Scientists: Skull piece that Russian officials say came from Hitler’s body actually from woman

Skull piece thought to be Hitler’s is from woman

HARTFORD, Conn. — A University of Connecticut scientist says DNA taken from a skull thought to be Adolf Hitler’s shows the bone fragment came from a woman.

But professor Linda Strausbaugh says some of the blood taken from the couch where Hitler reportedly shot himself did come from a man.

The section of a cranium is part of a collection of Hitler artifacts preserved by Soviet intelligence in the months after Hitler and Eva Braun reportedly committed suicide in a Berlin bunker in 1945.

Strausbaugh and Connecticut archaeologist Nick Bellantoni were asked to examine the samples for a History Channel documentary.

Strausbaugh says two other researchers were able to extract DNA to make the findings. She says nothing they found challenges the conclusion that Hitler died in the bunker.

(This version CORRECTS the spelling of Adolf.)