DNA test closes book on mystery of Martin Bormann

The Independent - London | May 4, 1998| | Copyright

THE long search for the elusive Martin Bormann is over. Using DNA analysis, German and Swiss scientists have established that a skeleton dug up in Berlin in 1972 is indeed Bormann's. Hitler's deputy - or, in Goering's words "that filthy swine" - may now rest in peace.

The scientists compared the DNA obtained from a piece of the skull with a tissue sample donated by an 83-year-old relative of Bormann's living near Frankfurt and found matching sequences.

Coupled with eyewitness testimony and dental records, the German authorities are convinced their file on one of the most notorious war ...

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