On 8 May 1945, Yelena Rzhevskaya was handed a small field lined in pink satin.
The field had as soon as held fragrance however now inside – so she mentioned – have been Adolf Hitler’s enamel.
Yelena later claimed this marked the start of the seek for Hitler’s dental information and, with it, official affirmation that the Soviet Red Army had discovered the burnt corpse of the German chief.
According to her memoir, the hunt took the younger battle interpreter on a automobile trip by Berlin within the dying days of the Second World War.
And, Yelena mentioned, what occurred turned a secret she needed to preserve for 20 years. Her granddaughter, Lyubov Summ, talks to Jane Wilkinson.
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(Photo: Teeth mentioned by specialists to be Adolf Hitler’s enamel, Moscow, 2000. Credit: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)
