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Hitler's Bodyguard, reported to be the last occupant of the Fuhrer Bunker
MISCH, Rochus (1917-2013). German Sergeant in the First Panzer Division, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. He served as the Fuhrer’s escort, bodyguard, courier and telephone operator for Hitler. He is reported to be the last surviving occupant of the Fuhrer Bunker. On April 30, 1945, Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. Misch witnessed the discovery of the bodies. He was also present when Magda Goebbels poisoned her six children and then committed suicide with her husband on 1 May 1945. Misch fled the bunker on May 2 only hours before the Red Army seized it. Color photograph of Misch possibly at Eagles nest, head and shoulders pose, in uniform. Very boldly signed......................$87.50
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