Abakumov, General Viktor Semenovich (head of SMERSH 1945) 175, 176–177, 178, 179, 197, 238, 239, 248, 250, 263
Andropov, Yuri (head of Soviet intelligence 1970s) 240
Argentina, and harboring of Nazis 14–16
Axmann, Artur (head of Hitler Youth) 92, 178
Barbie, Klaus 16
Baur, Hans (Hitler’s personal pilot) 55, 65, 82, 92, 107, 110, 156, 183, 184, 193, 196, 203–205, 207–210, 212, 216–219, 248–255 passim, 296
Bellantoni, Nicholas “Nick” (US archaeologist / History Channel) 20–22, 228, 229, 285, 309
Below, Nicolaus von (Hitler’s Luftwaffe adjutant) 69, 94, 106–107
Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s headquarters at 56, 57–58
Berchtesgaden, Court of 16–17, 296–300
Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich (head of Soviet NKVD 1945) 126, 153, 162, 175–177, 178, 179, 194–199, 212, 250
Berlin, battle of 6, 55–56, 63–64, 65–66, 68–69, 70, 75, 79, 81, 87, 90, 91–92, 94, 105, 108, 113–117
Bezymenski, Lev (Soviet German translator) 153–154, 160–162, 271–272, 292
Blaschke, Hugo Johannes (Hitler’s dentist) 141, 157–158, 269–271, 272, 277
Blondi (Hitler’s dog) 55, 77, 105, 290–291, 292
Bormann, Martin 18, 55, 57, 59, 65, 72, 73–74, 80, 99, 104–105, 111, 115, 116, 152, 187, 214, 251, 297
Braun (Hitler), Eva 14, 16, 18, 43–44, 55, 72, 79, 89, 94, 98–100, 109, 111–112, 138, 145, 146, 156, 157, 159, 194, 232, 238, 281–283, 292–293, 297–298
British intelligence service 191–194, 302–303
Burgdorf, General Wilhelm (Hitler’s chief adjutant) 59, 69, 105, 111
Butyrka prison (Moscow), interrogations at 203–219
Charlier, Dr. Philippe (forensic scientist) 37, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227–235, 246–247, 273–290 passim, 294, 300–301, 303–307, 309
Chernishov, Lt. General (Soviet) 240
Chkaravski, Lt. Colonel Faust (Soviet coroner) 159–160, 161
Chourakov, Private Ivan 136, 154
Christian, Gerda (Hitler secretary) 79, 173–174
Chuikov, General Vasily (Soviet) 114–115
Churchill, Winston 267–268, 269
Conrad, General B. (head of US intelligence 1945) 191, 194–195
cyanide, effects/use of 290–296
Department of the Secret Collection (USSR) 35
Deutscher Volkssturm 91–92
Dillon, Robert 15
Djugashvili, Josef Vissarionovich. See Stalin, Josef
Dönitz, Grand Admiral Karl 60, 94, 96, 104, 113, 115, 116
Echtmann, Fritz (Hitler’s dental prosthetist) 140–141, 145, 158
Eichmann, Adolf 16
Eisenhower, Dwight 189
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 310
Fegelein, SS General Hermann (Eva Braun’s brother–in–law) 59, 60, 88–89, 91
Foord, Brigadier Edward John (British/SHAEF) 57, 191, 194–195
Forscher, Joanna (History Channel) 22
FSB (Russian Secret Service), archives of (aka Lubyanka) 45, 122–125, 129–131, 132–148, 164–165, 190, 224–225, 242–245, 275–283, 287
Führerbunker
bombing of 68, 77–78, 79, 87, 105
description/layout of 40, 53, 54–55, 253, 256
evacuation plans from 56–58, 65, 66, 92, 93–94
fall of 114–117, 126–129, 150, 153
final escapes from 105–106, 109, 110–112, 150–152, 173–174
Hitler’s birthday in 59–67
Hitler’s death in. See Hitler’s death/suicide
Hitler’s refusal to leave 57–58, 66
Hitler’s wedding in, 98–100
life in 53–54, 68, 76–78, 79, 87–88, 90, 91
post–war searches of 236–237, 236–237, 255–264
power struggles in 70–71, 72–74, 93–94
suicide/murder pacts in 76–78, 80, 85, 87, 90, 101, 104, 127–128
Führergeburtstag (Führer’s birthday), observances of 59–64
GARF (Gosudartstennyy Arkhiv Rossyskov Federatisii / Russian State Archive) 3, 4–12, 18, 22–23, 25–38, 39–46, 165, 194–199, 224, 225–235, 246–247, 253, 258
Geising, Dr. Erwin (Hitler’s personal doctor) 61
Goebbels, Josef 39, 69, 70–71, 72, 75, 80, 99, 104–105, 111, 115, 116, 126–129, 136, 142, 144, 146, 164, 167, 186–187, 238, 251, 254
Goebbels, Magdalena 72, 77, 78, 80, 82, 94, 100, 111, 126–128, 136, 142, 144, 146, 238
Goebbels children 72, 77, 126, 126–128, 146, 238
