27 April 1945
Mr Adolf Hitler is to become European Peace Envoy working on behalf of the US, Russia, the League of Nations and Europe. Mr Hitler has always taken a keen interest in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe.
Today in the Reichstag, Mr Hitler received a standing ovation from his fellow Nazis.
"I've never seen anything like that," BBC political correspondent John Pienaar says. "It was a genuinely emotional moment."
Mr Hitler paid tribute to Germany's troops, saying: "Whatever view people take of my decisions, I think there is only one view to take of them. They are the bravest and the best."
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