The streets of Berlin were devastated beyond recognition in some areas as 33-year-old photographer William Vandivert was led ...

The rule of the Third Reich was coming to its spectacular and violent finale. A demented, wild-eyed Hitler hid in his bunker under the Reich Chancellery as the Red Army surrounded Berlin and ...

The bodyguard, an SS Untergruppenfuhrer, last saw Hitler on April 27, in his personal room in the Chancellery. Eva Braun, Hitler’s blonde friend, was seated at a table, writing.

— April 30: Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker under the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Adm. Karl Dönitz succeeds him as Germany’s head of state.

The surrender formally takes effect at noon May 2. April 30: Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker under the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.