Permanent historical factsheet

Suicide

Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1945–1987Date range
4Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1945

Paul Joseph Goebbels30 April 1945

Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler commits suicide and is briefly succeeded as Chancellor by Joseph Goebbels, as dictated in Hitler's Last Will and Testament

Adolf Hitler30 April 1945

Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler commits suicide and is briefly succeeded as Chancellor by Joseph Goebbels, as dictated in Hitler's Last Will and Testament

Robert Ley1945

Government / NSDAP Government

Death of Robert Ley, suicide

1987

Rudolph Hess17 August 1987

Government / NSDAP Government

It is announced that Hess has committed suicide in Spandau

Names involved

Adolf HitlerPaul Joseph GoebbelsRobert LeyRudolph Hess

Provenance

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