man next to Hitler. During this time, more concentration camps began to appear. Unfortunately, Himmler's power would soon fade away.Heinrich Himmler began to suffer from psychosomatic illnesses during the end of the war, and because of his illness was shoved aside by Hitler. Himmler had hoped to succeed Hitler and had already negotiated with the Swedish to surrender Germany to the Allies but continue War against the Soviet Union. This event occurred in April of 1945. When Hitler learned of this, he stripped Himmler of all his offices and ordered him arrested. Himmler disguised himself as a common soldier and attempted to escape leaving Hitler to die in a bunker in Berlin. He was captured on May 21, 1945, by the British near Bremen and put in detention at Lunenburg. Heinrich Himmler committed suicide two days later by swallowing poison that he had concealed in his mouth throughout his ordeal.Heinrich Himmler had been very devoted to Hitler. He was a ruthless man who sought power equal to that of Hitler's. Himmler was fanatical in his belief of the Nazi ideology and created the reign of terror that came from the Third Reich. Heinrich Himmler is most remembered as the prime person behind the cause of the Holocaust and murderer of millions of Jews, slavs, and non-Aryan people throughout Germany....
