Hitler Awards Iron Crosses to Hitler Youth on April 20, 1945
World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
Date: April 20, 1945
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