Synopsis
Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker composing his final testament.
- Programme: The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
- History | Germany, 1890-1945 | Appeasement and the Road to War, 1918-1939 | Final steps to war
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