Hitler's Bunker - The Final Days

NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES GRAPHIC SCENES OF WAR. PARTS OF THE HISTORICAL FOOTAGE ARE NOT EASY TO WATCH. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

By the end of April, 1945, it was clear that Germany had lost the war. Berlin had been decimated by weeks of bombing and ground warfare. Hitler summoned certain individuals to his bunker, to thank them for their service and to say good-bye.

View the conditions in Berlin and the scene in Hitler’s bunker. Be warned, however, that the video depicts graphic scenes of war, including historical footage.

This video clip is from Downfall (Der Untergang), a powerful film about the last twelve days in the Fuhrer Bunker, starring Bruno Ganz as Hitler and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's secretaries, was a script writer.

The film is widely hailed as realistically depicting the final days of the Third Reich, the capture of Berlin and the downfall of Germany under Hitler's rule.