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1945

April

24
- Himmler's offerIn Lübeck on the night of 23/24 April 1945 Himmler offered, via Count Bernadotte, to surrender to the Western Allies alone. Truman and Churchill refused.

May

23
- The death of HimmlerDetained on 21 May 1945 with false papers, Himmler revealed his identity in a British camp. On 23 May at Lüneburg he bit a cyanide capsule and died.