On 30 April, when Soviet troops were within two blocks of the Reich Chancellery, Hitler, along with his girlfriend and by then wife Eva Braun committed suicide. Over half were those considered mentally deficient, which included not only people who scored poorly on intelligence tests, but those who deviated from expected standards of behaviour regarding thrift, sexual behaviour, and cleanliness.
A Social History of Nazi Germany. These partially fulfilled plans resulted in the democidal deaths of an estimated. These Commissars had the power to appoint and remove local governments, state parliaments, officials, and judges. The day after, SA stormtroopers demolished union offices around the country; all trade unions were forced to dissolve and their leaders were arrested. Under threat of invasion by sea, Lithuania surrendered the Memel district in March Outside of Germany, the Romani people were regularly used for forced labour, though many were killed.
The Allies received information about the murders from the Polish government-in-exile and Polish leadership in Warsaw, based mostly on intelligence from the Polish underground. Meanwhile, American and British bomber fleets based in Britain began operations against Germany.
By the end of , the stringent selection and racial requirements that had initially been in place were no longer followed. Historians such as Kershaw emphasise the psychological impact of Hitler's skill as an orator.
The Reichskommissariate Reich Commissariats quasi-colonial regimes, were established in some occupied countries. Individual states not controlled by elected Nazi governments or Nazi-led coalitions were forced to agree to the appointment of Reich Commissars to bring the states in line with the policies of the central government. Initially the intention was to deport them further east, or possibly to Madagascar. As the territory was part of Germany, the British and French governments did not feel that attempting to enforce the treaty was worth the risk of war.
