German scientists confirmed that the remains of a body found at a Berlin construction site were those of Hitler deputy Martin Bormann. The head of Munich University’s Institute for Forensic Medicine said DNA provided conclusive evidence to quash rumors that Bormann had fled to South America after the collapse of the Third Reich.
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