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Philippe Charlier

French physician

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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...

Nov 23, 2025

Have modern forensic methods (DNA, radiocarbon, morphological analysis) been applied to the Soviet remains linked to Hitler, and with what results?

Modern forensic methods have been applied recently to material tied to Hitler: a bloodstained swatch from the sofa where he shot himself was DNA-sequenced and compared to a paternal-line relative, wit...