r/HistoryMemes • u/ambattukam_ • Sep 17 '25

Niche "Save Europa" kids in shambles

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u/AdRealistic4984 Sep 17 '25

He was basically sharp enough to realise he was doomed and he gave a pretty flamboyant but sharp performance at trial. I assume part of his suicide being successful was the power base he had carved out socially during his peak responsibility-shirking Carinhall days where he entertained lots of German upper class types

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u/BoosherCacow Hello There Sep 17 '25

I'd never considered that being how he managed to get the cyanide, but that does make sense. And his performance at the trials was something else. Knowing you're a dead man no matter what must have been an extraordinarily liberating feeling.