With the end of World War II in September 1945, the fate of Adolf Hitler remains a great mystery. He had simply disappeared and was unknown for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an officer of the British Secret Services, was assigned to solve the mystery. His exceptional research ultimately not only proved that Hitler, the "Angel of Destruction," had committed suicide in Berlin, but also resulted in one of the most fascinating history books ever written.
The book "Hitler - The Last Days 1945" tells the surreal story of the last days of the Thousand-Year Reich in the Bunker of Berlin. Besieged in the destroyed capital, but still controlling what remained of his court, Hitler reiterated the initial alternative proposition of Nazism: total victory or annihilation. This book is a record of that planned, ceremonial finale of a terrible chapter in history.
It is not coincidental that almost all works, studies, and books concerning Hitler's last period, as well as his personality in general, consult and utilize Hugh Trevor-Roper's "landmark" book.