Despair and Suicide in Germany

1st May 1945: While Nazi fanatics fight on, many cannot see a future for Germany without Hitler

Leipzigs Deputy Mayor Dr. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at desk; his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair; and their daughter Regina Lisso after committing suicide by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus) to avoid capture by American soldiers of the 69th Infantry and 9th Armored Divisions as they closed in on the city. 18th April 1945.

A wave of suicides w…