When the guards ordered prisoners to stage a performance in celebration of a Nazi anniversary, Litten read out a poem called Thoughts Are Free. By February 1938, he could endure no more. He took his own life by hanging himself. He was 34.
Hans Michael FrankHans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War....Hans FrankBornHans Michael Frank23 May 1900 Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire38 more rows
Heinrich HimmlerBornHeinrich Luitpold Himmler7 October 1900 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German EmpireDied23 May 1945 (aged 44) Lüneburg, Province of Hanover, Allied-occupied GermanyCause of deathSuicide by cyanide poisoningPolitical partyNazi Party (1923–1945)44 more rows
Erich von Manstein4.0 out of 5 stars ” Von Manstein was the finest strategic mind and battlefield commander of World War II ... Benoit Lemay, Erich von Manstein: Hitler's Master Strategist (Philadelphia: Casemate, 2010).
For these and other charges, the arrested military leaders were moved to prisons, stripped of their weapons and papers, and detained. They would all face tribunals or German courts, many of them at the famous Nuremberg Trials.
Hans FrankNiklas Frank was just seven years old when his father, Hans Frank, Hitler's legal adviser and Governor General of occupied Poland, was executed at Nuremberg as a Nazi war criminal.
Otto SkorzenyOtto SkorzenyYears of service1931–1945RankObersturmbannführerCommands heldSonder Lehrgang Oranienburg SS Panzer Brigade 150Battles/warsWorld War II Eastern Front Operation Oak Operation Panzerfaust Battle of the Bulge (Operation Greif)7 more rows
Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich Himmler became the second-in-command of Nazi Germany following Göring's downfall after the repeated losses of the Luftwaffe which the Reichsmarshall commanded, as Supreme Commander of the Home Army and Reichsführer-SS. As commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), Himmler also held overall command of the Gestapo.
With Soviet armies fighting in the streets of Berlin, Heinrich Himmler tried to circumvent Adolf Hitler and make a separate peace with the Western Allies. Hitler ordered Himmler's arrest, and Himmler tried to escape disguised as a German soldier. He was captured by the Allies and committed suicide by ingesting cyanide.
He was one of the primary commanders at the Battle of Kursk (July–August 1943). His ongoing disagreements with Hitler over the conduct of the war led to his dismissal in March 1944....Erich von MansteinService/branchImperial German Army Reichswehr Wehrmacht HeerYears of service1906–44 1949-56RankGeneralfeldmarschall23 more rows
Manstein spent the rest of the war on his estate and was captured by the British in 1945. He was tried for war crimes, and, though acquitted of the most serious charges, was imprisoned until his release in 1953 because of ill health.
The officer at one point even tried to force a gun into Blomberg's hands, but he declined to end his life. Spending World War II in obscurity, Blomberg was arrested by the Allies in 1945 and later gave evidence at the Nuremberg trials.