Intelligence documents allegedly reveal how Hitler may have faked his own death and started a new life in South America
The Nazi leader was previously thought to have committed suicide after the Allies toppled his German Empire
INTELLIGENCE experts have explored the possibility that Adolf Hitler could have escaped unharmed from his Berlin bunker to take refuge in South America.
The Nazi leader is known to have committed suicide after the Allies toppled his German Empire, but declassified intelligence documents apparently suggest that this may not have been the case.
Instead of ending his life in his fortified Berlin bunker, there are claims that the Austrian-born leader of Germany's Third Reich may have faked his own death in order to escape justice.
reports that intelligence experts poured over 14,000 declassified documents to offer the alternate version of how Hitler's life may have really ended.
Former CIA operative Bob Baer and Tim Kennedy, from the US special forces, investigate the outlandish claim as part of the latest Hunting Hitler series, which airs on the History Channel tomorrow.
One declassified British intelligence document claims that a Luftwaffe pilot flew Hitler out of Berlin on 29 April 1945 - the day before he was thought to have killed himself alongside his wife Eva Braun.
Whilst this alone isn't enough to confirm the theory, the pair found more compelling evidence to suggest that all we know about the vile Nazi's death could be wrong.
It was also alleged that there is evidence of a secret exit from Hitler's fortified bunker, which he could have used to escape justice as Russian forces marched on Berlin.
This previously unknown fifth exit from Hitler's hideout is said to have lead to a runway, which the Fuehrer could have used to escape the country with the help of Germany's Luftwaffe.
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What's more, an SS officer reportedly saw Hitler in Denmark before he changed planes and escaped Europe - with his sights allegedly set on starting a new life in Argentina.
According to ex-CIA man Baer, Hitler had planned to build a new Reich in South America after his plans for Nazi domination of Europe were thwarted by the Allies.
Evidence was even uncovered of a military compound in Argentina where Hitler could have stayed, with Argentina the destination of choice for thousands of exiled Nazis after World War 2.
What's more, the truth around Hitler's body is shrouded in secrecy, with his only known remains - a shard of his lower jawbone - held by Russia's KGB.
Baer told the : "If we want to conclude this story, I would get the lower jaw.
"No-one expects to find Hitler and there are no first-hand witnesses alive that are credible who actually saw him [in South America].
"On the other hand, there are Nazi communities in Argentina who just refuse to talk."
Hunting Hitler airs on Monday, 10pm, on History Channel.