1945
Adolf Hitler with Karl Dönitz in Berlin

24 February 1945
Reichsarbeitsfuehrer Konstantin Hierl gets the Goldene Kreuz des Deutschen Ordens (golden oak leaves with swords, the highest grade of the Deutscher Orden) from Adolf Hitler

3 March 1945
Situation conference at the headquarters of Army Group Vistula

20 March 1945
Adolf Hitler meets a group of Hitlerjugend in the chancellery garden during his last public appearance on camera

30 March 1945
Hitler orders to the army that only the toughest resistance and fanatic determination can guarantee the success of the coming battle. The forces liberated in east and west Prussia will arrive and give orders for the final defense in Berlin.

20 April 1945
Adolf Hitler observes the ruins of the chancellery with his adjutant Julius Schaub

20 April 1945
Adolf Hitler observes the ruins of the chancellery, this is supposedly the last photo taken of Hitler

24 April 1945
Radiogram letter: I'll remain in Berlin to take part honorably in the decisive battle for Germany, and set a good example to those remaining. I believe that in this way I shall render Germany the best service. For the rest of you, every effort must be mad

28 April 1945
Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun in his Berlin bunker 2 days before their suicide. The wedding certificate is signed by the 2 witnesses, Joseph Goebbels and Martin Bormann, and the councillor Walter Wagner

29 April 1945
Adolf Hitler dictates his political and private testaments to his secretary Traudl Junge, in his Berlin bunker, a day before his suicide