he told me how he -- how hitler instructed him personally to dispose of his and eva braun's remains by pouring gas over their bodies in the courtyard of that bunker, because they didn't want any remains to fall into russian hands, the russians had of course taken berlin, were taking it shortly thereafter. and so he carried out all of those orders and that is the story that came down to me and i see by the history books also to others, that is apparently how it happened. >> he described to you the last days in the bunker? >> well, he did but i don't have a very detailed recollection of that. it must have been chaotic but i really can't tell you details that you know, that would throw any light on it now. i do remember that he described his personal duties that hitler had instructed him to do, and so that that no traces were ever found by the russians of hitler and eva braun, his mistress. so that is the story of that. as i said before, unfortunately we found out after the war that my parents along with so many

he told me how he -- how hitler instructed him personally to dispose of his and eva braun's remains by pouring gas over their bodies in the courtyard of that bunker, because they didn't want any remains to fall into russian hands, the russians had of course taken berlin, were taking it shortly thereafter. and so he carried out all of those orders and that is the story that came down to me and i see by the history books also to others, that is apparently how it happened. >> he described to you the last days in the bunker? >> well, he did but i don't have a very detailed r

had instructed him to do, and so that that no traces were ever found by the russians of hitler and eva braun, his mistress. so that is the story of that. as i said before, unfortunately we found out after the war that my parents along with so many others had been deported to auschwitz, and so i certainly knew if not firsthand, at least i had an understanding for what had gone on during the war. i will say this, that i always -- i really did think the nazis capable, i knew the mentality and i did think them capable of doing the things which in fact they did, and they did do, nothing truly surprised me. i merely didn't know the details. i also always knew that it would come to a war even as a young boy, the signs of it were there and in the turmoil of that world and the quest for revenge that d rubenstein. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> in 1945, 70 years ago, allied forces liberated the nadsy concentration camps. tot tonight we'll hear holocaust stories from those who lived them. these interviews are part of the oral history collection at the you're nighted states holocaust memori