A blog about my fascination with the history of Germany from anywhere between the late 1800's to the early/mid-1900's, and my love for old photography. I'm not particularly in agreement with all of the actions carried out by Hitler, but he was an outstanding leader in the years he was in power, hypnotizing the German people with his polemic speeches.
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This day in history:
Adolf Hitler kills himself alongside Eva Braun in the Führerbunker, as Soviet troops close in on the bunker and take control of Berlin.
Within days the city was captured and the war in Europe had ended.
Taken two days before his death, the photograph above was the last photo taken of Hitler alive, as he peered outside the bunker which he had occupied continually since January of that year.
April 30, 1945 - 67 years ago today.
War correspondent Lee Miller taking a bath in Hitler’s own bathtub, inside his abandoned apartment.
The photo was taken on the same day that Hitler committed suicide.
Munich, Germany - April 30, 1945.
East German soldier Conrad Schumann jumping over the Berlin Wall on its third day of construction, at the time a barbed wire fence, as he defects to West Germany.
August 15, 1961.
Hans Joachim Marseille (13 December 1919–30 September 1942) was a German pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II and a flying ace. He was best known for his aerial battles during the North African campaign and his unique so-called “bohemian lifestyle”. Arguably one of the best fighter pilots of the Second World War, he was given the nickname of the “Star of Africa” and claimed all but seven of his 158 victories against the British Commonwealth’s Desert Air Force.
He reached the height of his fighter pilot career on 1 September 1942, when during the course of three sorties, he shot down 17 enemy fighters which earned him the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. However only 29 days later Marseille was killed in a flying accident when engine failure forced him to abandon his fighter. After he exited the cockpit, his chest struck the fins of his Messerschmitt. The impact against the fins either killed him instantly or incapacitated him to the point where he was unable to open his parachute. He was 23 years old.
Despite his early death in the war no other pilot ever claimed as many Western Allied pilots as he did.
An American soldier capturing German soldiers in Leipzig - 18 April 1945
Photo by Robert Capa
Immediately after an American soldier had been shot during a house to house fight, his comrades went down to the street to capture the German snipers that had shot him; Leipzig - 18 April 1945
Photo by Robert Capa
American soldiers engaging in house to house fighting against German snipers in Leipzig - 18 April 1945
Photo by Robert Capa
An American soldier killed by a German during a house to house fight in Leipzig - 18 April 1945
Photo by Robert Capa
