Gustav Weler

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Weler after being shot.
Weler after being shot.

Gustav Weler was a political decoy (doppelganger or Body-double) of Adolf Hitler.[1] At the end of the Second World War, he was executed by a gunshot to the forehead in an attempt to confuse the Allied troops when Berlin was taken.[citation needed] He was also used "as a decoy for security reasons".[2] When his corpse was discovered in the Reichs Chancellery garden by Soviet troops, it was mistakenly believed to be that of Hitler because of his identical moustache and haircut. The corpse was also photographed and filmed by the Soviets.[3] In fact, Hitler's corpse had already been cremated by that time.[citation needed]

One servant from the bunker declared that the dead man was one of Hitler's cooks. He also believed this man "had been assassinated because of his startling likeness to Hitler, while the latter had escaped from the ruins of Berlin".[4]

A sensationalist 2006 book by Eric Orion entitled "The Bush Connection", claimed that Otto Skorzeny himself shot Weler.[5]

Weler's body was brought to Moscow for investigations and buried in the yard at Lefortovo prison.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Petrova, Peter Watson. "The Death of Hitler". W. W. Norton & Company.
  2. ^ The Houston Chronicle Sep 17, 1992
  3. ^ http://battlesworld.com/2006/12/16/adolf-hitlers-end/
  4. ^ The New York Times, May 9, 1945
  5. ^ Articles, government corruption, freedom of speech, truth
  6. ^ The Times. London (UK): Sep 20, 1992.
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