In the early afternoon of 30 April 1945, Hitler and Eva Braun said farewell to members of the "Führerbunker" staff and fellow occupants, including Bormann, Joseph Goebbels and his family, the secretaries, and several military officers. After the farewells, Gerda returned to the secretary quarters located in part of the large cellars under the Reich Chancellery. Later, she returned to the "Führerbunker" and learned from chief valet Heinz Linge that Hitler was dead, with his corpse having been carried upstairs and out into the Chancellery garden where the cremation was still in progress. She walked into Hitler's study/office and saw a bloodstain "about the size of a hand" on the rug next to the sofa.