In November 1944 Himmler was put in command of the eastern bank of the Upper Rhine.

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In 1945, the Allies rejected peace offers by German SS chief Heinrich Himmler, insisting on unconditional surrender.

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Then the Nazis latched on to it and a sign bearing the inscription appeared at the Dachau concentration camp, set up by Heinrich Himmler in 1933 to use dissidents as slave labour.

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"You don't need to drive, " Himmler replied.

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Captured by Allied forces, Himmler committed suicide.

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Himmler ordered him arrested.

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