Suicides by firearm in Germany

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)

German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)

German field marshal (1891-1945)

German politician (1901–1945)

mass shooting on 22 July 2016, in Munich, Germany

incident of Adolf Hitler's death

German chemist (1870-1915)

niece of Adolf Hitler (1908–1931)

German flying ace (1896–1941)

German general

German general (1895–1945)

school shooting in Germany

German tennis player (1876-1908)

Bavarian chemist and hygienist (1818–1901)

Prussian prince (1890-1920)

German diplomat (1904-1945)

German left-wing militant (1944–1977)

March 2023 mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses' Kingdom Hall in Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany

German anatomist and SS officer (1898-1945)

German army general and quartermaster-general (1894-1944)

German botanist (1816–1853)

German Nazi Party functionary, Premier of Bavaria (1895-1945)

Schutzstaffel officer (1906-1945)

German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965-2013)

2002 mass shooting in Germany

German general and politician (1923-1992)

businessman (1924-2013)

German film director (1933-1991)

SS officer

German art dealer (1871–1926)

German resistance member (1895-1944)

German politician and economist (1917-1965)

German SS general (1884-1945)

German politician, journalist and diplomat (1892-1945)

German assassin who attacked Wilhelm I of Germany (1848-1878)

early German aviator (1886-1925)

German flying ace (1893-1918)

Czech lexicographer and nationalist

German SS Standartenführer (1913–2003)

German Army commander (1896–1936)

American violonist (1864–1900)

Austrian journalist (1885-1945)

attack using van in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 7 April 2018

German school shooter

German aviator (1881-1945)

German judge and politician (1892-1945)

German neo-Nazi, bank robber and murderer (1973-2011)

November 2006 school massacre attempt in Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

German figure skater (1977–1999)

Belgian SS officer

German politician (1901–1945)

German painter (1850-1914)

German scientist (1898-1945)

German lawyer

German terrorist, member of RAF (1953–1993)

German entrepreneur (1896–1958)

mass shooting in a German university

German politician (NSDAP) and mayor of Leipzig (1899-1945)

Austrian politician (1894–1945)