During the final few weeks of war in Europe, many German citizens died by suicide. There are several reasons why people chose to die by suicide: Nazi propaganda, fear of retaliation, unwillingness to accept defeat, and general depression. There were over seven thousand suicides in Berlin alone, with other German cities also having really high suicide rates. The amount of death in World War II and in the immediate aftermath from suicide, injuries, and general poor condition. I think the suicide deaths are often ignored or talked about with less frequency because people zero in on Holocaust deaths or war casualties. It is important to discuss these deaths, because these were people as well. They endured war as well. The impact of the Nazi regime touched everyone, and it is important to see all of the nasty, inky tendrils and where they reached. I thought this book was really important.