may 23, 1945 - Heinrich Himmler suicide

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organized and administered Germany’s regime of concentration camps and, after 1941, the holocaust in Poland.

The SS hunted down Jews, Gypsies, communists and any persons who the Nazis believed to be either Untermensch (sub-human) or against the regime. They were brought to concentration camps. Himmler opened the first of these camps at Dachau on 22 March 1933.

Unlike Hitler, Himmler inspected concentration camps.

In August 1941, he saw many Jews being shot in Minsk.

It was said that he turned green in the face after brain matter from one of the Jews splashed onto his coat.

His assistant had to jump forward and hold him steady. After that, the Nazis searched for a new and easier way to kill. This led to the use of the gas chambers.

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