List of suicides in Nazi Germany

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Heinrich Himmler's corpse after his suicide by cyanide poisoning in Allied custody, May 1945

This is a list of suicides in Nazi Germany. Many prominent Nazis, Nazi followers, and members of the armed forces died by suicide during the last days of World War II. Others killed themselves after being captured. Those who committed suicide includes 8 out of 41 Nazi Party regional leaders who held office between 1926 and 1945, 7 out of 47 higher SS and police leaders, 53 out of 554 army generals, 14 out of 98 Luftwaffe generals, 11 out of 53 admirals in the Kriegsmarine, and an unknown number of junior officials.[1]

In many cases, Nazis died by suicide with their wife and children, a type of joint suicide. There were also notable cases of suicide attempts, such as that of Ludwig Beck and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel.

Suicides occurred in Germany, except where noted otherwise.

Person was a Nazi Party member
† Died by suicide in prison custody
* Died by suicide together with spouse (joint suicide)
Member of the 20 July plot
Person Method Location Date Age
Alwin-Broder Albrecht Berlin May 1, 1945 41 years, 225 days
Friedrich Alpers Mons, Belgium September 3, 1944 43 years, 162 days
Günther Angern Stalingrad, Soviet Union February 2, 1943 49 years, 334 days
Karl Astel Firearm Jena April 3, 1945 47 years, 36 days
Georg Bachmayer* Firearm Münzbach, Austria May 8, 1945 31 years, 269 days
Konrad Barde Traunstein May 4, 1945 47 years, 172 days
Erich Bärenfänger* Berlin May 2, 1945 30 years, 110 days
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker Berlin April 8, 1940 60 years, 207 days
Walther Bierkamp Scharbeutz May 15, 1945 43 years, 149 days
Albrecht von Blumenthal* Firearm Marburg March 28, 1945 55 years, 230 days
Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen Grobin, Soviet Union May 9, 1945 48 years, 27 days
Franz von Bodmann† Austria May 25, 1945 37 years, 63 days
Martin Bormann Cyanide poisoning Berlin May 2, 1945 44 years, 319 days
Philipp Bouhler† Cyanide poisoning Altaussee, Austria May 19, 1945 45 years, 250 days
Fritz Bracht* Cyanide poisoning Bad Kudowa, Poland May 9, 1945 46 years, 111 days
Eva Braun* Cyanide poisoning Berlin April 30, 1945 33 years, 83 days
Franz Budka Firearm Breslau, Poland May 6, 1945 24 years, 261 days
Erwin Bumke Leipzig April 20, 1945 70 years, 287 days
Heinrich Burchard Lübtheen April 11, 1945 50 years, 188 days
Wilhelm Burgdorf Firearm Berlin May 2, 1945 50 years, 76 days
Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis Firearm Magdeburg August 27, 1942 55 years, 348 days
Hans Collani Narva, Soviet Union July 29, 1944 36 years, 167 days
Leonardo Conti† Hanging Nuremberg October 6, 1945 45 years, 43 days
Max de Crinis* Cyanide poisoning Stahnsdorf May 2, 1945 55 years, 338 days
Theodor Dannecker† Bad Tölz December 10, 1945 32 years, 258 days
Karl Decker Braunschweig April 21, 1945 47 years, 142 days
Julius Dettmann† Netherlands July 31, 1945 51 years, 189 days
Erwin Ding-Schuler† Freising August 11, 1945 32 years, 326 days
Walter Dönicke Cyanide poisoning Leipzig April 19, 1945 45 years, 266 days
Friedrich Dollmann Poison France June 28, 1944 62 years, 147 days
Otto-Heinrich Drechsler† Lübeck May 5, 1945 50 years, 34 days
