In World War II, the suicides of German female officers illustrate the extreme suffering and despair that war has brought to human society.
As part of Nazi Germany, female officers once carried out brutal tasks and eventually chose to end their lives by suicide.
It can be seen from this that war is not only the destruction of life, but also the destruction of human nature, and mankind must not forget this period of history, let alone the cruel lessons of war. Today, let's talk about the story.
Hitler committed suicide with 320 female officers
The warm spring sun of 1945 had long been shrouded in the haze of war, and since April 19 Hitler has been like an animal, trapped in a fortified siege built by Soviet troops.
Whenever he stood in front of the window and looked into the distance, the territory of the empire that once belonged to him was now trampled by enemy fire and iron hooves, and his eyes were full of slaughter by the Soviet army, although he was angry but helpless.
In such a desperate situation, Hitler pinned his faint hope on the general of the Elbe 12 group, Wink, and hoped that the general would appear like a miracle to save him from the fire.
But fate did not seem to leave any turning point for Hitler, General Wink was not as loyal as he thought, and after seeing that Hitler's momentum was gone, he may have been unable to protect himself, and chose to wait for the opportunity to escape.
When the news reached Hitler's ears, his face instantly turned pale, and he knew that his end had come.
On April 22, in the depths of despair, Hitler engaged in a conversation with his subordinates, a Nazi leader who had been known for his pride and conceit all his life, had a rare hint of weakness in his eyes.
Once upon a time, suicide was what Hitler saw as cowardice, but now it is the only relief in his heart.
April 30 was the darkest day of Hitler's life, as Soviet troops poured into the capital Berlin, and he stood on the familiar podium to give his final speech to his loyalists, his voice full of determination and tragedy.
After the speech, he took his newlywed wife and walked into the secret room that had been prepared for a long time, where the two chose to end their lives by suicide.
After Hitler's death, his loyal followers burned their bodies in accordance with their will, perhaps not wanting to suffer humiliation from the Allies.
Mussolini and his mistress are the best examples, and after their deaths, their bodies were tied up in public and humiliated, and their last dignity could not be retained.
On May 2, 1945, the Supreme Commander of the Soviet Union, Arseny Vorozheyikin, continued his in-depth search of Hitler's bunker in the ruins of Berlin.
Ordered his subordinates to push open a closed door on the second floor of the basement, and a suffocating mixed smell instantly permeated, a unique smell of alcohol mixed with the smell of death.
As the door slowly opened, a gruesome scene unfolded before everyone's eyes, and the interior of the room was like a living hell, with corpses piled up and barely able to get off your feet.
A few of the bodies were still dressed in Nazi brown or black uniforms, but many more were disheveled or nearly naked.
Some of the men were wearing only tank tops and shorts, and they collapsed limply on the sofa or chair, their faces contorted as if they were still telling the fear and despair of life.
The number of women was even more staggering, and their long hair, which had been soaked in blood, was now scattered messily on the floor. Some female officers opened their eyes wide, as if they were silently complaining about their struggles and unwillingness.
After careful counting, they found that there were more than 100 male and 320 female officers in the room, and these once proud and confident Nazi officers had now ended their lives in such a tragic way.
The brandy bottles and scattered guns on the ground became the testimony of their last before their deaths, and it can be seen from these signs that they had drunk a lot of brandy before committing suicide, and some even chose to kill themselves with guns.
However, when the commander of the Berlin city defense, Weidlin, had already announced the armistice and surrender of the German army on the same day, and the Soviet army took over Berlin in an orderly manner, why did these Nazi officers choose to commit suicide en masse in such a tragic way?
German misdeeds
In fact, at the moment when Hitler chose to commit suicide, they all did not hesitate to choose the same path, and at the last moment of their lives, they chose to go to the Yellow Spring with Hitler.
In the course of the war, they witnessed the tragic scenes of too many women being humiliated, and they knew that whether they were born in Germany or the Soviet Union, they would become victims of the war in the war of aggression, and become the catharsis of those generals and soldiers against reality.
Therefore, they do not want to live the miserable fate of being humiliated like those women, nor are they willing to be tried by international tribunals, let alone live a life without any choice.
With this in mind, they chose to die and chose to end their lives by suicide. At the moment of death, there is no fear and despair on the faces of these people, but a kind of relief and serenity.
