List of Nazi suicides

This is a list of Nazi suicides. 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 (Gauleiter) 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.

In many cases, Nazis died by joint suicide with their wife and children. 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 memberDied by suicide in prison custody*Died by suicide together with spouse (joint suicide)Member of the 20 July plot

PersonMethodLocationDateAgeBerlinMons, BelgiumFirearmDortmundStalingrad, Soviet UnionFirearmJena*FirearmMünzbach, AustriaHangingNurembergTraunstein*BerlinHangingWuppertalBerlin*PoisonKloster BanzScharbeutz*FirearmMarburgGrobin, Soviet UnionAltenmarkt im Pongau, AustriaJumping from a heightNurembergFirearmMagdeburgCyanide poisoningBerlinElectrocutionClinton, Mississippi, USAHangingHeideCyanide poisoningAltaussee, Austria*Cyanide poisoningBad Kudowa, Poland*Cyanide poisoningBerlinWrist slittingSchondorf am AmmerseeFirearmBreslau, PolandLeipzigLübtheenFirearmBerlinFirearmMagdeburgSinimäed Hills, EstoniaHangingNuremberg*Cyanide poisoningStahnsdorfBad TölzBraunschweigHangingAmsterdam, NetherlandsFreisingFirearmLeipzigPoisonLe Mans, FranceLübeckStuttgartHangingUlmFirearmHallePoisonVienna, AustriaFirearmPorsgrunn, NorwayBraunschweigBerlinFirearmGraz, Austria*Cyanide poisoningLeipzigMauerwaldCyanide poisoningFlensburgFirearmBerlinWarsaw, PolandHangingScheveningen, NetherlandsParis, Francenear Wildsee*FirearmBerchtesgadenLeitmeritz, CzechoslovakiaNurembergCyanide poisoningPaternion, AustriaCyanide poisoningFlensburg*FirearmBerlin*FirearmBerlinCyanide poisoningNuremberg*BerlinCyanide poisoningDublin, IrelandFlensburg*Hand grenadePotsdamCyanide poisoningSalzburg, AustriaBerlinCyanide poisoningEbensee, Austria32 yearsHeikendorfHangingNurembergReutlingenWrist slittingPlzeň, CzechoslovakiaHangingBerlinFirearmBerlinHangingButzbachFirearmRiesenburgCyanide poisoningLüneburgCyanide poisoningNißmitzFirearmSchluchsee*FirearmKershaw (2008) Hitler: A Biography, p. 955.Joachimsthaler (1999) The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, the Evidence, the Truth, pp. 160–182.BerlinHangingVienna, AustriaHangingHohenaspergFirearmMeran, Operational Zone of the Alpine FoothillsFirearmPodgornoye, Soviet UnionFirearmRastenburgHangingPrague, CzechoslovakiaFirearmZwettl, AustriaFirearmBerchtesgadenFirearmBucharest, Romania*FlensburgHalbeCyanide poisoningMetz, FranceBerlin66 yearsHangingAichachLudwigsburgHangingSchwabachFirearmBerlinFirearmEggelsberg, AustriaFirearmLiepāja, LatviaFirearmBuenos Aires, ArgentinaHangingNurembergFirearmNurembergNeumünsterHessisch OldendorfBerlinFirearmDuisburgBerlinCyanide poisoningEgg, AustriaHangingStuttgartHand grenadeBerlinPoisonMunichCzechoslovakia*BerlinCyanide poisoningLüneburgFirearmČimelice, CzechoslovakiaMagdeburgPoisonSöll, AustriaFirearmOslo, NorwaySoviet UnionTrondheim, NorwayHand grenadeStettinCyanide poisoningHerrlingenJumping from a heightScheveningen, NetherlandsHangingHamburgFirearmBudapest, HungaryNübelPoisonHamburgFirearmBerlinFirearmBerlinCyanide poisoningSaalfelden, Austria*FirearmBerlinHangingSalzburg, Austria*BerlinJumped (or fell) from moving trainChartres, FranceBelgorod, Soviet UnionHangingFrankfurtFirearmBerlinBergen, NorwayFirearmZossenHechendorfCyanide poisoningBlankeneseFirearmTeupitzHangingPaderborn*PoisonKössen, AustriaLinz, AustriaHangingParis, FranceCyanide poisoningBerlinWuppertalWrist slitting/PoisonLüneburgDynamiteAsker, NorwayPoisonPaderbornHohenelbe, CzechoslovakiaWurzburgHand grenadeKrólowy Most, PolandStadtallendorfFirearmBerlinJumping from a heightnear Innsbruck, AustriaCyanide poisoningHerdeckeFirearmZossenOberkirch FirearmOslo, Norway31–32 yearsMorphine overdoseKirchstetten, AustriaPoisonFlossenbürgFirearmItter Castle, AustriaHangingHövelhofPoisonen route to PlzeňAltenburgBudapest, HungaryFirearmAzores

See also Death of Adolf Hitler Mass suicides in Nazi Germany

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