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How did Konrad Henlein die?

  • He was assassinated

  • He was executed

  • He died of a heart attack

  • He died by suicide while in American custody

Answer

Konrad Henlein died by suicide while in American custody. He had been arrested by the American military after the end of World War II and was being held in a prisoner of war camp. Henlein was found hanged in his cell on June 10, 1945. The official cause of death was listed as suicide, but there has been speculation that he may have been murdered.
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