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==Death==

==Death==

As the Allied forces penetrated into Germany from east and west, Himmler opened negotiations for a separate peace with the U.S. and Britain. On April 21, 1945, he met with Folke Bernadotte at the Swedish consulate and offered to surrender Germany to the Western Allies. After this move was rejected, Himmler fled in disguise as Hitler disowned him. On May 21, 1945, Himmler, disguised as a common 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. His death remains controversial,<ref>[https://youtu.be/GGSsGB3PH-Y The Death of Himmler - The Complete Series], Mark Felton Productions, Feb 1, 2024. 5 Part Series. [[YouTube]].</ref> with the official British [[narrative]] being that he committed suicide by biting down onto a concealed [[cyanide]] capsule;<ref name="Weale, 2010"/> a sensible course of action,<ref>Himmler's adjutant, Karl Wolff, had been in contact with [[Allen Dulles]] in [[Zurich]] negotiating the surrender of many Germans who wound up working for British and American intelligence in the early [[Cold War]], including those in contact with the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]].</ref>  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.

As the Allied forces penetrated into Germany from east and west, Himmler opened negotiations for a separate peace with the U.S. and Britain. On April 21, 1945, he met with Folke Bernadotte at the Swedish consulate and offered to surrender Germany to the Western Allies. After this move was rejected, Himmler fled in disguise as Hitler disowned him. On May 21, 1945, Himmler, disguised as a common 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. His death remains controversial,<ref>[https://youtu.be/GGSsGB3PH-Y The Death of Himmler - The Complete Series], [[Mark Felton]] Productions, Feb 1, 2024. 5 Part Series. [[YouTube]].</ref> with the official British [[narrative]] being that he committed suicide by biting down onto a concealed [[cyanide]] capsule;<ref name="Weale, 2010"/> a sensible course of action,<ref>Himmler's adjutant, Karl Wolff, had been in contact with [[Allen Dulles]] in [[Zurich]] negotiating the surrender of many Germans who wound up working for British and American intelligence in the early [[Cold War]], including those in contact with the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]].</ref>  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.

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