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
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