On 28 April 1945 he was wounded in the leg by shrapnel and later committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, rather than attempt to join a break out from the Reich Chancellery to escape from the advancing Red Army.
He was wounded in the leg by shrapnel. This was on 28 April 1945. He was later committed suicide by. This was on 28 April 1945. He was shooting himself in the head, rather than attempt to join a break out from the Reich Chancellery to escape from the advancing Red Army. This was on 28 April 1945.