World War II in Pictures- General Hans Krebs at Soviet forces headquarters near Berlin on May 1, 1945.

Krebs, who had been appointed chief of the army on April 1, 1945, went there in an effort to negotiate the surrender of Berlin, but he was rebuffed by the Russians. Krebs returned to the Führerbunker at the Chancellery, where Hitler had already committed suicide, and he shot himself the following day, May 2.