Hitler's skull? It's female...

[Magda Hassan]

As far as 'why'-- reading back over this thread it appears that the Russians have consistently asserted that Hitler's corpse was never found.

Yes, that is true. They were also very desirous of not permitting a memorial site for the fascists to be allowed to happen. That may explain some of the confusion.

Matching Hitler's DNA could be difficult. His relatives in New Jersey changed their surname (see 50 Things by Russ Kick attached). I believe his brother the barkeep died without issue.

But his mother and sister Paula can be used for comparison. We know where they are buried.

With regard to Hitler, it's clear that there was neither a public execution, nor a startling resurrection. He disappeared from view, officially dead.

Yes, very odd. There is also the story of Franco's German gardener. In April 1945 Hitler stopped ordering his anti gas pills which he was addicted to. In May 1945 Franco started ordering them by the case load. One of Franco's drivers, Senor Stefan Aceituna, was sent to collect this 'gardener' from Madrid airport on the night of April 30, 1945 around midnight. There was no luggage and it was a German plane (junker). He was taken directly to the palace. His name was Adi Lupis (Wolf?) Eva was known to have used the name Adi as a nickname for Hitler. In May of 1945 the East wing of Franco's residence in Madrid was sealed off from the rest of the palace and surrounded by a fourteen foot high wall. No explanation of this construction work has ever been forthcoming. The staff assigned to this wing were all fluent in the German tongue.Senor Adi Lupis died of cardio myopathy on November 1, 1947. Dr Victor Vega Diaz, who was also "President of the International Association of Cardiologists" signed the death certificate after being summoned to the palace personally by Generalissimo Franco. Pretty ritzy treatment for a mere gardener.

Stalin himself is said to believe that Hitler was alive either in Spain or South America

Former Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes in his book "Frankly Speaking" [as quoted in the April 1948 "The Cross and The Flag"]:

While in Potsdam at the Conference of the Big Four, Stalin left his chair, came over and clinked his liquor glass with mine in a very friendly manner. I said to him: 'Marshal Stalin, what is your theory about the death of Hitler?' Stalin replied: "He is not dead. He escaped either to Spain or Argentina.'

Stalin also demanded that the US and Britain invade Spain towards the end of the war.

Why now? I don't know. Obviously Hitler is long dead what ever happened to him. Maybe they are letting people know that so much of what we accept as history is actually just not so. Perhaps they no longer feel obligated to keep other people's secrets secret.