Stalin
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I am not surprised. Most historical relics are fakes.
Skull tests reignite theories Hitler escaped bunker
"...a fragment of skull, complete with bullet hole, which was taken from his bunker by the Russians and displayed in Moscow in 2000, appeared to settle the argument.
Until now. In the wake of new revelations, the histories of Hitler's death may need to be rewritten - and left open-ended.Until now. In the wake of new revelations, the histories of Hitler's death may need to be rewritten - and left open-ended.
American researchers claim to have demonstrated that the skull fragment, secretly preserved for decades by Soviet intelligence, belonged to a woman under 40, whose identity is unknown.
DNA analyses performed on the bone, now held by the Russian State Archive in Moscow, have been processed at the genetics lab of the University of Connecticut. The results, broadcast in the United States by a History Channel documentary, Hitler's Escape, astonished scientists. According to Connecticut archaeologist and bone specialist Nick Bellantoni, it was clear from the outset that something was amiss.
"The bone seemed very thin; male bone tends to be more robust. And the sutures where the skull plates come together seemed to correspond to someone under 40."
In April 1945 Hitler turned 56.
Bellantoni had flown to Moscow to inspect the gruesome Hitler trophies at the State Archive.
They included the skull fragment as well as bloodstains from the bunker sofa on which Hitler and Braun were believed to have committed suicide.
He was allowed only one hour with the Hitler trove, during which time he applied cotton swabs and took DNA samples.
"I had the reference photos the Soviets took of the sofa in 1945 and I was seeing the exact same stains on the fragments of wood and fabric in front of me, so I knew I was working with the real thing."
The samples were then flown back to Connecticut. At the university's centre for applied genetics, Linda Strausbaugh closed her lab for three days to work exclusively on the Hitler project.
"We used the same routines and controls that would have been used in a crime lab," she said...."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10599987&pnum=2
Comrade Stalin
Skull tests reignite theories Hitler escaped bunker
"...a fragment of skull, complete with bullet hole, which was taken from his bunker by the Russians and displayed in Moscow in 2000, appeared to settle the argument.
Until now. In the wake of new revelations, the histories of Hitler's death may need to be rewritten - and left open-ended.Until now. In the wake of new revelations, the histories of Hitler's death may need to be rewritten - and left open-ended.
American researchers claim to have demonstrated that the skull fragment, secretly preserved for decades by Soviet intelligence, belonged to a woman under 40, whose identity is unknown.
DNA analyses performed on the bone, now held by the Russian State Archive in Moscow, have been processed at the genetics lab of the University of Connecticut. The results, broadcast in the United States by a History Channel documentary, Hitler's Escape, astonished scientists. According to Connecticut archaeologist and bone specialist Nick Bellantoni, it was clear from the outset that something was amiss.
"The bone seemed very thin; male bone tends to be more robust. And the sutures where the skull plates come together seemed to correspond to someone under 40."
In April 1945 Hitler turned 56.
Bellantoni had flown to Moscow to inspect the gruesome Hitler trophies at the State Archive.
They included the skull fragment as well as bloodstains from the bunker sofa on which Hitler and Braun were believed to have committed suicide.
He was allowed only one hour with the Hitler trove, during which time he applied cotton swabs and took DNA samples.
"I had the reference photos the Soviets took of the sofa in 1945 and I was seeing the exact same stains on the fragments of wood and fabric in front of me, so I knew I was working with the real thing."
The samples were then flown back to Connecticut. At the university's centre for applied genetics, Linda Strausbaugh closed her lab for three days to work exclusively on the Hitler project.
"We used the same routines and controls that would have been used in a crime lab," she said...."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10599987&pnum=2
Comrade Stalin
