Like some mythological monster and disturbing apparition, Hitler encourages many fantasies. Ever since the fall of Berlin on May 2nd, 1945, one question prevails: Is he dead or has he fled? According to testimonies of survivors of his bunker, he died on April 30th, 1945. He was then burned, so no one would get to his body. But the non-existence of his corpse had initiated an unstoppable string of rumors that he was alive. Leonid Leonov, the favorite author of the Soviet regime, on May 8th, 1945, published a fiery text in Pravda: „We will require material evidence that the corporal-strategist has not turned into a werewolf. Babies all over the world can sleep peacefully in their cradles. The Führer's body in natural size is the only thing the Soviet armies and their Western allies want to s...