Otto Günsche
Otto Günsche (24 September 1917 – 2 October 2003) was a mid-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.[7] After waiting a short time, Hitler's valet, Heinz Linge, opened the study door with Martin Bormann at his side.[10] In accordance with Hitler's prior written and verbal instructions, his and Braun's bodies were carried up the stairs and through the bunker's emergency exit to the garden behind the Reich Chancellery to be burned.[11][12] Having ensured that the corpses were burnt using petrol supplied by Hitler's chauffeur Erich Kempka, Günsche left the Führerbunker after midnight on 1 May.[13] The next day, he was taken prisoner by Soviet Red Army troops that were encircling the city and flown to Moscow for interrogation by the NKVD.[34] Joachimsthaler did conclude, based on the evidence, that Günsche was mistaken as to the position of where Hitler was sitting when first observed after death and criticized him and Linge for delegating the task of the actual burning of the corpses to SS officers Ewald Lindloff and Hans Reisser.[36] According to journalist Jean-Christophe Brisard and filmmaker Lana Parshina, as of 2017 the Soviet military file on Günsche, although declassified, remained closed to the public without the authorization of a family member.
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