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Lee Miller in Hitler's bath

When Lee Miller was pictured in Adolf Hitler's bath in the final days of World War II in Europe, she wasn't a "guest", she was a "victor", says her son, Antony Penrose.

Vogue's war correspondent Lee Miller found herself in Adolf Hitler's Munich apartment when the news broke that he was dead.

Earlier that day, she and fellow photographer David Scherman had witnessed the harrowing scenes at the liberated Dachau concentration camp.

Lee Miller's son and biographer, Antony Penrose, explains to Josephine McDermott the significance of the photograph taken in the final days of World War II in Europe.

(Photo: Lee Miller in Hitler's bathtub. Credit: David E. Scherman 漏 Courtesy Lee Miller Archives)

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