Question

Why did Helmuth's Father shoot himself ?

Answer 1

The reason for the suicide, was because Helmuth's father was afraid of the retaliation that he would face for the war crimes they committed under the Nazi rule. It was 1945 and the Germans had surrendered to the alliance.

Answer 2

He came to knew that he us ging to be treated bad by the allies as nazi done with jews.

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