Hugh Lunghi, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hugh Lunghi

British military interpreter

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1920

Date of Death: 14-Mar-2014

Profession: interpreter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Hugh Lunghi

  • Hugh Albert Lunghi (3 August 1920 – 14 March 2014) was a British military interpreter and veteran of World War II.
  • He served as an interpreter for Prime Minister Winston Churchill during the war, often accompanying Churchill to summits with other world leaders.
  • Lunghi was one of the last living participants of the "Big Three" meetings between Allied leaders at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam.Lunghi was the first British soldier to enter Hitler's bunker in Berlin in 1945.
  • Soviet troops, who were guarding the bunker, had granted Lunghi permission to enter.
  • He kept one volume of Hitler's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie from the bunker as a memento.

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