Blondi

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Blondi (d. April 30, 1945) was the name of Adolf Hitler's German Shepherd Dog. She was given to him as a gift by Martin Bormann in 1941. Blondi stayed with Hitler even after his move to the Führerbunker during the fall of Berlin, and in April 1945 had a litter of five puppies through Gerdy Troost's German Shepherd "Harrass". Hitler named one of the puppies "Wolf", and after the Fall of Berlin Soviets found the bodies of Blondi and one puppy. It is unknown what happened to the remaining four.

By all accounts, Hitler was quite fond of Blondi, keeping her at his side and allowing her to sleep in his bedroom in the bunker. Hitler killed Blondi shortly before killing himself, using a cyanide tablet, perhaps believing that the Russians would torture her out of spite for him and perhaps to test the cyanide.

Pop culture

The dog is referenced in episode 8F17 (Dog of Death) of The Simpsons which originally aired (March 12, 1992) when Homer Simpson tells his son about how "Doggie Hell" is populated by, "Hitler's dog and that Nixon dog, what's his name, uh, Chester," along with one of the Lassies ("...The one who mauled Timmy"). There is a band called Blondie, which is a reference to the dog.

External links

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