 On 30 April , the Soviets were less than 500 metres ( 1 @,@ 600 ft ) from the bunker . That afternoon , Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide fewer than 40 hours after they were married . Misch witnessed the discovery of the bodies of Hitler and Braun . He followed Otto Günsche and Hitler 's chief valet Heinz Linge to the door of Hitler 's private room . After the door was opened , Misch only took a quick " glance " . He saw Eva , with her legs drawn up , to Hitler 's left on the sofa . Her eyes were open and she was dead . Hitler was also dead . He was either sitting on the sofa or in the armchair by it ; his head " had fallen forward slightly " . Misch started to leave to report the events to Schädle , but then stopped and returned to the door of Hitler 's study . By then Misch observed that Hitler 's corpse had been removed from inside the study and wrapped in a blanket . Several men then picked it up and carried it past him . Misch left and reported the events to Schädle , who instructed him to return to his duty station . After returning to the telephone exchange , Misch later recalled Unterscharführer <unk> proclaiming " So they 're burning the boss now ! " <unk> asked Misch if he was going upstairs to watch the events , but Misch declined to go . Thereafter , Günsche came down and told Misch that the corpses of Hitler and Braun had been burned in the garden of the Reich Chancellery . 
