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Hitler’s DNA: How a Battlefield Souvenir, Modern Genetics, and Eight Years of Testing Finally Settled Two of History’s Most Persistent Myths

Kevin Callen2025-11-13T17:57:33-05:00

(and it's not that Hitler had a micropenis)

For nearly 80 years, conspiracy theories have flourished around Adolf Hitler’s final moments—claims that he escaped Berlin, that his body was never recovered, or that he possessed Jewish ancestry. The Gettysburg Museum of History, steward of one of the most extraordinary World War II relics in the world, has now released the full backstory behind the scientific investigation featured in the new BBC documentary “Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator.”This article...