Ewald Lindloff was a Waffen-SS officer during World War II, who was present in the Fuhrerbunker on 30 April 1945, when Hitler committed suicide.
14 Facts About Ewald Lindloff
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Ewald Lindloff was placed in charge of disposing of Hitler's remains.
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Ewald Lindloff attended engineering college during the years 1928 to 1933.
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Ewald Lindloff joined the Schutzstaffel on 1 May 1932.
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On 15 July 1933, Ewald Lindloff was accepted into the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.
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Ewald Lindloff married Ilse Borchert, a secretary for Hitler's staff officers on 4 February 1938.
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Ewald Lindloff was promoted to the officer rank of SS-Untersturmfuhrer on 30 January 1941.
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From 20 October 1942 until 10 May 1943, Ewald Lindloff was on active combat duty with the LSSAH.
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Ewald Lindloff was promoted to the rank of SS-Obersturmfuhrer on 9 November 1941; and promoted to SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer on 30 January 1945.
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Ewald Lindloff was present in the Fuhrerbunker on the afternoon of 30 April 1945, when Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide.
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Approximately 30 minutes later, SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Gunsche ordered Ewald Lindloff to go and see how far the cremation had progressed and to bury the remains in the Chancellery garden; thus attempting to keep Hitler's remains from being captured by the Soviet Red Army.
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Ewald Lindloff reported back to Gunsche that the bodies were "already charred and torn open".
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Just after 18:30 hours, Ewald Lindloff reported to Gunsche that he had carried out his orders as to the disposal of the remains with the aid of fellow FBK member, SS-Obersturmfuhrer Hans Reisser.
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Ewald Lindloff left the Reich Chancellery as part of one of the groups attempting to break out.