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==Finale==
 
==Finale==
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As the Allied forces penetrated into Germany from east and west, Himmler opened negotiations for a separate peace with the U.S. and Britain. After this move failed, Himmler fled in disguise as Hitler disowned him. On May 21, 1945, Himmler, disguised as an German soldier, was captured by the British. Two days later, during a routine interrogation, Himmler removed his eyepatch, put on his spectacles and told the British officer who he was. He then commited suicide by biting down onto a concealed cyanide capsule; a sensible course of action, as he would certainly have been executed after the Nuremburg trials for his actions.
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As the Allied forces penetrated into Germany from east and west, Himmler opened negotiations for a separate peace with the U.S. and Britain. After this move failed, Himmler fled in disguise as Hitler disowned him. On May 21, 1945, Himmler, disguised as an German soldier, was captured by the British. Two days later, during a routine interrogation, Himmler removed his eyepatch, put on his spectacles and told the British officer who he was. He then commited suicide by biting down onto a concealed cyanide capsule<ref>Weale, (2010)</ref>; a sensible course of action, as he would certainly have been executed after the Nuremburg trials for his actions.
    
He was buried in an unmarked grave. There are no monuments, and indeed everything he built was systematically eradicated.
 
He was buried in an unmarked grave. There are no monuments, and indeed everything he built was systematically eradicated.
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