Heinrich Heimann, 58-year-old former officer of Hitler’s Elite Guard, awaiting trial at Landsberg on charges of having shot “several thousand Jews and other civilian personnel” during the war, in Poland, hanged himself in his jail cell this weekend. German authorities say he is the fourth accused Nazi to have committed suicide since the capture of Adolf Eichmann last May.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
