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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 ...
Walter Friedrich Schellenberg (16 January 1910 – 31 March 1952) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era.He rose through the ranks of the SS, becoming one of the highest ranking men in the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) and eventually assumed the position as head of foreign intelligence for Nazi Germany following the abolition of the Abwehr in 1944.
The Deputy Mayor of Leipzig and his wife and daughter, who committed suicide in the Neues Rathaus as U.S. troops were entering the city on 20 April 1945. During the final weeks of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe, many civilians, government officials, and military personnel throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe committed suicide.
Waffen-SS Officer and son-in-law of SS-Oberstgruppenführer Paul Hausser 1938 Arpad Wigand: SS and Police leader (SS-und Polizeiführer (SSPF)) in Warsaw from 4 August 1941 until 23 April 1943. Aide to Erich von dem Bach Zelewski. In 1981, Wigand was found guilty in Hamburg for war crimes and was sentenced to 12.5 years. 2999 30682 Werner ...
Sometimes, news outlets do not follow up after the death is announced, which means little is known about the results of the internal investigation. Ask for any disciplinary letters sent to jail staff members in connection with a death, and look into whether the official cause of death raised questions about protocol or quality of medical care.
The British tried SS General Max Simon for his part in the massacre. He was sentenced to death, later changed to life in prison. Simon was released in 1954 and died in 1961. The Americans arrested SS Major Walter Reder, an Austrian national, in Salzburg, and handed him over to the British. Reder was extradited to Italy in May 1948 to stand ...
A Monroe County Correctional Facility inmate’s death has been reported as a suicide by Pennsylvania State Police more than a month later.. According to state police, a female inmate at the ...
An inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison early Sunday before fatally shooting himself, state officials said. The Georgia Department of Corrections in a statement said it's ...