Hans Baur
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Hans Baur (1897 – 1993) was Hitler's pilot during his political campaigns of the 1920s and 1930s.
During one particular flight, the plane experienced engine failure and subsequently started to nose dive. Baur was able to restart the engine. Hitler, as was customary, took that moment as a sign of fate. After Hitler became Führer of Germany, Baur would regularly visit and dine with him at the Chancellery.
During the last days of the war, Hans Baur was with Hitler in his Führerbunker, staying with him until the end. After Hitler's suicide, Baur, along with a few others, tried to escape to the American/British lines. Instead, Baur was captured by the Russians and held for a decade.
Final occupants of the Führerbunker by date of departure
| April 22 Julius Schaub • Christa Schröder • Johanna Wolf | April 23 Theodor Morell • Albert Speer | |
| April 29 Robert Ritter von Greim • Hanna Reitsch • Heinz Lorenz • Wilhelm Zander • Heinrich Müller • Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven | ||
| April 30 Otto Günsche • Gerda Christian | May 1 Wilhelm Mohnke • Martin Bormann • Artur Axmann • Traudl Junge • | |
| Ludwig Stumpfegger • Hans Baur • Erich Kempka • Johann Rattenhuber • Günther Schwägermann • Werner Naumann • Hans-Erich Voss | ||
| Still present when Soviet forces arrived on May 2 Rochus Misch • Erna Flegel • Werner Haase • Johannes Hentschel | ||
| Date of departure uncertain Heinz Linge • Walther Hewel • Constanze Manziarly • Hermann Fegelein • Nicholaus von Below | ||
| Committed suicide Adolf Hitler • Eva Braun • Joseph Goebbels • Magda Goebbels • Wilhelm Burgdorf • Peter Högl • Hans Krebs | ||
| Killed Goebbels children | ||
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