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling Firearm Halle April 15, 1945 60 years, 136 days
Heinrich Fehlis Firearm Porsgrunn, Norway May 11, 1945 38 years, 191 days
Walter Frank Braunschweig May 9, 1945 40 years, 86 days
Oswald Freisler Berlin March 4, 1939 43 years, 65 days
Fritz Freitag† Firearm Graz, Austria May 10, 1945 51 years, 12 days
Alfred Freyberg* Cyanide poisoning Leipzig April 18, 1945 52 years, 280 days
Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven Mauerwald July 26, 1944 44 years, 259 days
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg† Cyanide poisoning Flensburg May 23, 1945 49 years, 312 days
Wolfgang Fürstner Firearm Berlin August 19, 1936 40 years, 137 days
Robert van Genechten Hanging Scheveningen, Netherlands December 13, 1945 50 years, 49 days
Kurt Gerstein† Paris, France July 25, 1945 39 years, 348 days
Paul Giesler* Firearm Berchtesgaden May 8, 1945 49 years, 327 days
Werner von Gilsa Leitmeritz, Czechoslovakia May 8, 1945 56 years, 65 days
Odilo Globocnik† Cyanide poisoning Paternion, Austria May 31, 1945 41 years, 40 days
Richard Glücks Cyanide poisoning Flensburg May 10, 1945 56 years, 18 days
Joseph Goebbels* Firearm Berlin May 1, 1945 47 years, 184 days
Magda Goebbels* Firearm Berlin May 1, 1945 43 years, 181 days
Hermann Göring† Cyanide poisoning Nuremberg October 15, 1946 53 years, 276 days
Curt von Gottberg† Flensburg May 31, 1945 49 years, 109 days
Ernst-Robert Grawitz* Hand grenade Potsdam April 24, 1945 45 years, 320 days
Robert Ritter von Greim† Cyanide poisoning Salzburg, Austria May 24, 1945 52 years, 336 days
Walter Gross Berlin April 25, 1945 40 years, 186 days
Rolf Günther† Cyanide poisoning Ebensee, Austria August 1945 32 years
Joachim Hamann July 13, 1945 32 years, 56 days
Konrad Henlein† Wrist slitting Plzeň, Czechoslovakia May 10, 1945 47 years, 4 days
Walther Hewel Firearm Berlin May 2, 1945 41 years, 120 days
Heinz Heydrich Firearm Poland November 19, 1944 39 years, 51 days
Heinrich Himmler† Cyanide poisoning Lüneburg May 23, 1945 44 years, 228 days
Paul Hinkler Cyanide poisoning Nißmitz April 13, 1945 52 years, 292 days
August Hirt Firearm Schluchsee June 2, 1945 47 years, 35 days
Adolf Hitler* Firearm[2][3] Berlin April 30, 1945 56 years, 10 days
Arno Jahr Firearm Podgornoye, Soviet Union January 21, 1943 52 years, 49 days
Hans Jeschonnek Firearm Rastenburg August 18, 1943 44 years, 131 days
Hugo Jury Firearm Zwettl, Austria May 8, 1945 57 years, 299 days
Manfred Freiherr von Killinger Bucharest, Romania September 2, 1944 58 years, 50 days
Eberhard Kinzel† Flensburg May 23, 1945 47 years, 217 days
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp† Halbe April 29, 1945 51 years, 281 days
Günther von Kluge Cyanide poisoning Metz, France August 17, 1944 61 years, 292 days
Arthur Kobus Berlin April 1945 66 years
Hans Krebs Firearm Berlin May 2, 1945 47 years, 59 days
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger Firearm Eggelsberg, Austria May 10, 1945 51 years, 2 days
Walter Krüger Lithuania May 22, 1945 55 years, 84 days
Hans Langsdorff Firearm Buenos Aires, Argentina December 20, 1939 45 years, 275 days
Robert Ley† Hanging Nuremberg October 25, 1945 55 years, 252 days
Alfred Meyer Hessisch Oldendorf April 11, 1945 53 years, 188 days
Emil Heinrich Meyer Berlin May 9, 1945 59 years, 3 days
Walter Model Firearm Duisburg April 21, 1945 54 years, 87 days
