Prof. Dr. Ernst-Robert Grawitz (Berlin June 8, 1899 - April 24, 1945) was Reichsphysician SS and Police in the Third Reich. It was he who advised Himmler on the use of gas chambers. He carried out brutal medical experiments on Nazi concentration camp prisoners and due to his SS rank he was administratively responsible for all medical experiments conducted. This article is about the capital of Germany. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler (October 7, 1900 - May 23, 1945) was the commander of the German Schutzstaffel and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. ... Gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison A gas chamber is a means of execution whereby a poisonous gas is introduced into a hermetically sealed chamber. ... See also the related List of German concentration camps Concentration camp in Nazi Germany. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop...

At the end of World War II he was a physician in Hitler's Bunker in Berlin. When he heard that other officials were leaving the capital of the Reich in order to escape from advancing Russian armies, he petitioned Hitler to allow him to leave. His request was denied, and he decided to kill himself along with his family. While eating supper with his wife and two children he pulled the pins out of two grenades he held under the table and blew up his family and himself. This dramatic suicide is depicted in the 2004 movie Der Untergang, where Grawitz is portrayed by Christian Hoening. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... Der Untergang (2004; international English title Downfall) is a German film depicting the final days of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany in 1945. ...