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Heinrich Himmler commits suicide by poison...
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May 26, 1945
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, May 26, 1945
* Heinrich Himmler suicide by poison
* Nazi hangman
* SS leader
This 14 page newspaper has a four column photo on the front page with caption: "The Hangman Keeps a Date with Death" with related one column headlines. (see photos)
Other news of the day throughout including much on World War II with Japan. Nice headline on Jap kamikaze attacks. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Unwanted by his former colleagues and hunted by the Allies, Himmler wandered for several days around Flensburg near the Danish border. Attempting to evade arrest, he disguised himself as a sergeant-major of the Secret Military Police, using the name Heinrich Hitzinger, shaving his moustache and donning an eye patch over his left eye,[18] in the hope that he could return to Bavaria. He had equipped himself with a set of false documents, but someone whose papers were wholly in order was so unusual that it aroused the suspicions of a British Army unit in Bremen. Himmler was arrested on 22 May by Major Sidney Excell, and in captivity, was soon recognized. Himmler was scheduled to stand trial with other German leaders as a war criminal at Nuremberg, but committed suicide in Lüneburg by potassium cyanide capsule before interrogation could begin. His last words were Ich bin Heinrich Himmler! ("I am Heinrich Himmler!"). Another version has Himmler biting into a hidden cyanide pill when searched by a British doctor, who then yelled, "He has done it!". Several attempts to revive Himmler were unsuccessful.[19] Shortly afterwards, Himmler’s body was buried in an unmarked grave on the Lüneburg Heath. The precise location of Himmler’s grave remains unknown.
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