What Happened to Hitler's Corpse? - War Against Humanity 136

Joseph Stalin claims that Adolf Hitler managed to escape Berlin and is now living somewhere in hiding. It’s complete nonsense of course. But it raises some interesting questions. What remains do we have of Hitler? How do we know they belong to the Fuhrer? And, why is Stalin spreading these far-fetched lies?

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[danielwillens]

"Find Hitler's Dentist!" would be a great title for a Mel Brooks film!

[eyeyayayay]

When they filmed the dark comedy, "Death of Stalin", the costume director reduced the number of medals on Zhukov's uniform because he thought the audience would never believe the number of medals he actually wore in real life

[Crabby]

Stalin accusing Zhukov of egoism is just too funny, he obviously didn't have one iota of self-reflection lol.

[patrikcath]

Some conspiracy theorists keep insisting he's still alive, and somehow completely disregard the fact he would be almost 130 years old by now.

[igorGriffiths]

One of the many reasons for Stalin perpetuating the myth of Hitlers escape was he knew the free press in the West would lap it up and go chasing ghosts, which they have and still do to this day.

[gizmophoto]

I am pleased to see that the thumbnail for this episode is an image created by Erwin Blumenfeld. His art has been an inspiration to me over the past couple years. He deserves to be better known.

[rrice]

That's incredible the x-rays were not compared with the dental remains until 2017. I'd always thought that, as of April 1945, everyone just knew or at least assumed Hitler was in fact dead. Didn't realize the uncertainty about it, especially in the years immediately afterward. Thank you for telling the story so comprehensively, Spartacus!

[LtHavoc]

I am always reminded of Rod Serlings closing narration of the stellar Twilight Zone Episode "He´s Alive": "Where will he go next, this phantom from another time, this resurrected ghost of a previous nightmare – Chicago? Los Angeles? Miami, Florida? Vincennes, Indiana? Syracuse, New York? Anyplace, everyplace, where there's hate, where there's prejudice, where there's bigotry. He's alive. He's alive so long as these evils exist. Remember that when he comes to your town. Remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others. Remember it when you hear a name called, a minority attacked, any blind, unreasoning assault on a people or any human being. He's alive because through these things we keep him alive."

[ryangale]

I imagine Stalin was also reluctant to accept Hitler's death because he wanted to get his own personal revenge on him. He seems like the type who would hold on to that sort of grudge, after all, so if there was any hope that Hitler might still be alive somewhere that he could eventually catch him at, he'd probably give that a lot more credence than most.

[mattw]

Hands down this is the best WWII channel on YT. I consider this to be equal to the Battlefield series from the late 90s.

[blueboats]

The need for a persistent external enemy to keep your subjects paranoid and loyal

[Derpleton]

Pretty sure he's on the dark side of the moon

[Strydr]

We rarely hear about the Jews that survived in hiding throughout the war.
It must have been an incredibly tense time being in the shadow death.
The stress and anxiety must have been its own terror.

[brettbosley]

The notion that such a narcissist as Hitler could lie low for the better part of a century is one of the most absurd parts of these theories.

[JagerLange]

He'd be 135 years old so I'd certainly hope so.

[PumaTwoU]

Best summation I have ever heard of all the twists, turns and lies that followed Hitler's death. Tough to pull al the strings together. Excellent job.

[Salentu]

After the war, Hugo Blaschke took a job at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant as the deputy chief engineer. Some said that he was neither great nor terrible at it.

[gregcampwriter]

This is one of the many flaws of the Soviet system: If you act as if no one is trustworthy, no evidence that anyone offers will be enough if said evidence points to a politically undesirable conclusion.

[falloutghoul]

I love it when Spartacus says "Hitler is dead".
It just tickles me.

[barrygray]

22:08 Isn’t this the third decade of the century? Fascinating episode, I never knew about any of this.