On April 18, 1945, a number of officials of Leizig committed suicide in the New Town Hall. The Deputy Mayor of Leipzig Ernst Lisso decided to end his life and also that of his wife and daughter as the Americans press towards the city hall. In the death tableaux his wife Renate Lisso sits across from him and most shockingly his daughter Regina sits.. http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/deputy-mayor-ernst-kurt-lisso-and-his-family-after-committing-suicide-by-cyanide-to-avoid-capture-by-us-troops-1945/