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But if Prof. Blaschke's evidence corroborated Heusemann's prison.”’ It looks suspiciously like he was being punished for identification, the proof itself has never been published. Although more than just having been Hitler's dentist. the Americans had Prof. Blaschke in their hands from May 1945, Prof. Blaschke was released from prison and practised dentistry when he was captured, until late 1948, they never made public in Nuremberg until he died in 1959. He never said anything any of the information he shared with them about Hitler's teeth. further about Hitler's teeth. His silence on the subject seems On 5 February 1946, for example, he was interrogated by US almost inexplicable. Information derived from Prof. Blaschke is military intelligence on precisely this subject. However, the also conspicuously absent from Hitler's Death. If it was Prof. report based on the 1946 interview was never released and Blaschke's reconstruction of Hitler's jawbone that helped clinch remains classified by the US Department of Defense even today. the identification of the alleged Hitler remains, there can be no Given that by 1946 the Americans were extremely keen to reason for omitting it from the Hitler's Death volume. In these publicise any information which suggested that the Soviets really circumstances it seems highly likely that Prof. Blaschke's had discovered Hitler's corpse, it must be the case that, wittingly evidence had only confirmed what the Soviets had already or otherwise, Prof. Blaschke had given suspected—that they had been led them information that contradicted this down the garden path. position. Finally, there is an obvious problem It is also hard to draw any firm with the idea of thinking that Prof. conclusions from an interview Prof. | However, the report based on ff Blaschke could be relied upon to tell the truth: if a dental hoax was Blaschke gave on the subject of the 1946 interview was never perpetrated to mask Hitler's mysterious Hitler's teeth while still in American vantioite in as i iff departure from history, as I allege, then captivity in early 1948. Although on released and remains classified Prof. Blaschke himself, who had been a oes ro Daaschke way aid by the US Depari tment of Hitler's dentist since 1932, would have . : " been involved. He would have onl have Hitler's jawbone, he made two Defense even today. needed to reproduce his own work in remarks that only undermined this view. First, as we saw above, he stated that Heusemann had not been qualified to give a "positive identification". Second, Prof. Blaschke challenged the Soviets to show him the Continued next edition... jaw in question: "Why don't the Russians show this jaw to me? I only need one look and can definitely state this is or is not Hitler's About the Author: jaw."® The only obvious answer to this question is that the Giordan Smith is an independent academic from Sydney, the mouth of someone who had been selected to die in Hitler's place to pull this off. Soviets knew that it was not really Hitler's.” Australia, with a special interest in modern German history. Prof. Blaschke may even have been punished for these He can be contacted by email at giordansmith@gmail.com. indiscretions. Towards the end of 1948, just as the Americans The complete text of this article will be available at the were about to release him, Prof. Blaschke was tried by a German NEXUS. website, http://www.nexusmagazine.com at the time "denazification" court and sentenced to a further three years in of publication of part three in NEXUS vol. 15, no. 2. However, the report based on the 1946 interview was never — by the US Department of Defense even today. About the Author: Giordan Smith is an independent academic from Sydney, Australia, with a special interest in modern German history. He can be contacted by email at giordansmith@gmail.com. The complete text of this article will be available at the NEXUS website, http://www.nexusmagazine.com at the time of publication of part three in NEXUS vol. 15, no. 2. Endnotes Martin Bormann, Nazi in Exile (Lyle this tooth was in the exact same location 31. V. K. Vinogradov et al. (eds), Stuart, Secaucus, NJ, 1981, p. 182): as the tooth that Heusemann told the Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great "Bormann had removed them from the Soviets (Hitler's Death, p. 97) she had Secret from the Files of the KGB, chancellery files." helped extract from Hitler's mouth in Chaucer Press, London, 2005, pp. 53-54 41. Kay Lutze, "Von Liegnitz nach 1944 (not the fourth, as Dr Bruck told 32. Hitler's Death, p. 54 New York: Die Lebensgeschichte des the Western reporter). What are the 33. Hitler's Death, p. 245 jiidischen Zahnarztes Fedor Bruck odds of that? 34. D. Marchetti et al., "The death of (1895-1982)" ("From Liegnitz to New 51. Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1946, Adolf Hitler — forensic aspects", Journal York: The Life of the Jewish Dentist p. 7. Dr Bruck stated: "Two days after of Forensic Sciences 2005 Sept; 50(5), Fedor Bruck..."), Zahnaertzliche she told me the story, a Russian officer Abstract, p. 1148, Mitteilungen 96(10):124-27, 16 May and a Russian woman drove up and http://journalsip.astm.org/JOURNALS/ 2006, http://www.zm-online.de/mSa. asked her to prepare a bag for a visit of FORENSIC/PAGES/5060.htm htm ?/zm/10_06/pages2/hist].htm some days. I have not seen or heard of 35. "Did Hitler And Eva Die One Year (NB: Lutze is Bruck's grandchild.) her nor Eichmann [sic] since." Ago?", Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 42. Hitler's Death, p. 95 52. Hitler's Death, pp. 95-100 1946 43. Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1946, 53. The record of this five-hour-long 36. "Yank Intelligence Officer Says He p.7 interrogation is only a few pages long Doesn't Believe Hitler Dead", 44. Hitler's Death, pp. 97-99 and can account for no more than 10 Charleston Gazette, 9 February 1947 45. Hitler's Death, p. 97 minutes of the interrogation at best, 37. Cited in D. Marchetti et al.,p.1150 46. Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1946, leaving one to wonder what other 38. Cited in D. Marchetti et al., p. 1148 — p.7 matters took up the rest of the time. 39. Cited in D. Marchetti et al.,p. 1148 47. Hitler's Death, pp. 102-7 Another curious fact is that the 40. Neither Adolf Hitler's nor Eva 48. Hitler's Death, p. 106 interrogation record actually combines Hitler's dental charts have ever been 49. Hitler's Death, pp 106-7 Continued on page 80 found. According to Paul Manning, in 50. Hitler's Death, p. 99. Amazingly, 44 = NEXUS Continued next edition... www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2007 — JANUARY 2008