Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Munich, 1919

A German communist stands with his arms crossed as he is about to be executed by a firing squad. According to some sources, this photo was staged, but others dispute that claim. The firing squad is the German Freikorps, a paramilitary group that was established in the wake of Germany's defeat in WWI.

April 30, 1945

This is the last known photograph of Adolf Hitler. Later that day, Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin. Eva Braun, his wife of approximately one day, killed herself with him by ingesting cyanide.

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