GÖring, Reich Vice-Chancellor Hermann 60, 63, 70, 71, 72–74, 83, 104
Greim, General Ritter von (Luftwaffe Aviation Minister 1945) 81–84, 86, 93–96, 192
Günsche, Otto (SS officer / Hitler’s personal aide-de-camp) 43–44, 55, 57, 58, 66, 111, 156, 163, 164, 167–174, 177–180 passim, 185, 193, 196, 203–205, 210–212, 217–219, 234–235, 248–249, 250, 255, 259, 261, 290, 296–303 passim, 306
Harriman William Averell (US ambassador to USSR 1945) 186, 187
Heusermann, Käthe (Hitler’s dental assistant) 140–141, 145, 157–158
Himmler, Heinrich 60, 90–92, 93, 96–97, 104, 105, 164, 207, 291, 295–296
Hitler, Adolf
atom bomb project of 64
birthday in bunker 59–61, 62–64
and death of Blondi (dog) 105, 290–291, 292
death/suicide of. See Hitler’s death/suicide
declining health of 61, 68, 72, 92, 270
evacuation plans of 56–58, 92, 93
and Himmler betrayal 90–91, 93–94, 104, 105
last goodbyes of 109–112
last will and testaments 100–105, 116
letter to Keitel 106
life in bunker 68, 69, 83, 91, 108
marriage to Eva Braun 98–100
refusal to leave bunker 57–58, 66, 85–86, 92
and relationship with Baur (his pilot) 208
search for (initial) 13–16, 113–117, 118, 129, 149–150
suicide resolve of 69, 72, 85, 87, 101, 105, 106
Hitler artifacts
last wills and testaments 266, 267
Moscow exhibition (2000) 17–18
medical x–rays 269, 270, 271, 272–274, 305
parts of bloodied sofa 30–31, 34, 233–235, 257–258, 262
photographs 33–34, 233–234, 246
skull fragments 6, 8, 10–12, 17, 18, 32, 35–57, 125, 162, 224, 226–233, 235, 246, 248, 259, 305
teeth / dental bridges 143–144, 158, 163, 224, 232, 265, 269, 272–273, 275–281, 284–285, 300–301, 305–307
tunic/jacket 135
visitors’ log 61–63
wedding certificate 266
Hitler’s death/suicide
American investigation of 269–271
announcements of 41, 115–116, 188
autopsy 159–163, 237, 239–240, 263, 279, 292
British investigation of 191–194, 302–303
burning/burials/disinterments 43–44, 146–147, 156–157, 187, 190, 238–246
circumstances of 159–163, 174, 177–178, 193–194, 211, 213, 215, 217–219, 230–235 passim, 251–262 passim, 293–294, 297–299, 302–303, 305–307
cover-up of by Stalin/Soviet intelligence 185, 186–190, 194–199, 202, 241, 264, 266, 271, 311
discovery of remains 136, 138–140, 143–148, 153–157, 237–238
Soviet Union’s investigation of 39–45, 51–52, 123, 153–163, 174, 177–179–185, 194–199, 203–219, 235–246, 248–264
Hitler files (in Soviet/Russian archives) 5, 123, 125, 134–148, 163, 195, 224, 269. See also FSB, archives of; Russian State Military Archives; GARF
Höfbeck, Hans (SS officer) 43–44, 252, 254
Hopkins, Harry (US diplomat) 186–187
Jodl, General Alfred 69, 70, 106
Junge, Traudl (Hitler secretary) 79, 80, 86, 100–104, 109–110, 111, 173–174, 290, 291
Keitel, Marshal Wilhelm 60, 69, 106
Kempka, Erich (Hitler’s chauffeur) 61, 63, 88, 151–152, 186, 192, 302–303, 306
Klausen, Lt. Colonel (Soviet) 239–240
Klemperer, Victor (philologist) 102
Klimenko, Lt. Colonel (Soviet) 154
Kobulov, General (Soviet / NKVD) 174–175
Koenig, Colonel T.J. (US intelligence) 266–267
Koller, General Karl (German) 70
Konev, Marshal Ivan (Soviet) 55, 75, 113
Korotaev, Vladimir Ivanovich (RGVA archivist) 164–168 passim, 183, 200–202
Krebs, General Hans (German army Chief of Staff 1945) 57, 69, 105, 106, 111, 114–115, 117, 146, 148, 161, 173, 238
Krüger, Else (Bormann’s secretary) 174, 192
Kruglov, Sergei (head of NKVD 1946) 212, 236, 250, 263–264
Kunz, Helmut (SS officer / dentist) 127–128
Laboratory of Solid State Physics (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, France) 286, 300
Leonov, Leonid (Russian author) 13
Linge, Heinz (SS officer / Hitler’s valet) 55–72 passim, 88, 110, 111, 112, 151, 156, 174, 183, 184, 203–207, 212, 213–215, 219, 231–232, 234–235, 248–262 passim, 290–300 passim, 306
Litvin, Alexei (Soviet curator) 18–19
Lubyanka, the 122. See also FSB, archives of
Manziarly, Constanze (Hitler’s cook in bunker) 174
