H. R. Trevor-Roper - The Last Days of Hitler (Macmillan, 1947). 254 pages.

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NOTE: This is a scan of the first edition as published in 1947; the book is still in print and has been revised numerous times since then.

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Late in 1945, Trevor-Roper was appointed by British Intelligence in Germany to investigate conflicting evidence surrounding Hitler's final days and to produce a definitive report on his death. The author, who had access to American counterintelligence files and to German prisoners, focuses on the last ten days of Hitler's life, April 20-29, 1945, in the underground bunker in Berlin—a bizarre and gripping episode punctuated by power play and competition among Hitler's potential successors.

"From exhaustive research [Trevor-Roper] has put together a carefully documented, irrefutable, and unforgettable reconstruction of the last days in April, 1945." - New Republic

"A book sound in its scholarship, brilliant in its presentation, a delight for historians and laymen alike." - A. J. P. Taylor, New Statesman



"A masterpiece." -- THE TIMES

"Brilliantly written and researched, it remains the most vivid account of the final Wagnerian chapter of Hitler’s tyranny." -- Max Hastings, author of Overlord: D–Day and the Battle for Normandy