The last will and testament of Adolf Hitler was dictated by Hitler to his secretary Traudl Junge in his Berlin Führerbunker on April 29, 1945, the day he and Eva Braun married. They committed suicide the next day (April 30), three days before the surrender of Berlin to the Soviets on May 2, and just over a week before the end of World War II in Europe on May 8. It consisted of two separate documents, a will and a political testament. Hitler redirects here. ... Traudl Junge just after World War II. Traudl Junge (born Gertraud Humps; 16 March 1920 – 10 February 2002) was Adolf Hitlers youngest personal private secretary, from December 1942 to April 1945. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... This is a reconstruction of the layout of the Führerbunker. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Eva Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Hitler[1] (February 6, 1912 – April 30, 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and briefly his wife. ... The front cover of Time magazine, May 7, 1945. ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Soviet Union Poland Nazi Germany Commanders 1st Belorussian Front – Georgiy Zhukov 2nd Belorussian Front – Konstantin Rokossovskiy 1st Ukrainian Front – Ivan Konev Army Group Vistula – Gotthard Heinrici then Kurt von Tippelskirch[2] Army Group Centre – Ferdinand Schörner Berlin Defense Area – Helmuth Reymann then Helmuth Weidling #[3] Strength 2,500... CCCP redirects here. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... During the Battle for Berlin, the Red Flag was raised over the Reichstag, May 1945. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In the common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his property or family after death. ...

Will

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My Private Will and Testament

The last will was a short document signed on 29 April 1945 at 4:00 am: Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ...

• It acknowledged his marriage—but does not name Eva Braun—and that they choose death over disgrace of deposition or capitulation; and that their bodies were to be burnt.
• His art collection is left to "a gallery in my home town of Linz on Donau".
• Objects of "sentimental value or is necessary for the maintenance of a modest simple life" went to his relations and his "faithful co-workers" such as secretary Frau Winter.
• Whatever else of value he possessed went to the National Socialist German Workers Party.
• Martin Bormann was nominated as the will's executor.

The will was witnessed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Martin Bormann and Colonel Nicholaus von Below. Eva Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Hitler[1] (February 6, 1912 – April 30, 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and briefly his wife. ... Capitulation (Lat. ... The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... The Poestlingberg church in Linz. ... For other uses of Danube, see Danube (disambiguation). ... The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: , or NSDAP, commonly, the Nazi Party), was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... An executor is a person named by a maker of a will to carry out the directions of the will. ... Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation: IPA: ; English generally IPA: ) (October 29, 1897 – May 1, 1945) was a German politician and Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945. ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... Nicolaus Von Below (third from right), with Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Hitler Nicolaus von Below (1907-1983) was Adolf Hitlers Luftwaffe adjutant from 1937 through 1945. ...

Testament

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My Political Testament

The last political testament was signed at the same time as Hitler's last will, 4:00 am on April 29, 1945. The first part of the testament is a restatement of the political position and justifications which he had stated many times before. His intention to commit suicide soon after writing the testament and the imminent destruction of the Third Reich did not alter his political position. The second part lays out Hitler's intentions for the government of Germany and the Nazi Party after his death. Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The National Socialist German Workers Party, (German: , or NSDAP, commonly known as the Nazi Party), was a political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945. ...

• Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring is to be expelled from the party.
• Reichsführer-SS and Minister of the Interior, Heinrich Himmler, is to be expelled from the party.
• Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz is to be appointed President of the Reich and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

Hitler appointed the following as the new Cabinet and as "leaders of the nation": The original uniform of the Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring shown in the Luftwaffe-Museum in Berlin. ... Hermann Wilhelm Göring ( ) (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, and commander of the Luftwaffe. ... Heinrich Himmler as the Reichsführer-SS Reichsführer-SS was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. ... Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( ; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and the Nazi hierarchy. ... Alternate meaning: Grand Admiral (Star Wars). ... Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation:  ) (born 16 September 1891; died 24 December 1980) was a German naval leader, who commanded the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the second half of World War II. Dönitz was also President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitlers suicide. ... The President of Germany is Germanys head of state. ...

• President of the Reich (Reichspräsident): Karl Dönitz
• Chancellor of the Reich (Reichskanzler): Dr. Joseph Goebbels
• Party Minister (Parteiminister): Martin Bormann
• Foreign Minister (Aussenminister): Arthur Seyss-Inquart
• Interior Minister (Innenminister): Gauleiter Paul Giesler
• Minister of War (Kriegsminister): Karl Dönitz
• Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres): Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner
• Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine): Karl Dönitz
• Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe): General Ritter von Greim
• Commander-in-Chief of the SS and Chief of Police (Reichsführer-SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei): Gauleiter Karl Hanke
• Minister of Economy (Wirtschaft): Walter Funk
• Minister of Agriculture (Landwirtschaft): Herbert Backe
• Minister of Justice (Justiz): Otto Thierack
• Minister of Culture (Kultus): Dr. Gustav Adolf Scheel
• Minister of Propaganda (Propaganda): Dr. Werner Naumann
• Minister of Finance (Finanzen): Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
• Minister of Labour (Arbeit): Dr. Theo Hupfauer
• Minister of Munitions (Rüstung): Otto Saur
• Director of the German Labour Front and member of the Cabinet (Leiter der Deutschen Arbeitsfront und Mitglied des Reichskabinetts: Reichsminister) Dr. Robert Ley.