They know that they are coming to an end of a life full of pain and humiliation, and that they will usher in eternal peace and freedom. Taking a step back, these people deserve such an end.
On the Eastern Front of World War II, the "anti-fascist" war between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany was unforgettable in its cruelty and tragedy.
Since the beginning of September 1941, the German army began a frenzied massacre of civilians on Soviet soil, and the German 707th Infantry Field Division once "executed" more than 10,000 Soviet partisans and innocent civilians with extremely cruel means.
When the Soviets recaptured Kerch in December 1941, they were shocked by what they saw in front of them, and the once-thriving city was almost empty.
They searched the rubble and found the bodies of more than 7,000 locals, including children, in the anti-tank trenches, while the surviving women were humiliated or taken away by the Germans, forever losing their homes and loved ones.
In January 1942, when the Soviets recaptured Pedrisevo, they found the body of the 18-year-old partisan female captain Zoya, whose body had begun to decompose and had been pierced with bayonets in many places, and she had lost one of her breasts.
According to relevant records, she was tortured and violated many times by the 332nd Infantry Regiment under the 197th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht before her death, and was also tortured by endless hangings before her death.
The soldiers gently buried the heroic girl with tears, and their hearts were filled with hatred for the Germans and the flames of revenge.
According to statistics, from 1941 to 1944, the German Nazi massacres throughout the Soviet Union killed no less than six million people. The brutality of Soviet women in this massacre is beyond words.
Hitler had received a report during the war that "the Germans on the Eastern Front had impregnated a million Soviet women", and in order to reduce these "troubles", he ordered the Germans to take away the children of purebred Germanic descent born to these women and distribute condoms to all soldiers.
During the massacre in Lidize village, Soviet women under the age of 25 in the village were taken by the Germans and became military prostitutes in the German army, and these women chose to commit suicide in advance in despair to avoid an even more tragic fate.
Anderson Clark Walsh, a historian in the British army, once commented: "The German army was reckless on Soviet soil, and they could rob and kill civilians and rape women at will, because they knew that there were no international moral concerns behind them." ”
In general, the German Nazis were in the "war zone" of the USSR, completely tore up the Geneva Conventions, and treated the Soviet military and civilians in a cruel way, and "blood for blood, tooth for tooth" was the most common way in the war.
When the Soviet army began to counterattack the German army, the Soviet soldiers and civilians who fought for "Zoya" fought to the death with the German army with great grief and hatred, and finally came to the city of Berlin.
The war finally ended
As the saying goes, "there is a cause and there must be an effect", even though many Nazi female officers committed suicide, the Soviet army still did not let go of the people in Berlin, especially the local women, who suffered the revenge of millions of Soviet Red Army, and the whole Berlin was desolate......
A few days later, a new page was turned in history, with the end of the Soviet-German war and the surrender of Germany to the Soviet Union on 8 May, marking the complete collapse of their once arrogant plans of aggression.
The sun shines on the defeated German soil, but it is difficult to dispel the gloom of defeat, and there are no victors or losers under the war, only the common people who have been persecuted.
It is worth mentioning that the German signatory, General Jodel, whispered a plea when he signed the instrument of surrender: "I hope that the victorious power will be lenient with the German prisoners." ”
However, the representatives of the allied forces of the United States and Britain and the Soviet Union were expressionless, their eyes were full of indifference and determination, and they did not give any response......
This was the end of the Second World War, but the end of the war did not mean the beginning of happiness, but the beginning of a new round of tests.
In World War II, both the Soviet Union and Germany suffered enormous losses, and the number of young and strong men plummeted over the years.
In the era of underdeveloped science and technology, labor force is still the primary productive force, and the shortage of men has prompted women to once again take on the responsibility of society, and they have come to the front of the stage from behind the scenes to become an important force in the reconstruction of the two countries.
The victory was provoked by an extreme ruler like Hitler, but the final tragedy was borne by the common people, which is really embarrassing.
After the end of World War II, the suicides of German female officers became part of the war crimes trials, and they chose to commit suicide to escape trial and punishment, but the extreme suffering caused by war to human society still exists.
We should learn from these events and cherish peace so that war never happens again. What do you think differently about this?
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