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SMERSH

Soviet intelligence agency specialized in counterintelligence, existing 1943-1946

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Nov 15, 2025
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Where are the Soviet-held remains purported to be Hitler's skull and jaw now?

The items long described as Adolf Hitler’s dental remains (a lower jaw with teeth) and a skull fragment with a bullet hole are held in Russian archives: the jaw in the FSB (successor to the KGB) archi...

Jan 24, 2026
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Why is Adolf Hitler still alive?

is not still alive; overwhelming contemporary testimony, multiple forensic studies of dental remains, archived reports, and later DNA/odontological confirmations converge on his suicide in the Führerb...

Jan 31, 2026
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How did Soviet authorities handle and test the remains attributed to Hitler between 1945 and 1968?

forces recovered charred human remains in in early May 1945, cataloged material evidence (notably a jawbone and dental bridges), and carried out closed forensic examinations that emphasized dental ide...

Dec 13, 2025

What forensic evidence did Soviet autopsy reports claim about Adolf Hitler in 1945?

Soviet forensic reports released in excerpts from 1945 (published broadly in 1968 by Lev Bezymenski) stated that the male corpse presumed to be Hitler was heavily charred, missing part of its skull, s...

Feb 1, 2026

How were Hitler’s dental records used to confirm his identity after 1945?

Dental evidence — prosthetic bridges, a charred jaw fragment, and X‑rays and schematics kept by Hitler’s dentist — formed the core of the post‑war forensic identification that convinced and later rese...

Jan 21, 2026

How did Soviet autopsy and dental records identify Adolf Hitler in 1945?

Soviet investigators in May 1945 recovered charred jaw fragments, dentures and dental work from the area outside the Führerbunker and used those dental remains, together with Hitler’s dental charts, X...

Nov 30, 2025

What did Allied and Soviet investigations conclude about Hitler’s death in 1945?

Allied (primarily British) postwar inquiries concluded eyewitness testimony and forensic evidence pointed to Hitler’s suicide on 30 April 1945 — a gunshot (plus cyanide) in the Führerbunker — and publ...

Oct 12, 2025

How did the Soviet Union verify Hitler's death in 1945?

The materials provided for analysis contain no substantive evidence or contemporary documentation describing ; every cited item is a commercial or product listing that only repeats that Hitler is dead...