Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Gustav Weler was a political decoy (doppelgänger or Body-double) of Adolf Hitler. At the end of the Second World War, he was executed by a gunshot to the forehead in an attempt to confuse the Allied troops when Berlin was taken.[citation needed] He was also used "as a decoy for security reasons". When his corpse was discovered in the Reichs Chancellery garden by Soviet troops, it was mistakenly believed to be that of Hitler because of his identical moustache and haircut.. }
Showing items 1 to 1 of
1
with 100 items per page.
- Gustav_Weler comment "Gustav Weler was a political decoy (doppelgänger or Body-double) of Adolf Hitler. At the end of the Second World War, he was executed by a gunshot to the forehead in an attempt to confuse the Allied troops when Berlin was taken.[citation needed] He was also used "as a decoy for security reasons". When his corpse was discovered in the Reichs Chancellery garden by Soviet troops, it was mistakenly believed to be that of Hitler because of his identical moustache and haircut.".