Question

why did helmet father's shot himself?

Answer 1

Because he was Nazi and he had done bad to jews and now he was afraid that jews would do bad to him

Answer 2

Answer:

Helmuth's father was a prominent physician and had been Nazi and supporter of Adolf Hitler. Germans, were seen as impure or abnormal, where undesirables and had no right to exist under the Ethunazia programme. Helmuth's farther along with other physicians and officials had condemned to death many Germans were considered as mentally and physically unfit. They knew that the Allies would take revenge. So he shoot himself in his office.