Sixty one years ago today Germany announced the death of Adolf Hitler.
Hamburg radio announced to the German people that their Fuhrer had "fallen at his command post, fighting to his last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany."

The announcement was to be one of the last big lies told by the most accomplished band of liars of the first half of the twentieth century. Hitler had taken the exit reserved for cowards. The chickens were coming home to roost in Berlin and they were wearing Russian uniforms.