German politicians who died by suicide

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War. Throughout the ensuing conflict, Hitler was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

Wife of German chancellor Helmut Kohl (1933–2001)

German politician (1945-2003)

German politician (1905-1973)

German general and politician (1923-1992)

German politician (1929-1990)

German politician (1877-1933)

German politician (1929-1990)

German politician (1929-2001)

German politician (1912-1957)

German politician (1918–1977)

German politician, editor (1876-1944)

German politician and member of the Pirate Party Berlin, which is a branch of the national Pirate Party. (1972–2016)