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World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
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Führerbunker
Subterranean bunker complex for Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
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Eva Braun
Wife of Adolf Hitler (1912–1945)
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Death of Adolf Hitler
1945 suicide of Nazi Germany dictator
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Victory Banner
Banner raised by Red Army soldiers in Berlin
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Reichstag building
Seat of the federal parliament of Germany
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