Adolf Hitler died by suicide on April 30, 1945, in his underground Führerbunker in Berlin as Soviet troops were closing in on the city. He committed suicide by shooting himself in the right temple with a pistol. At the same time, his longtime companion and wife of one day, Eva Braun, died by ingesting cyanide poison. Following their deaths, their bodies were carried outside the bunker, doused with petrol, and burned in the garden of the Reich Chancellery as per Hitler's instructions

. Eyewitnesses and Hitler's personal adjutant confirmed the gunshot wound as the cause of Hitler's death, while Eva Braun's death was due to cyanide poisoning. Soviet forces recovered burnt remains identified through dental records, though the Soviets initially spread conflicting reports and conspiracy theories about Hitler's fate

. In summary, Hitler died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his bunker on April 30, 1945, and his body was subsequently burned to prevent capture