Plus the Soviets recovered the body and discreetly disposed of it after cremation in the 60s or 70s.
I think that got publicized after the Stasi archives were made public.
I’ll go with the Soviet’s (Stalin’s) obsession ....
He was NOT going to leave Berlin alive.
On the other hand, I don’t understand the “obsession” with certain neo-liberals (re-writers ??) of history who seem almost determined to “want” him alive.