Death
There are different accounts of Kammler's death:
- That he committed suicide with a cyanide capsule on 7 May 1945.
- That he shot himself on 9 May 1945.
- That he asked his aide Zeuner to shoot him.
- That he was shot by his aide-de-camp in Prague.
- That the Soviets executed Kammler along with 200 other SS soldiers
- That he escaped to the USA where he died many years after the war.
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