Maximova, Ella (Russian journalist) 36
Mengele, Dr. Josef, 16
Mengershausen, Oberscharführer Harri 153, 154, 155–157, 183
Merkulov, V. N. (Soviet intelligence) 197
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet). See NKVD
Mironenko, Sergei (Director Russian State Archives until 2016) 8–9, 10, 18–19
Misch, Rochus (telephone operator in bunker) 63, 76, 91, 209–210
Molotov, V yacheslav Mikhailovich (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs 1945) 195–196, 197–198, 199
Morrell, Dr. Theodor (Hitler’s personal doctor) 55, 77–78, 270
Moscow Exhibition 2000 (“Agony of the Third Reich: the Punishment”) 17–19
Mussolini, Benito 107
NKVD (Soviet People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs / Ministry of Internal Affairs) 174, 175–179, 194, 198, 203–219 passim
Nokhotovich, Dina Nikolaevna (GARF archivist) 7, 9, 19, 20, 22, 25–38, 45, 165, 227–233 passim, 246–247, 309
Odessa network, 16
Operation “Archive” (Soviet intelligence) 240–246
Operation “Myth” (Soviet intelligence) 199, 202, 212, 236–237, 239, 248–264
Orlov, Alexander (in Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 123–124, 223, 225, 230, 265, 275, 287–289
Paparov, Colonel (Soviet NKVD) 174–175
Peters, Lana 3–4, See also Stalin, Svetlana
Potsdam Conference 190
Poupon, Joël (French scientist) 294
Putin, Russian President Vladimir 8, 17, 225
Quandt, Harald (Magda Goebbel’s son), letter to 94–95
Rattenhuber, SS General Johann (Hitler’s head of security) 180–183, 193, 196, 248, 251, 254, 290
Reitsch, Hanna (German flying ace) 81–83, 84–86, 91, 92, 93–97
Ribbentrop, Joachim von (Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs 1945) 60, 73
Rings, Erich (radioman in bunker) 41
Rogovaya, Larisa Alexandrovna (Director GARF) 4, 7–8, 9, 10–12, 19, 22–23, 24
Russian offensive against Berlin 55–56, 63–64, 65, 68–69, 75, 81, 91, 94, 108, 113–115
Russian State Archives. See GARF
Russian State Military Archives (RGVA/Moscow), 46, 61, 123, 164, 167–173, 180–185, 200–202, 203–219
Rzhevskaya, Elena (Soviet German interpreter) 64, 115, 153–154, 155
Schädle, Franz (Head of Hitler’s bodyguards) 126, 150
Schroeder, Christa (Hitler secretary) 79
Schweitzer, Agent (in SMERSH) 213–214
Semenovsky, Dr. Piotr Sergeyevich (Soviet forensic specialist) 257–259, 262–263
Serov, General Ivan (Soviet) 194–197, 198, 236
SHAEF (Supreme Allied Expeditionary Force) 57
Sidnev, Major General Alexey (Soviet intelligence) 191, 194–195, 198, 267
SMERSH (Soviet counterespionage unit 1943–1946) 127, 145 152, 155, 175–179 passim, 187, 194, 197, 212, 238–241, 262
Sognnaes, Dr. Reidar F. (dental scientist) 272
Sokolovsky, Marshal (Soviet commander of Berlin 1946) 255–256
Speer, Albert 18, 64, 73, 74, 80, 192
Stalin, Josef 3, 6, 115, 148, 153, 163, 175–179 passim, 185, 186–190, 197–198, 202, 212, 263, 268–269, 311
Stalin, Svetlana (Josef’s daughter) 178–179. See also Peters, Lana
Stalin, Yakov (Josef’s son) 178–179
Steiner, SS General Felix 66, 69
Ström, Ferdinand (forensic dentist) 272
Stumpfegger, Dr. Ludwig (Hitler’s surgeon) 192
Trevor-Roper, Hugh (British historian) 191, 303
Truman, US President Harry 186, 268
TsA FSB. See FSB (Russian Secret Service), archives of
U-530 (German submarine) 13–15
Vadis, Lt. General Aleksandr Anatolevich (Soviet leader of SMERSH unit 1945) 127–128, 152–154, 155–159, 162, 174, 194
Vladimirsev, Nikolai Igorevich (GARF archivist) 7, 9, 10–11, 19, 22, 29–30, 36–37, 226–228, 229–231, 246–247, 309
Wagner, Walter (Berlin official) 98
Weidling, General Helmuth (German commander in Berlin 1945) 149, 173
Weil, Raphaël (French scientist/engineer) 286, 289–290, 300–301, 303–
Wenck, General Walther (German) 70, 79, 108
Wermuth, Otto (U-530 commander) 13–14, 15
Wolf, Johanna (Hitler secretary) 79
Zelenin Lt. General (Soviet intelligence) 248
Zhukov, Marshal Georgy (Soviet commander in battle of Berlin) 55, 75, 113, 115, 153, 188–189