"Would have sent himself to the gas": Hitler's DNA indicates underdeveloped sexual organs

Benecke had access to this part of the sofa in the Moscow State Archive. In the documentary, a piece of fabric with blood is used for DNA sequencing, which has since ended up in a US museum. It is said to have been secured in the Führerbunker by a US soldier. Hitler took his own life on April 30, 1945.

Adolf Hitler's Genetic Material: Indications of Kallmann Syndrome

The proof that the blood on the sofa is Hitler's blood is said to have been provided as early as 2008 through a comparison with the DNA of a man with common paternal ancestors, several British media reported alongside the documentary, which will be broadcast in the United Kingdom this Saturday. According to the reports, the documentary's research team comes to the analysis that indications of Kallmann syndrome have been discovered in Hitler's genetic material. If he had known his DNA, he would have "probably sent himself to the gas," said Turi King, the British geneticist whose team decoded Hitler's DNA.

In people with this syndrome, puberty does not occur or is incomplete. For example, in boys, only little body hair develops, and the voice may not deepen. Other sexual characteristics may not develop as usual in adults. 5-10% of those affected have a micropenis, explains Turi King.

Those affected may also have no sense of smell or a significantly reduced sense of smell. It is known that Hitler had strong bad breath, but apparently did not perceive it himself, said Benecke. Hitler would get close to other people and, for example, tell jokes. "He might not have done that if he had smelled it himself," said the expert in biological traces.

(APA/Red.)

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