A "suicide message" was presented to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler for sale at an auction in the United States, in which one of his generals was told he would not leave Berlin despite the rapid advance of Soviet troops in 1945.
The rare message is displayed at the American Auction Center, in the state of Maryland. The head of the center, Bill Panagopoulos, said the letter was an unusual and written evidence confirming Hitler's intention to stay and die in the German capital shortly after losing the war, making the document "the suicide message of Hitler."
The Nazi leader sent this message through the telegram in 1945, in which he wanted to show his soldiers and officers "the brave leader to the end," but his true end was not as glorious as he tried to appear.
In his rare letter, Hitler wrote to Marshal Ferdinand Schroeder: "I have to stay in Berlin, to participate in the decisive battle for Germany, and to be the best example of all the rest."
"I think that in this way I am doing the best service for Germany, but for you, you have to do everything you can to win the struggle for Berlin," he said.
Adolf Hitler and his lover, Eva Braun, committed suicide at a Berlin shelter on April 30, 1945, while FBI secret documents showed that the security agency had officially investigated, in 1945, rumors that Hitler had fled to Argentina Aboard a submarine.