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Adolf Hitler. investigation into whereabouts. Contact prints made in 1995 of the...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/3789

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This record is about the Adolf Hitler. investigation into whereabouts. Contact prints made in 1995 of the... dating from 1945-1946 in the series War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, and Directorate.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
WO 208/3789
Date
1945-1946
Description
Adolf Hitler. investigation into whereabouts.

Contact prints made in 1995 of the 5 x-ray plates of Hitler's head in this piece are orderable as CN 4/13.

Includes 5 photographs depicting: Contact prints made in 1995 of x-rays of Hitler's head, taken by Dr Giesing at the Army Hospital, Ratsenburg, Sep-Oct 1944. (Please note that if you order the extracted photographs you will receive the contact prints and not the original x-rays) Dated 1944.

Related material

Contact prints made in 1995 of the 5 x-ray plates of Hitler's head in this piece are orderable as CN 4/13

Separated material

Original x-ray plates are in

WO 208/3789/1

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 582/3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4413356/

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