Created by Tom Horn on 15 May 2010, Last Update on 15 May 2010

Himmler commits suicide - 23 May 1945

Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide after being captured by a British Army unit in Bremen. He was scheduled to stand trial at Nuremburg for war crimes.

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Tags : Germany,Britain,Domestic,Holocaust,Europe

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