"One had to discount 50% of everything he said." — Intelligence Report
Hermann Karnau was a member of the security detail tasked with guarding the Reich Chancellery. While the inner circle remained deep underground, Karnau was the man on the surface, providing a vivid account of the cremation that would eventually be used to bolster the "official" suicide story. But as the intelligence officers who interrogated him noted, Karnau was fundamentally unreliable—a witness whose testimony required a 50% "credibility tax" before it could even be considered.
In this final volume of Hitler’s Death: The Eyewitnesses, investigator Peter David Orr audits the "Hunde-Bunker" error. By deconstructing Karnau's impossible claim that the bodies were burned near the dog kennels—a location hundreds of feet away from the actual emergency exit—this investigation exposes the danger of "witness contamination." Discover how Karnau’s desperate attempts to trade information for safety led to a testimony that was half-truth, half-fiction, and entirely problematic.
The sentry is finally being relieved of his post. It’s time to audit the Guard.
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