Learn about what happened to the SS at the end of the war. By March, the German war machine is crumbling. Himmler's entire SS operation over 15 years in the making is on the brink of collapse. The Americans reach and liberate Dachau, and other concentration camps. The scale of Himmler's SS atrocities are exposed. Over 11 million people have died at their hands. Hitler commits suicide before he is captured but Himmler tries to escape before the Allies capture him. He too commits suicide and with him the SS is over.