Answer 1
Hitler finally recognized that all was lost and did not want to be taken captive and paraded through the streets of Moscow.
He had seen how the Italian people hung Mussolini in a public square and heaped humiliations upon his corpse. He definitely did not want to suffer that fate. He could do away with himself easily because he lacked respect for human life.
Because enemies were closing in on him from all sides, and there was no way to escape; he knew he had failed and had lost. He wasn't sure what they would do to him when they caught him, but knew it would probably be a life of torture, imprisonment and humiliation.
So he wanted a quick dignified death, and he wanted to die with honor with his beloved wife. So they took cyanide and had people shoot them, then his soldiers burned their bodies so their remains would not be desecrated.
Answer 2
The invading Soviet Army had reached Hitler in Berlin and he was close being captured. Supposedly, he was afraid of his body being humiliated post-mortem, like Mussolini's. Or he may have just been afraid. Hitler didnt want to be killed by Russians and had heard rumors that they would drag him around in a cage.
This is strictly an unverified rumor, or propaganda, depending upon whom you listen to. Many reliable eyewitness reports have him living to a ripe old age in Argentina.
Answer 3
He killed himself for many reasons; he knew he had lost, and he didn't want to hide or run, he did not want Stalin to capture him and parade him around as a war prize so Hitler killed himself and had his body cremated so not even that could be paraded. also, he killed himself because Soviet forces had surrounded Berlin and were closing in on his bunker. He believed that if he did get caught he would have a slow, painful and humiliating death, so he killed himself. He didn't want to be taken prisoner. Hitler had received reports of how Partisans executed Mussolini only 2 days earlier. They hung Mussolini's body in Milan to allow the angry mob to mutilate it. I think I've read that Hitler commented that he would not allow that to happen to him. Those are the reason that Adolph Hitler killed himself.
Because he had been defeated by Winston Churchill
Answer 4
An alternate answer - certainly favored by conspiracy theory lovers - is that we have no idea whether Hitler killed himself or not; he certainly did not cremate himself. Allied forces were halted outside Berlin for hours, when they might have captured Hitler; and a valid argument might be made that this was done so that Hitler could escape. America certainly inherited enough Nazi's at the end of the war to suggest this. There is more information in the book suggested in the link. It might be well to recognize that most everything we are taught about history in school is wrong; or at the very least written by the 'victors,' who have sufficiently outed themselves as liars, at this point, for one to seek the truth--whatever it may be--on their own.
Answer 5
When the Soviet troops entered Germany it was suggested that Hitler should try to escape. Hitler rejected the idea, as he feared the possibility of being captured. He had heard stories of how the Soviet troops planned to parade him through the streets of Germany in a cage. To prevent this humiliation Hitler decided to commit suicide. Two days before his death Hitler married Eva Braun. That night he tested out a cyanide pill on his pet Alsatian dog, Blondi. Braun agreed to commit suicide with him. She could have become rich by writing her memoirs but she preferred not to live without Hitler. Hitler made a will leaving all his property to the Nazi Party. After saying their farewells Hitler and Eva Braun went into a private room and took cyanide tablets. Hitler also shot himself in the head. His body was then cremated and his ashes were hidden in the Chancellery grounds. The place where he was buried is now under the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The man who tried to increase the size of Germany had in fact become responsible for dividing it into two. He had just heard how Benito Mussolini died. Mussolini was captured by partisans and executed and his body was hung up for public display and humiliation. Hitler said he didn't want anyone to find his body---that is why it was burned behind the bunker. He realized that the Russians would capture Berlin and he did not want to be captured and humiliated that's why he killed himself a.k.a (burned himself) He could not take the pressure of being defeated.
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Holocaust, killed almost all Jews. He thought everything was the Jews fault, like most Americans blame terrorist attacks on people from Iran and Irak, Afgahnistan and Pakistan. The truth was, he was a Jew himself. He figured because he killed all of the Jews, he had to kill himself.
There was no way out, the Russians where overwhelming the few remnants of Hitler's armies. Hitler had, for some reason unknown, chosen to stay in Berlin in his bunker. Maybe because he, deep inside, felt that he had lost it all.
did he though? Hitlers body was never actually seen by westerners. Its the Russians that claimed that they had found him and he was dead with Eva. along with a few photos. Hitler had many 'doubles' like sadam, osama etc. however in answer to ur question- he would of killed himself because he knew his fate would be hanging. he was defeated/finished. even if he had been let off which there was a chance- then what would he do.
Hitler took his own life because it was the end of the war (he was defeated) and he did not want to be captured alive.... because he had done to many HORRIBLE things to the United Nation's people. (it was not the GERMANS, in fact it was the Nazis who are Germans. But the Germans were not all Nazis were they? NO! they were not... (I'm not a German myself but i wish that so many people would stop blaming Germans)
He refused to be taken prisoner and with shame and disgrace to Germany. And he couldn't live with the idea that he destroyed Germany
probably because if he didn't kill himself somebody else would have
In the end Hitler was a coward and couldn't face the consequences of what he had done.
The war was lost.
So, basically, fear.
Adolph Hitler shot his mistress, Eva Braun, and his dog, then killed himself, just as Soviet forces were approaching Berlin. He didn't want to face the humiliation of capture and surrender. Afterwards came the saying, "Even Hitler loved his dog." ^ Minor correction - Hitler didn't kill his wife. She chose to end her life through the use of a cyanide capsule.
He was locked up in his bunker in Berlin. A good film to watch is 'Die Untergang' or, 'The End' with Bruno Ganz in the leading role as Hitler.
He killed himself so World War II did not end well for Hitler
Hitler committed suicide in his bunker shortly before the end of the war. He probably realized that he would have been hunted down and killed or executed, and preferred to take care of it himself.
There is debate among historians as to how Hitler killed himself, but the general view is that he shot himself in the head with his Walther pistol and that he took a cyanide poison pill.
When Hitler heard how bad the war was going he killed first his dog, then his wife and finally himself in his underground bunker in Berlin.
He was fully in control of Germany and at the end of the war he killed himself in a bunker in Berlin.
Hitler was defeated by the allied forces. The Americans, British, and Russian forces defeated him and took Berlin. As Berlin was being defeated, Hitler and his top advisers were staying in a bunker in Berlin. As defeat seemed inevitable everyone in the bunker committed suicide including Hitler (who shot himself) and his mistress so as not to be caught.
Hitler was defeated by the allied forces. The Americans, British, and Russian forces defeated him and took Berlin. As Berlin was being defeated, Hitler and his top advisers were staying in a bunker in Berlin. As defeat seemed inevitable everyone in the bunker committed suicide including Hitler (who shot himself) and his mistress so as not to be caught.
Eva Braun was with Hitler at the end.
Hitler shot himself.
Hitler actually shot himself in 1945, at the end of WW II.
The "Final Solution", or mass killing of Jews, did not end until Germany was invaded by the Allied forces. That was about when Hitler killed himself.
Adolph Hitler shot his mistress, Eva Braun, and his dog, then killed himself, just as Soviet forces were approaching Berlin. He didn't want to face the humiliation of capture and surrender. Afterwards came the saying, "Even Hitler loved his dog." ^ Minor correction - Hitler didn't kill his wife. She chose to end her life through the use of a cyanide capsule.
He was locked up in his bunker in Berlin. A good film to watch is 'Die Untergang' or, 'The End' with Bruno Ganz in the leading role as Hitler.
He killed himself so World War II did not end well for Hitler
He shot himself. Hitler killed himself because he knew that he would be captured and beaten. even hanged.