"PROMISE ME YOU'LL SHOOT YOURSELF": The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945

By the end of April 1945 in Germany the Third Reich had fallen and invasion was nearly complete. Many Germans felt there was nothing left but disgrace and despair. For tens of thousands of them, it seemed the only option was to choose death. Huber recounts this little-known mass event and presents a riveting portrait of a nation in crisis. Photos.