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Heinrich Himmler

Himmler's death

Wednesday May 23, 1945
Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Himmler bit into a hidden potassium cyanide pill and collapsed onto the floor. He was dead within 15 minutes. Shortly afterward, Himmler's body was buried in an unmarked grave near Lüneburg. The grave's location remains unknown.


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