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| Keywords: Burgomeister of Leipzig a suicide in his office together with wife and daughter as 69th Infantry Division and 9th... - NARA - 531270.tif Scope and content General notes Use War and Conflict Number 1345 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image 531270 Local identifier 111-SC-204462 Department of Defense Department of the Army Office of the Chief Signal Officer 09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964 Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 other date circa 1900 1982 Record group Record Group 111 Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer 1860 - 1985 Record group ARC 440 Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity compiled 1754 - 1954 Series ARC 530707 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-111-SC-204462 yes Other versions in JPEG format File Leipzigsuicide jpg Leipzigs Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Stadtkaemmerer ; since 1940 Dr jur Ernst Kurt Lisso March 7 1892; � April 18 1945 at desk his wife Renate Stephanie born Luebbert April 12 1895; � April 18 1945 in chair and their daughter Regina Lisso May 24 1924;<ref name BirthCert >http //www archiviostorico info/Rubriche/Autori/storici/HarmWulf/fotoarticoliWulf/Wirkapitulieren/certNascita jpg Birth certificate Rosemarie Gisela Regina Renate Lisso Date 1924 05 24 </ref> � April 18 1945<ref name DeathCert >http //www archiviostorico info/Rubriche/Autori/storici/HarmWulf/fotoarticoliWulf/Wirkapitulieren/certMorte jpg Death certificate Rosemarie Gisela Regina Renate Lisso � 1945 04 18 </ref> after committing suicide by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall Neues Rathaus to avoid capture by American soldiers of the 69th Infantry and 9th Armored Divisions as they closed in on the city Regina Lisso wears the armband of the German Red Cross Also found dead in the Rathaus was Mayor Oberbuergermeister Alfred Freyberg and his wife and daughter and former Mayor and Battalion leader of the Volkssturm erroneously described as a Volkssturm General Kurt Walter Doenicke as well as several Volksturm officers The 777th Tank Destroyer Battalion's official history says the Americans overshot the Rathaus because of old maps on April 18 and the assault began the next morning on April 19 American tanks fired on the Rathaus from 7 30 to 9 10 Hours when a captured German officer carried in a surrender ultimatum The Rathaus commander accepted the terms at 9 30 the Americans captured one major general 175 enlisted men and thirteen Gestapo police The American flag was raised over the Rathaus around 1200 Hours The scene of the Lisso suicides was extensively photographed by Robert Capa Margaret Bourke-White and Lee Miller as well as the United States Army Signal Corps For reasons that remain unclear the Freyberg family was not photographed <ref name wwii >World War II Multimedia Database Lisso Family Leipzig Rathaus Suicides http //worldwar2database com/gallery3/index php/wwii1003 wwii1003 </ref> Leipzigs stellvertretender Oberbürgermeister und Stadtkämmerer seit 1940 Dr jur Ernst Kurt Lisso 7 März 1892; � 18 April 1945 am Schreibtisch seine Frau Renate Stephanie geb Lübbert 12 April 1895; � 18 April 1945 im Stuhl und ihre Tochter Regina 24 Mai 1924;<ref name BirthCert /> � 18 April 1945<ref name DeathCert /> nach ihrem Selbstmord durch Zyanid im Leipziger Neuen Rathaus nach der Einnahme der Stadt durch amerikanische Soldaten der 69 Infanterie- und 9 Panzerdivision Regina Lisso trägt die Armbinde des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes Im Neuen Rathaus fand man auch den toten Oberbürgermeister Alfred Freyberg und seine Frau und Tochter sowie den ehemaligen Oberbürgermeister und Volkssturm-Bataillonsführer fälschlicherweise als �Volkssturmgeneral bezeichnet Kurt Walter Dönicke sowie mehrere seiner Offiziere Nach der offiziellen Historie des 777 Panzerjägerbataillons hätten die Amerikaner am 18 April wegen alter Karten das Rathaus verfehlt und der Angriff begann am nächsten Morgen dem 19 April Amerikanische Panzer feuerten auf das Rathaus von 7 30 bis 9 10 Uhr bis ein gefangen genommener deutscher Offizier nach einem Ultimatum die Kapitulation erklärte Der Rathauskommandant bestätigte die Bedingungen um 9 30 Uhr Die Amerikaner nahmen einen Generalmajor 175 Soldaten und 13 Gestapo-Männer gefangen Um 12 00 Uhr wurde über dem Rathaus die amerikanische Flagge gehisst Das Szenario der Lisso-Selbstmorde wurde besonders intensiv von Robert Capa Margaret Bourke-White und Lee Miller sowie der United States Army Signal Corps fotografiert Aus Gründen die unklar geblieben sind wurde die tote Familie Freyberg nicht fotografiert <ref name wwii /> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov References <references /> Mayors of Leipzig April 1945 Leipzig Town Hall People who died by suicide Black and white photographs of Germany | ||||