Saturn, the alligator who survived WWII in Berlin and was rumored to have belonged to Adolf Hitler has died at Moscow Zoo at the age of 84.
The 84-year-old reptile was found by British soldiers in Berlin after the Second World War and handed to the Red Army.
Saturn was taken to the Soviet capital and has lived at Moscow Zoo since 1946.
Known to have been a pre-war star attraction at Berlin Zoo in Nazi Germany, the story also circulated that the reptile had been in Hitler’s personal pet collection, as suggested by famous Russian writer Boris Akunin.
Dmitry Vasilyev, a Moscow zoo veterinarian, said there was no doubt that Hitler admired the alligator, who was a popular attraction at the zoo in Berlin before the war.
Saturn lived until the 75th anniversary of Hitler’s defeat earlier this month.
