The Death of Hitler: The Final Word on the Ultimate Cold Case: The Search for Hitler's Body

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After two years of nonstop negotiations with the Russian authorities, Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana Parshina were granted access to secret files detailing the Soviets' incredible hunt to recover Hitler's body: the layout of the bunker, plans for escaping, eyewitness accounts of the Fuhrer's final days, and human remains-a bit of skull with traces of the lethal bullet and a fragment of jaw bone. For the first time, the skull, teeth and other elements were analysed by a medical examiner with modern equipment. The authors use these never before seen documents to reconstruct the events in fascinating new detail.

Internationalcorrespondent Jean-Christophe Brisard has made a number ofdocumentaries on geopolitical subjects and dictatorships. He is the author ofseveral books, including Enfants de dictateurs (First Histoire,2014). LanaParshina is atranslator and film-maker. She was born and educated in Moscow. Her credits asa filmmaker include a documentary on Stalin's daughter in 2008 and TheSinger who Fell in 2015. She produces and directs film for televisionand cinema.

A thrilling investigation - L Express The text holds onto its historical thriller qualities and makes for a gripping read - Le Monde Orchestrated like a spy novel, this fascinating piece of work weaves the highs and lows of the journalists's investigation with an edge-of-your-seat tale of Adolf Hitler's last days - Journal Du Dimanche An 'event book' which sheds light on the last mysteries surrounding the death-by-suicide of the Nazi leader - L'Obs