The death of Adolf Hitler--forensic aspects.

@article{Marchetti2005TheDO,
  title={The death of Adolf Hitler--forensic aspects.},
  author={Daniela Marchetti and Ilaria Boschi and Matteo Polacco and Juha Rainio},
  journal={Journal of forensic sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={50 5},
  pages={
          1147-53
        }
}
The death of Adolf Hitler is one of the unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. Numerous historians and journalists have attempted to piece together the details, but despite the interest in the forensic literature regarding the identification of the body, there has not been much scientific debate about the alleged cause of death--cyanide poisoning, gunshot injury, or both. The available literature concerning Hitler's cause of death is incomplete because the toxicological analysis has not… 
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