of Aktion 14f13, also called [[Sonderbehandlung]] ('special treatment'), that killed 15,000-20,000 concentration camp prisoners.

Bouhler was arrested on 10 May 1945 by American troops. He took his own life nine days later in the U.S. internment camp at Zell am See in Austria.

Early life

Bouhler was born in Munich; his father was a retired colonel.