Evening star., 1945-11-02
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Nov. british intelli-
gence officers have concluded that
if any trace remains on earth OF
Adolf Hitler and his bride of day
Eva Braun, it is merely ashes and
bits of bones buried somewhere in
the ruins of Berlin.
A British intelligence officer who
directed the studies said today that
Martin Bormann. the Fuehrer' s
deputy, also was reported to have
died trying to escape the besieging
Russians.
Bormapn is under indictment as
war criminal for trial at Nuern-
berg. His whereabouts never have
been officially placed.
In addition to the British intel
ligence report American investiga-
tors yesterday pictured Hitler as a
trembling Fuehrer who aged rapidly
in the wars last months.
Bodies Burned.
The exhaustive British intelli-
gence investigation concluded that
Hitler and the Braun woman were
dead and their bodies burned out
side the bunker of the Reichs-
chancellory, where Eva swallowed
poison and Hitler sent bullet
crashing into his mouth on April 30
There is no evidence whatever to
support any of the theories which
have been circulated and which pre-
suppose Hitler is still alive" the
British statement said.
"All such stories which have been
reported have been investigated and
found quite baseless; most of them
have been dissolved at the first
touch of fact and some of them have
been admitted by their authors tc
have been pure fabrication"
The intelligence report told this
ale of the last days of the German
dictator as gathered from eyewit.
nesses:
Hitler's original plan was to fly tc
Berchtesgaden April 20 and continue
the fight. But two days later, he
concluded that the war was lost ano
told his advisers he would die ir
Berlin. He suffered from nervous
prostration and sometimes hao
tantrumS.
He completed plans for his suicide
the following night and for the
burning of his body.
Had Wedding Feast.
Hitler married Eva Braun on April
% and retired with her to their suite
for wedding feast, but the con.
versation about the suicide was sc
oppressive that Hitler's secretary hac
to leave.
Hitler said good-by to about u
people on April 30 and sent for 20(
litres (more than so gallons) Of
gasoline which were deposited out.
side the bunker. Then he and tht
Braun woman retired to their SUITE
where they both committed suicide
Hitler by shooting himself through
the mouth, Eva Braun apparently by
taking poison" although she had &
revolver.
Propaganda Minister JOSEPH
Goebbels and Bormann and per
haps others wrapped Hitler's blood,
body in a blanket and placed it IL
the garden beside the woman's body
Both were drenched with gasolin,
and lighted. His associates CAV,
their Hitler salute and retired be
cause Russian gunfire was heavy
The bodies apparently were re
soaked several times and burned
again and again until nothing rec
ognizable remained. If any bone
were left these were broken up ant
probably buried.
amy theory that Hitler is still
alive would require that Hitler es
capped after 2:30 pm. on April 81
and that Eva Braun was fobbed of
with the corpse of a DOUBLE" tn
report said. "but escape after 2:3
pm. was almost certainly impos
Sible."
Reports Released.
American interrogators release,
the first reports on questioning O
three physicians who attended Hit
Ter from 1884 to 1914. The doctor
told Army authorities that Hitle
looked his age until 1943, but afte