Ludwig Müller Berlin July 31, 1945 62 years, 38 days
Wilhelm Murr† Cyanide poisoning Vorarlberg, Austria May 14, 1945 56 years, 149 days
Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen Hand grenade Berlin July 21, 1944 29 years, 137 days
Heinrich Petersen Czechoslovakia May 9, 1945 41 years, 39 days
Hans Pfundtner* Berlin April 25, 1945 63 years, 284 days
Hans-Adolf Prützmann† Cyanide poisoning Lüneburg May 21, 1945 43 years, 263 days
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss Firearm Čimelice, Czechoslovakia May 13, 1945 58 years, 218 days
Rudolf Querner† Magdeburg May 27, 1945 51 years, 351 days
Otto Rahn Freezing Tyrol, Austria March 13, 1939 35 years, 23 days
Wilhelm Rediess Firearm Oslo, Norway May 8, 1945 44 years, 210 days
Hans Albin Freiherr von Reitzenstein Soviet Union November 30, 1943 32 years, 271 days
Heinz Roch Trondheim, Norway May 10, 1945 40 years, 113 days
Arthur Rödl Hand grenade Stettin April 5, 1945 46 years, 296 days
Erwin Rommel Cyanide poisoning Herrlingen October 14, 1944 52 years, 334 days
Meinoud Rost van Tonningen Jumping from a height Scheveningen, Netherlands June 6, 1945 51 years, 107 days
Joachim Rumohr Budapest, Hungary February 11, 1945 34 years, 179 days
Bernhard Rust Nübel May 8, 1945 61 years, 220 days
Franz Schädle Firearm Berlin May 1, 1945 38 years, 163 days
Hans Schleif* Berlin April 27, 1945 43 years, 63 days
Fritz Schmidt Jumped (or fell) from moving train Chartres, France June 20, 1943 39 years, 213 days
Gustav Schmidt Belgorod, Soviet Union August 7, 1943 50 years, 105 days
Georg Scholze Firearm Berlin April 23, 1945 47 years, 245 days
Otto von Schrader† Bergen, Norway July 19, 1945 57 years, 123 days
Werner Schrader Firearm Zossen July 28, 1944 49 years, 143 days
Hans Schwedler Hechendorf May 2, 1945 66 years, 197 days
Heinrich Seetzen† Cyanide poisoning Blankenese September 28, 1945 39 years, 98 days
Gustav Simon† Hanging Paderborn December 18, 1945 45 years, 138 days
Jakob Sprenger* Poison Kössen, Austria May 7, 1945 60 years, 287 days
Karl Steubl† Linz, Austria September 21, 1945 34 years, 331 days
Ludwig Stumpfegger Cyanide poisoning Berlin May 2, 1945 34 years, 295 days
Otto Telschow† Wrist slitting Lüneburg May 31, 1945 69 years, 93 days
Josef Terboven Dynamite Asker, Norway May 8, 1945 46 years, 350 days
Heinz Thilo† Hohenelbe, Czechoslovakia May 13, 1945 33 years, 217 days
Henning von Tresckow Hand grenade Królowy Most, Poland July 21, 1944 43 years, 193 days
Ernst Udet Firearm Berlin November 17, 1941 45 years, 205 days
Eduard Wagner Firearm Zossen July 23, 1944 50 years, 113 days
Ernst Weiner† Firearm Norway December 17, 1945 31–32 years
Josef Weinheber Morphine overdose Kirchstetten, Austria April 8, 1945 53 years, 30 days
Jakob Weiseborn Poison Flossenbürg January 20, 1939 46 years, 304 days
Eduard Wirths† Hanging Hövelhof September 20, 1945 36 years, 16 days
Karl Zech Altenburg April 1, 1944 52 years, 55 days
Peter Zschech Firearm Azores, Atlantic Ocean October 24, 1943 25 years, 6 days

References[edit]

  1. ^ Christian Goeschel (2009). Suicide in Nazi Germany. Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-19-953256-8.
  2. ^ Kershaw (2008) Hitler: A Biography, p. 955.
  3. ^ Joachimsthaler (1999) [1995] The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, the Evidence, the Truth, pp. 160–182.
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