Column By Mike Bibb
With all the controversy of anti-Trump protesters insisting he is really a modern-day version of Adolph Hitler, I remembered I composed a story for the Gila Herald several years ago (April 27, 2021), detailing the assumed death of the Nazi Führer and how Russia, supposedly, came into possession of his skull and teeth.
To assist contemporary Trump-is-Hitler believers that The Donald is really not Adolph, here’s a resubmission of that article:
Hitler’s Toothache — Gila Herald, April 27, 2021. . . “April 30, 2021, in addition to being the last day of the month and Arbor Day, is also the date one of the most infamous characters in history died.
Adolph Hitler entered the world in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889. He exited 56 years later – presumably by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head – on April 30, 1945, in Berlin, Germany.
The Führer was dead, and Nazi Germany’s involvement in World War II ended shortly after. (May 8, 1945).
However, unconfirmed accounts that he may have escaped to South America by submarine have persisted. Several high-ranking Nazi officials did desert Germany in the last days of the Reich. Many were later captured and executed.
Hitler’s demise was not completely accepted by various governments due to the fact that his body was reportedly discovered in a burned-out bunker, charred beyond recognition. He, his new wife, and his pet dog had swallowed several ampules of cyanide. Hitler wanted to make sure he wouldn’t be taken alive, so he also placed a 9 mm pistol to his head and squeezed the trigger.
End of story? Far from it.
There’s no disputing a couple of bodies were found in the rubble but were they actually Hitler and Eva Braun’s?
Using modern forensic methods, French researchers and scientists sought to solve the mystery. According to a story in “History,” Dec. 26, 2018, Hitler’s remains were allegedly in the custody of the Russian secret police. Reportedly, the Soviet Army had removed the bodies from the bunker after Berlin had been overwhelmed by advancing Russian and Allied troops. However, this may have been Soviet misinformation. Supposedly, a set of Hitler’s false teeth and skull fragments has remained in Russian possession since.
Researchers determined a bullet hole in the left side of a skull sample thought to be the dictator’s, along with fragments of a few teeth, were consistent with previous “radiographic images of Hitler’s skull taken a year before his death.”
Also revealed during the examination was that Hitler’s jaw was mostly fabricated from metal and contained few teeth. “At the moment of his death, Hitler had only four remaining teeth”, and those were misshapen and corroded with tartar deposits.
The scientists admitted they were only allowed to examine samples from a Russian-provided skull and its teeth. As a result, they could not say with absolute certainty if Hitler’s death was caused by poison or a bullet. “It’s in all probability both,” the report determined.
The History article concludes, “Either way, the study may help finally put tales of Hitler’s flight to rest, once and for all.”
Not sure about that. Seems to me the story rests on several questionable assumptions, including the authenticity of the skull and tooth samples furnished by the Russians.
All of this makes for continued speculations, but the simple fact of the matter is that if Hitler were alive, he would be 137 years old. World War II ended 81 years ago, and except for numerous accounts of Hitler sightings, there has been no absolute proof that he escaped from his Berlin bunker.
Unlike Elvis, who was seen in a Facebook selfie working at a Memphis Burger King.”
In the meantime, it is not certain that anyone’s opinion of “Trump-is-Hitler” has changed since this story appeared five years ago, regardless of evidence to the contrary. Some folks’ heads are harder than those on Mount Rushmore.
That’s okay. If people want to believe a New York City real estate developer is the same as a World War Two German dictator, then there’s little sense in letting facts get in the way of a delusional brain spasm.
I suppose if Trump can be Hitler, then there’s no reason Nancy Pelosi should lose money in the stock market.
Actually, the odds are probably significantly better that Nancy will make money in the stock market than that Donald Trump will become Hitler #2.
At least, that’d be my bet!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author.
Editor’s Note: President Donald Trump’s investment portfolio experienced an unprecedented surge in activity during the first quarter of 2026, executing 3,711 stock market trades totaling between $220 million and $750 million. President Trump invests in a company and then ensures it thrives through government contacts, including several during his recent trip to China.
