Heinrich Himmler mystery was uncovered?

shifty_uk · 16 May 2011 at 01:03

I just came across a forum article linking to the Daily Mail which has picture evidence that Heinrich Himmler committed suicide..... First I've heard of this. I was always intrigued by the mystery of Himmlers death. Whether he escaped and fled to Africa, whether he was killed accidentally(bombing), committed suicide and so on...

How accurate is the Daily Mail article?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nrich-Himmler-taken-moments-suicide-sale.html

Seems a bit surprising that this wasn't very well publicised or perhaps I just missed the memo!

Always been weirdly intrigued by stories of disappearance like this, anyone have other stories of war criminals, criminals or other interesting folk just disappearing from the face of the earth?

Rotty · 16 May 2011 at 01:06

didn't he have something similar ?

sniffy · 16 May 2011 at 01:10

I'm pretty sure the suicide of Himmler is mentioned in the "World at War" documentary (even a photo of his corpse with a large pool of blood around his head is shown) and that was made in the 70s. Incidentally if anyone is at all interested in the second world war that documentary is bloody great, particularly the episode on the genocide. A very vivid account of a terrible incident in mankind's history.

shifty_uk · 16 May 2011 at 01:15

Ah, right. I was always under the illusion that his death or whereabouts was somewhat of an ongoing mystery.

stulid · 16 May 2011 at 01:16

I think everyone knew Himler took a poison capsule?

there's enough war films, documentary etc out there.

J-FRO · 16 May 2011 at 01:18

Makes sense.

Hitler wanted Rommel to commit suicide as well as far as I can remember. Supplied him and his family with all the relevant suicide drugs etc.

stulid · 16 May 2011 at 01:20

gorbals (sp) was like the highest ranking officer/pr guru, captured if I remember my history.

shifty_uk · 16 May 2011 at 01:21

I just checked his Wikipedia entry. I'm pretty certain the page didn't outline his death like that in the past and certainly didn't contain such graphic photographs of his body. Unless this was an entirely recent discovery and release from the services then I don't know where I've picked my misleading documents up from. I'm I've previously read that there was little known about his death or whereabouts with plenty of conspiracies to follow and I'm sure it was Himmler.

sniffy · 16 May 2011 at 01:22

stulid said:
I think everyone knew Himler took a poison capsule?

You're quite right. Not sure why I remember gunshot to the head. I guess there was a lot of that in the second world war.

stulid · 16 May 2011 at 01:22

don't you ever watch history channels, yesterday channels?

its like repeated everyday.

shifty_uk · 16 May 2011 at 01:25

No, I don't and I've seen very little detailing the deaths of Hitlers henchmen but I've seen a few and I've read a fair bit. I never knew his death was openly aware of. Like I said, I'm positive his wikipedia 'death' entry was not as detailed as that before.

sniffy · 16 May 2011 at 01:26

shifty_uk said:
I just checked his Wikipedia entry. I'm pretty certain the page didn't outline his death like that in the past and certainly didn't contain such graphic photographs of his body. Unless this was an entirely recent discovery and release from the services then I don't know where I've picked my misleading documents up from. I'm I've previously read that there was little known about his death or whereabouts with plenty of conspiracies to follow and I'm sure it was Himmler.

You must be mixing it up with someone else. A few high-level Nazis did escape but Mossad eventually sorted them out.

shifty_uk said:
No, I don't and I've seen very little detailing the deaths of Hitlers henchmen but I've seen a few and I've read a fair bit. I never knew his death was openly aware of. Like I said, I'm positive his wikipedia 'death' entry was not as detailed as that before.

The account of his capture and death as described in the wiki article is pretty much what was said in the documentary I mentioned.

Amp34 · 16 May 2011 at 01:35

stulid said:
gorbals (sp) was like the highest ranking officer/pr guru, captured if I remember my history.

stulid said:
don't you ever watch history channels, yesterday channels?

its like repeated everyday.

Just... Just... Why?

Von Smallhausen · 16 May 2011 at 02:16

stulid said:
gorbals (sp) was like the highest ranking officer/pr guru, captured if I remember my history.

Goebbles was never captured.

After Adolf Hitler was dead he wanted a ceasefire with the advancing Soviet army commander but he was told to jog on.

He then had his children injected with morphine and a phial of cyanide crushed in their mouths before he and his wife killed themselves.

Greenlizard0 · 16 May 2011 at 02:18

Vin Smellhorsen! How could you not mention this? :

Von Smallhausen · 16 May 2011 at 03:48

Ooooooh Himmler Himmler Himmler ........

I have that tune stuck in my heed now.

Cosimo · 16 May 2011 at 08:41

AeoNGriM · 16 May 2011 at 09:34

sniffy said:
I'm pretty sure the suicide of Himmler is mentioned in the "World at War" documentary (even a photo of his corpse with a large pool of blood around his head is shown) and that was made in the 70s. Incidentally if anyone is at all interested in the second world war that documentary is bloody great, particularly the episode on the genocide. A very vivid account of a terrible incident in mankind's history.

He was shown dead in 'The World at War', but minus a pool of blood. He poisoned himself with cyanide.

Nothing new here really, it's been well known for years that he comitted suicide.

AeoNGriM · 16 May 2011 at 09:37

stulid said:
gorbals (sp) was like the highest ranking officer/pr guru, captured if I remember my history.

Nope, Goebbels poisoned his children then shot his wife then himself. Doenitz was the highest ranking officer captured, he was the Fuhrer when he surrendered to British forces!! Reichsmarschall Goering would also have been ranked higher than Goebbels, had Goebbels been captured alive.

ikillbears · 16 May 2011 at 11:38

sniffy said:
I'm pretty sure the suicide of Himmler is mentioned in the "World at War" documentary (even a photo of his corpse with a large pool of blood around his head is shown) and that was made in the 70s. Incidentally if anyone is at all interested in the second world war that documentary is bloody great, particularly the episode on the genocide. A very vivid account of a terrible incident in mankind's history.

World at War is pretty much one of the best documentaries ever made, hands down