Table of Contents

Abbreviations Illustrations Preface Introduction: Is History Wrong? 1 The Evolution of Facts and Conspiracies I Hitler Waves II A New Approach 2 British Intelligence and Rumours of Survival I ‘Sheer Poppycock’: The Foreign Office Investigates II ‘Baumgart is Telling Lies’: The War Office Files III Double Trouble: Debunking the Escape Theories 3 American Intelligence and Rumours of Survival I ‘A Dollar to a Doughnut’: Hitler in America? II Hitler in Argentina? III Recurrent Legends: The CIA Investigations IV ‘Is Hitler Dead?’ American Military Intelligence Investigates V Hitler Everywhere? The Importance of Context 4 Political Motivations? British, American and Soviet Conduct I Why Trevor-Roper? Investigating the British Investigations II Preventing a Hitler Myth: Rumours, Motivations and Context III Triumph of the Wills IV Anglo-American Solidarity V Appeasing the Soviets? British Intelligence and Soviet Conduct 5 Helping Hitler Escape? The Hunt for Hitler’s Henchmen I Bormann is the Key? II The Hunt for Heinrich ‘Gestapo’ Müller III The Mass Suicide IV ‘Why Not Hitler?’ Real Escapes from the Bunker 6 The Evidence Still Stands I Positive and Consistent Evidence II Alternative Versions of Hitler’s Death III The Skull Changes Everything? Conclusion: ‘The Onus is on Hitler’ Acknowledgements Bibliography Notes Index

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A revealing look at the many conspiracy theories surrounding the death of the twentieth century’s most destructive dictator.

About the Author

Luke Daly-Groves is a PhD researcher based at the University of Leeds. His doctoral research analyses Anglo-American intelligence relations in occupied Germany. In 2015 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with First Class Honours in History from the University of Central Lancashire and was awarded the Sydney Lee Prize for History. In 2016 he was awarded the degree of Master of Arts in Modern History with Distinction from the University of Leeds. His MA dissertation won the Marion Sharples Prize.

Reviews

An incisive new book by Luke Daly-Groves has come to the aid of those determined to tell the truth with a brilliant demolition of the conspiracists.
*The Mail on Sunday*

Luke Daly-Groves offers a well-written, comprehensive and very convincing case against the idea Hitler may have survived death in 1945.
*Professor Frank McDonough, Professor of International History, Liverpool John Moores University, author of 'The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police'*

Not only timely and important, but also a highly readable account that demolishes the junk history surrounding Hitler's death with formidable and forensic research.
*Guy Walters, author of 'Hunting Evil'*

... a brilliant analysis of the final hours of the Fuhrer, a factual account that reads as extraordinary as a fable, addressing the many theories and conspiracies that have arisen over a half-century of speculation. It searches out all the ghosts.
*Alexander Theroux*

In a fascinating analysis seasoned with wry humour, Luke Daly-Groves applies scholarly rigour and a formidable array of fresh evidence to a topic all too often mired in sensationalism and fantasy.
*Dr Jonathan Colman, Senior Lecturer in International History, University of Central Lancashire.*