List of suicides in Nazi Germany explained

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
PersonMethodLocationDateAge
Berlin
Mons, Belgium
Stalingrad, Soviet Union
FirearmJena
FirearmMünzbach, Austria
Traunstein
Berlin
Berlin
Scharbeutz
FirearmMarburg
Grobin, Soviet Union
Austria
Jumping from a heightBavaria
Cyanide poisoningBerlin
Cyanide poisoningAltaussee, Austria
Cyanide poisoningBad Kudowa, Poland
Cyanide poisoningBerlin
FirearmBreslau, Poland
Leipzig
Lübtheen
FirearmBerlin
FirearmMagdeburg
Battle of Tannenberg Line[2]
HangingNuremberg
Cyanide poisoningStahnsdorf
Bad Tölz
Braunschweig
Netherlands
Freising
Cyanide poisoningLeipzig
PoisonFrance
Lübeck
FirearmHalle
FirearmPorsgrunn, Norway
Braunschweig
Berlin
FirearmGraz, Austria
Cyanide poisoningLeipzig
Mauerwald
Cyanide poisoningFlensburg
FirearmBerlin
HangingScheveningen, Netherlands
Paris, France
FirearmBerchtesgaden
Leitmeritz, Czechoslovakia
Cyanide poisoningPaternion, Austria
Cyanide poisoningFlensburg
FirearmBerlin
FirearmBerlin
Cyanide poisoningNuremberg
Flensburg
Hand grenadePotsdam
Cyanide poisoningSalzburg, Austria
Berlin
Cyanide poisoningEbensee, Austria32 years
Wrist slittingPlzeň, Czechoslovakia
FirearmBerlin
FirearmPoland
Cyanide poisoningLüneburg
Cyanide poisoningNißmitz
FirearmSchluchsee
Firearm[3] [4] Berlin
FirearmPodgornoye, Soviet Union
FirearmRastenburg
FirearmZwettl, Austria
Bucharest, Romania
Flensburg
Halbe
Cyanide poisoningMetz, France
Berlin66 years
HangingAichach
FirearmBerlin
FirearmEggelsberg, Austria
Lithuania
FirearmBuenos Aires, Argentina
HangingNuremberg
Hessisch Oldendorf
Berlin
FirearmDuisburg
Berlin
Cyanide poisoningVorarlberg, Austria
Hand grenadeBerlin
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Cyanide poisoningLüneburg
FirearmČimelice, Czechoslovakia
Magdeburg
FreezingTyrol, Austria
FirearmOslo, Norway
Soviet Union
Trondheim, Norway
Hand grenadeStettin
Cyanide poisoningHerrlingen
Jumping from a heightScheveningen, Netherlands
Budapest, Hungary
Nübel
FirearmBerlin
Berlin
Jumped (or fell) from moving trainChartres, France
Belgorod, Soviet Union
FirearmBerlin
Bergen, Norway
FirearmZossen
Hechendorf
Cyanide poisoningBlankenese
HangingPaderborn
PoisonKössen, Austria
Linz, Austria
Cyanide poisoningBerlin
Wrist slittingLüneburg
DynamiteAsker, Norway
Hohenelbe, Czechoslovakia
Hand grenadeKrólowy Most, Poland
FirearmBerlin
FirearmZossen
FirearmNorway31–32 years
Morphine overdoseKirchstetten, Austria
PoisonFlossenbürg
HangingHövelhof
Altenburg
FirearmAzores, Atlantic Ocean

Notes and References

  1. Book: Suicide in Nazi Germany . Christian Goeschel . Oxford University Press . 2009 . 978-0-19-953256-8 . 153.
  2. Book: Estonian. Mart Laar. Sinimäed 1944: II maailmasõja lahingud Kirde-Eestis (Sinimäed 1944: Battles of World War II in Northeast Estonia). Varrak. Tallinn. 2006.
  3. Kershaw (2008) Hitler: A Biography, p. 955.
  4. Joachimsthaler (1999) [1995] The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, the Evidence, the Truth, pp. 160–182.