Forensic expert believes UK documentary Hitler blood sample authentic

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2025-11-15

London (dpa) - Renowned forensic biologist Dr Mark Benecke considers the blood sample used in a British television documentary to analyse Adolf Hitler's DNA to be valid. The sample in the Channel 4 film "Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator" scheduled to air on Saturday comes from a sofa on which Hitler is said to have shot himself in the Führer's bunker in Berlin. Benecke told dpa that he had also taken a sample from another place, the side arm......

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