See also: Mass suicides in 1945 Nazi Germany. 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 failed 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | |||||
| Mons, Belgium | |||||
| Stalingrad, Soviet Union | |||||
| Firearm | Jena | ||||
| Firearm | Münzbach, Austria | ||||
| Traunstein | |||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Scharbeutz | |||||
| Firearm | Marburg | ||||
| Grobin, Soviet Union | |||||
| Austria | |||||
| † | Jumping from a height | Bavaria | |||
| Cyanide poisoning | Berlin | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Altaussee, Austria | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Bad Kudowa, Poland | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Berlin | ||||
| Firearm | Breslau, Poland | ||||
| Leipzig | |||||
| Lübtheen | |||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Firearm | Magdeburg | ||||
| Battle of Tannenberg Line[2] | |||||
| Hanging | Nuremberg | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Stahnsdorf | ||||
| Bad Tölz | |||||
| Braunschweig | |||||
| Netherlands | |||||
| Freising | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Leipzig | ||||
| Poison | France | ||||
| Lübeck | |||||
| Firearm | Halle | ||||
| Firearm | Porsgrunn, Norway | ||||
| Braunschweig | |||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Firearm | Graz, Austria | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Leipzig | ||||
| Mauerwald | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Flensburg | ||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Hanging | Scheveningen, Netherlands | ||||
| Paris, France | |||||
| Firearm | Berchtesgaden | ||||
| Leitmeritz, Czechoslovakia | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Paternion, Austria | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Flensburg | ||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Nuremberg | ||||
| Flensburg | |||||
| Hand grenade | Potsdam | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Salzburg, Austria | ||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Ebensee, Austria | 32 years | |||
| Wrist slitting | Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | ||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Firearm | Poland | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Lüneburg | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Nißmitz | ||||
| Firearm | Schluchsee | ||||
| Firearm[3] [4] | Berlin | ||||
| Firearm | Podgornoye, Soviet Union | ||||
| Firearm | Rastenburg | ||||
| Firearm | Zwettl, Austria | ||||
| Bucharest, Romania | |||||
| Flensburg | |||||
| Halbe | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Metz, France | ||||
| Berlin | 66 years | ||||
| † | Hanging | Aichach | |||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Firearm | Eggelsberg, Austria | ||||
| Lithuania | |||||
| Firearm | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||
| Hanging | Nuremberg | ||||
| Hessisch Oldendorf | |||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Firearm | Duisburg | ||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Vorarlberg, Austria | ||||
| Hand grenade | Berlin | ||||
| Czechoslovakia | |||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Lüneburg | ||||
| Firearm | Čimelice, Czechoslovakia | ||||
| Magdeburg | |||||
| Freezing | Tyrol, Austria | ||||
| Firearm | Oslo, Norway | ||||
| Soviet Union | |||||
| Trondheim, Norway | |||||
| Hand grenade | Stettin | ||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Herrlingen | ||||
| Jumping from a height | Scheveningen, Netherlands | ||||
| Budapest, Hungary | |||||
| Nübel | |||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Berlin | |||||
| Jumped (or fell) from moving train | Chartres, France | ||||
| Belgorod, Soviet Union | |||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Bergen, Norway | |||||
| Firearm | Zossen | ||||
| Hechendorf | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Blankenese | ||||
| Hanging | Paderborn | ||||
| Poison | Kössen, Austria | ||||
| Linz, Austria | |||||
| Cyanide poisoning | Berlin | ||||
| Wrist slitting | Lüneburg | ||||
| Dynamite | Asker, Norway | ||||
| Hohenelbe, Czechoslovakia | |||||
| Hand grenade | Królowy Most, Poland | ||||
| Firearm | Berlin | ||||
| Firearm | Zossen | ||||
| Firearm | Norway | 31–32 years | |||
| Morphine overdose | Kirchstetten, Austria | ||||
| Poison | Flossenbürg | ||||
| Hanging | Hövelhof | ||||
| Altenburg | |||||
| Firearm | Azores, Atlantic Ocean |