Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler commits suicide one day after being captured by British forces in northern Germany. Himmler, who commanded the Nazi police and security forces, including the Gestapo and SS, offered to surrender to General Dwight Eisenhower if he could avoid prosecution. Eisenhower refused, and Himmler fled under an alias before British soldiers arrested him.
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