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Soviet soldiers guard the entrance to Hitler's underground bunker. [LCID: 61949]
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Soviet soldiers guard the entrance to Hitler's underground bunker

Soviet soldiers guard the entrance to Adolf Hitler's underground bunker. Upon the advance of Soviet forces through the streets of Berlin, Hitler committed suicide here on April 30, 1945, rather than face capture. Berlin, Germany, 1945.

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