Adolf Hitler at his last “public” appearance, when he congratulated 20 members of the Hitler Youth for their bravery in combat. This took place in the garden of the Reich Chancellery 10 days before he committed suicide. Wikimedia Commons.
10. Hitler Dictated His Political Will and Personal Testament
By April 28, Allied forces were in Berlin, just a thousand yards away from Hitler’s bunker. He woke up his personal secretary, a woman named Gertrude Junge, and told her that he wanted to write out his will and testament. He instructed her to write it out in shorthand rather than type it.
