Newspaper ‘The Stars and Stripes’, 8pp., Italy, May 2, 1945, with the headline ‘Hitler Dead, Nazis Report; Doenitz Becomes Fuehrer: Declares War Will Go On’. The paper provides a brief background on Doenitz and explains how he eventually became Hitler’s chosen successor. Other headlines include: ‘7th Army Driving For Italian Border’, ‘Eyewitness Accounts Of Battle In Berlin Report Nazis Tenacity, Joy of Slaves, Vatican Criticizes Mussolini’s Slayers’, ‘2,628,529 Nazis Seized By Allies In West Europe’, ‘Liberation Of Dachau’s Prisoners Crazy And Heart-Rending Scene’, and more. Expected marginal tears, else very good.