Witnessed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Martin Bormann, and General Hans Krebs. Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation:  ) (born 16 September 1891; died 24 December 1980) was a German naval leader, who commanded the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the second half of World War II. Dönitz was also President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitlers suicide. ... Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation: IPA: ; English generally IPA: ) (October 29, 1897 – May 1, 1945) was a German politician and Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945. ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... Arthur Seyss-Inquart Arthur Seyss-Inquart (born Arthur Zajtich, officially (German) Arthur Seyß-Inquart) (July 22, 1892 – October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi official in Austria and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands. ... A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party) or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau. ... Paul Giesler (born 15 June 1895 in Siegen; died 8 May 1945 in Berchtesgaden) was a member of the NSDAP, from 1941 NSDAP Gauleiter of Westphalia-South (Westfalen-Süd) and as of 1942 also acting Gauleiter of Munich-Upper Bavaria (München-Oberbayern). ... Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation:  ) (born 16 September 1891; died 24 December 1980) was a German naval leader, who commanded the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the second half of World War II. Dönitz was also President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitlers suicide. ... The Oberkommando der Heeres (OKH) was Germanys Army High Command from 1936 to 1945. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Ferdinand Schörner (December 5, 1892 - February 7, 1973) was a general and later Field Marshal in the German Wehrmacht during World War II. // Early life He was born in Munich, Bavaria. ... The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ... Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation:  ) (born 16 September 1891; died 24 December 1980) was a German naval leader, who commanded the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the second half of World War II. Dönitz was also President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitlers suicide. ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... Robert Ritter von Greim. ... A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party) or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau. ... Karl August Hanke (24 August 1903 - 8 June 1945) was a Nazi Party official who served as Gauleiter of Lower Silesia from 1940 to 1945. ... Walther Funk in the dock at Nuremberg. ... Herbert Backe (1896-1947), was a German doctor and public servant,himself borned in Batum(Batumi),Georgia. ... Otto Georg Thierack (born 19 April 1889 in Wurzen, Saxony; died 22 November 1946 in Sennelager in Paderborn, suicide) was a National Socialist jurist and politician. ... Gustav Adolf Scheel (born 22 November 1907 in Rosenberg, Baden; died 25 March 1979 in Hamburg) was a German physician and multifunctionary in the time of the Third Reich (SA and SS member, Leader of the National Socialist Students Federation, Organizer of the SD in the southwest, Superior SS and... Werner Naumann (June 16, 1909 Guhrau, Schlesien - October 25, 1982, Lüdenscheid) was an official in Joseph Goebbels Propagandaministerium in Nazi Germany. ... Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, (August 22, 1887 – March 4, 1977) was a German politician. ... DAF Logo: A swastika within a cog. ... Dr Robert Ley Dr. Robert Ley (15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945), Nazi German politician, was head of the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. ... Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation: IPA: ; English generally IPA: ) (October 29, 1897 – May 1, 1945) was a German politician and Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945. ... Wilhelm Burgdorf (14 February 1895-1 May 1945) was born in Fürstenwalde and served as a commander and staff officer in the German army during World War II. He was one of the officers most loyal to Adolf Hitler in the final months of the war and commited suicide... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... General of Infantry Hans Krebs (4 March 1898, Helmstedt - d. ...

On the afternoon of 30 April, about a day and a half after he signed his last will and testament, Hitler committed suicide. is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Authorship

In his book The Bunker, James O'Donnell, after comparing the wording of Hitler's last testament to the writings and statements of both Hitler and Joseph Goebbels, concluded that Goebbels was at least partly responsible for helping Hitler to write it. Junge claimed Hitler was reading from notes when he dictated the testament; since Hitler could barely write by this stage, O'Donnell made a good argument that it was actually Goebbels who had written these notes. The Bunker is an account, written by American journalist James ODonnell, of the history of the Fuehrerbunker in early 1945, as well as the last days of Adolf Hitler. ... James ODonnell is an online writer for the NFL Draft on www. ...

Death of the witnesses

All four witnesses to the political testament died shortly afterwards. Goebbels and his wife were to be shot by SS, as by orders from Gobbels himself May 1. Burgdorf and Krebs committed suicide together on the night of May 1 – May 2 in the bunker. Bormann's exact time and place of death remain uncertain; he was most likely killed the same night trying to excape from the Fuhrerbunker.^[1] is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ...

References

• Hitler's Last Will Source: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1946–1948, vol. VI, pg. 259–260.
• Adolf Hitler's Final Political Testament in English Source: United States, Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, 8 vols. and 2 suppl. vols. (Government Printing Office, Washington, 1946–1948), VI, 259–263, Doc. No. 3569-PS. (backup site)
• Adolf Hitler Politisches Testament (in German).^[2]

Further reading

• The Death of Hitler explains why Hitler had fallen out with Goering.

Footnotes

1. ^ Martin Bormann – in one of the groups attempting to escape from the bunker – managed to cross the Spree. He was reported to have died a short distance from the Weidendammer bridge, his body was seen and identified by Arthur Axmann who followed the same route.(Antony Beevor Berlin: The Downfall 1945, Penguin Books, 2002, ISBN 0-670-88695-5. p.383)
2. ^ The German version of the testament includes the fifteen other names only noted as "Here follow fifteen others" in the English versions of the testament listed in the Reference section.

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