werner Behringer Wednesday, June 23, 2010, whose auction house in the Bavarian city of Fuerth will offer them for sale next month. (AP Photo, File) (credit:AP)
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German Chancellor Adolph Hitler greeting President Paul von Hindenberg, 1933. (credit:Getty)
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German dictator, addressing a rally Nazi party rally at Munich (credit:Getty)
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German dictator addressing a rally. (credit:Getty)
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Adolf Hitler (credit:Getty)
Holocaust Memorial Day
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An ultra Orthodox Jewish man visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Israel will be marking its annual remembrance day for the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (credit:AP)
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An ultra Orthodox Jewish man looks at a pile of books on display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (credit:AP)
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Two ultra Orthodox Jewish men visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (credit:AP)
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Two ultra Orthodox Jewish men visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (credit:AP)
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A Holocaust survivor lays flowers next to the names of concentration camps during the annual ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Israel is marking its annual remembrance day for the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (credit:AP)
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Israelis pause during a two-minute siren in memory of victims of the Holocaust in the market in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (credit:AP)
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Israelis pause during a two-minute siren in memory of victims of the Holocaust in the market in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (credit:AP)
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Israelis attend the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (credit:AP)
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Israelis attend the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (credit:AP)
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Israeli soldiers stand at attention during the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (credit:AP)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (credit:AP)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (credit:AP)