What Happened To Hitler’s dog?

Blondi was Adolf Hitler’s German Shepherd, a gift as a puppy from Martin Bormann in 1941.

During the course of 29 April 1945, Hitler learned of the death of his ally Benito Mussolini at the hands of Italian partisans.

This, along with the fact the Soviet Red Army was closing in on his location, strengthened Hitler in his resolve not to allow himself or his wife to be captured.

That afternoon, Hitler expressed doubts about the cyanide capsules he had received through Heinrich Himmler’s SS. By this point, Hitler regarded Himmler as a traitor.

To verify the capsules’ contents, Hitler—who already intended to have Blondi killed so that she did not fall into the hands of the Soviets—ordered Dr. Werner Haase to test one on Blondi, and the dog died as a result. Hitler became completely inconsolable.

Blondi was buried at Magdeburg, Stadtkreis Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

According to a report commissioned by Joseph Stalin and based on eyewitness accounts, Hitler’s dog handler, Feldwebel Fritz Tornow, took Blondi’s pups and shot them in the garden of the bunker complex on 30 April 1945, after Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide.

He also killed Eva Braun’s two dogs, Frau Gerda Christian’s dogs, and his own dachshund. Tornow was later captured by the Allies.