1900)
- Bernhard Rust, education minister of Nazi Germany (presumed suicide) (b. 1883)
- Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (suicide) (b. 1898)
- May 9 – Gustav Becking, German musicologist (b. 1894)
- May 10 – Konrad Henlein, Sudeten German Nazi leader (suicide) (b. 1898)
- May 11
- May 14
- Joseph Barthélemy, French jurist, politician and journalist (b. 1874)
- Heber J. Grant, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
- May 15
- Kenneth J. Alford, British soldier and composer (b. 1881)[17]
- Charles Williams, British author (b. 1886)
- May 16 – Kaju Sugiura, Japanese admiral (killed in action) (b. 1896)
- May 18 – William Joseph Simmons, American founder of the second Ku Klux Klan (b. 1880)
- May 19 – Philipp Bouhler, German Nazi leader and general (suicide) (b. 1899)
- May 21 – Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Japanese prince, member of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office (b. 1865)
- May 23 – Heinrich Himmler, German politician, Reichsführer-SS (suicide) (b. 1900)
- May 24 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (suicide) (b.
were taken. Everyone was satisfied that Heinrich Himmler died on May 23rd 1945. His death was officially … heavily curtained living room and Heinrich Himmler’s double, Heinrich Hitzinger, sat asleep in an armchair … artificial respiration, but it was useless. ‘Heinrich Himmler’ died in the late evening of May 23rd 1945. The
Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler dies by suicide | HISTORY MAY 23 MAY 23 Choose another date OK May 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 By: HISTORY.com Editors 1945 Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler dies by suicide HISTORY.com Editors Published: February 03, 2010 Last Updated: May 27, 2025 On May 23, 1945, Heinrich Himmler , chief of the SS, assistant chief of the Gestapo, and architect of Hitler’s program to exterminate European Jews, dies by suicide one day after being arrested by the British. As head of the Waffen-Schutzstaffel (the military arm of the Nazi Party ) and assistant chief of the Gestapo (the secret police), Himmler was able over time to consolidate his control over all police forces of the Reich. The power he would ultimately wield would rival that of the German army; it would also prove highly effective in eliminating all opposition to Hitler and the party, as well as in carrying out the Fuhrer’s Final Solution. It was Himmler who organized the creation of death camps throughout Eastern Europe and a pool of enslaved laborers. Himmler’s megalomania, which included a plan to surrender to the Western Allies late in the war in order to pursue the fight against Russia unimpeded, caused Hitler to strip him of all his offices and order his arrest. Himmler attempted to slip out of Germany disguised as a soldier, but was caught by the British. He swallowed a cyanide capsule a day later. Himmler has been portrayed in many films, including The Eagle Has Landed, with Donald Pleasence as Himmler. The Horrifying Discovery of Dachau Concentration Camp—And Its Liberation by US Troops The wrenching images and first-hand testimonies of Dachau recorded by U.S. soldiers brought the horrors of the Holocaust home to America. The wrenching images and first-hand testimonies of Dachau recorded by U.S. soldiers brought the horrors of the Holocaust home to America. By: Dave Roos Timeline Also on This Day in History Discove
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