Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler was a Nazi leader in Germany. He was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, appointed Commander of the Home Army by Adolf Hitler. Himmler is held highly responsible for the Holocaust. Himmler joined the Nazi party in 1923 and is credited for expanding the SS from a group of military men numbering 290 members, into a paramilitary group numbering one-million. Under Hitler's orders, he set up, organized, and controlled concentration camps and built extermination camps. He was responsible for overseeing all security forces, including the Gestapo, and directed the extermination of Jews. Towards the end of the war, realizing that defeat was near, Himmler attempted to instigate talks with the Western allies. When hearing of this, Hitler dismissed Himmler from his posts and sought his arrest. Himmler was instead arrested by British forces when attempting to flee. He committed suicide on May 23, 1945, while in British custody.
Oregon auction house pulls Nazi memorabilia following 'Post' query
Himmler was the Reichsführer, or the commander of the SS, and was promoted to said position by Adolf Hitler.
Oregon auction house selling Nazi leader Himmler’s dagger
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Shoah : ne jamais oublier de se souvenir
Himmler’s diary discovered in Russia
He writes in 1943 about witnessing the “effectiveness” of the diesel engines used to gas prisoners at the Sobibor death camp.
Wiesenthal Center: Love letters from Himmler should not diminish horrific crimes
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British auctioneer’s Holocaust letter may be a fake
Letter describes the transportation of 5,000 Jews daily to the Treblinka extermination camp.
Himmler meets jihad in a Paris art museum
Photo exhibition to honor Palestinian suicide bombers, whom it rebaptizes as “freedom fighters”, comparing them with French World War II resistance maquis.
The forgotten
Latvian and Estonian Jews bemoan the fact that their story has been overlooked in the annals of Holocaust history.
US Jew who posed as neo-Nazi sues ex-SS officer
Mark Gould filmed hours of interviews with Bernhard Frank, who said he was an aide to Heinrich Himmler; top Nazi hunter says report overblown.
Hitler’s geographer: Walter Christaller and Nazi Academics
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Dr. Faustus?
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