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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzM to Anniversaries: X years ago today@sopuli.xyzEnglish ·
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80 years ago today, Heinrich Himmler, a German Nazi politician and military leader, committed suicide in British custody by biting into a hidden potassium cyanide pill.

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80 years ago today, Heinrich Himmler, a German Nazi politician and military leader, committed suicide in British custody by biting into a hidden potassium cyanide pill.

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzM to Anniversaries: X years ago today@sopuli.xyzEnglish ·
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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler#Capture_and_death
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    Feels like this should have a content warning or NSFW tag or something? I’m all for nazis dying but a corpse is a corpse and I can see this being pretty upsetting for some people.

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      Okay, I’ll add a NSFW tag.

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