25. 7. 2009 Skull attributed to Hitler belonged to a woman

In connection with Adolf Hitler and his death, another mystery emerged in 2009. Nick Bellantoni examined a skull fragment that is being kept as Hitler's remains in Moscow. He claims it belonged to a woman.

The American study is based on DNA analysis. The FSB archives have Hitler's jawbone and the state archives have a fragment of Hitler's skull. There are no other pieces of Hitler's body. Bellantoni went to Moscow to examine the remains.

But the bone on display didn't look right to him. "Male bones tend to be more robust," the scientist said. So he set about his research, taking a DNA sample. Tests then confirmed his assumption. "The bone was consistent with the remains of a woman between 20 and 40 years old," Bellantoni said.

However, the Russians rejected this version and even stated that no one had examined Bellantoni's bone. "The American scientists did not contact our archives even to conduct a DNA analysis. And even if they got it from our fragments, what could they compare it with? These remains are unique. They are the only evidence of this type of Hitler's death, which is why we keep them in our archives," argued Vasily Christoforov, head of the FSB archives

It is widely believed that Hitler killed himself and his mistress Eva Braun to avoid falling into the hands of the Soviets, who had surrounded Berlin. The dictator is said to have taken a cyanide capsule and then shot himself.

There has even been speculation that Hitler survived World War II. This theory was definitively denied three years ago. French physician Philippe Charlier has come up with evidence that definitively confirms that Hitler did indeed die in May 1945, and that all the conspiracy theories described above are nonsense.

He was able to study fragments of the dictator's teeth in Moscow. According to his analysis, Hitler died from a combination of cyanide and a bullet. "The teeth are authentic, no doubt about it. Our study clearly proves that Hitler died in 1945," Charlier said.

Sources: www.idnes.cz, www.ceskatelevize.cz, www.bbc.com