.Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( listen (help·info) 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was Reichsführer of the SS, a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party.^ May 23, 1945 - SS Reichsführer Himmler commits suicide.

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^ Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfhrer SS, commanded the entire organization.

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^ Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, at the podium .

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.As Chief of the German Police and later the Minister of the Interior, Himmler oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo.^ As Reichsführer-SS , he oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo .

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^ The chiefs of police had nothing to do with the Political Police, the Gestapo, or the Security Service.

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^ Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police.

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.Serving as Reichsführer and later as Commander of the Replacement (Home) Army and General Plenipotentiary for the entire Reich's administration (Generalbevollmächtigter für die Verwaltung), Himmler rose to become the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany.^ Second most powerful SS leader after Himmler.

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^ Himmler was an early member of the Nazi Party who rose in rank to become the second in command of Hitlers Reich.

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^ General Plenipotentiary for the Administration of the Reich (1935-1943).

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.As overseer of the concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen (literally: task forces, often used as killing squads), Himmler coordinated the killing of some six million Jews, between 200,000 and 500,000 Roma,^[2][3] many prisoners of war, and possibly another three to four million Poles, communists, or other groups whom the Nazis deemed unworthy to live or simply "in the way", including homosexuals, people with physical and mental disabilities, Jehovah's Witnesses and members of the Confessing Church.^ Yet many homosexuals were jailed and some did die in Nazi work camps.

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^ As founder and officer-in-charge of the Nazi concentration camps and the Einsatzgruppen death squads, Himmler held final command responsibility for implementing the industrial-scale extermination of between 6 and 12 million people.

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^ As overseer of concentration camps , extermination camps , and Einsatzgruppen (literally: task forces, often used as killing squads), Himmler coordinated the killing of millions of Jews , between 200,000 and 500,000 Roma , many prisoners of war, and possibly another three to four million Poles, communists, or other groups whom the Nazis deemed unworthy to live or simply 'in the way', including homosexuals, and those with physical and mental disabilities.

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.Shortly before the end of the war, he offered to surrender both Germany and himself to the Western Allies if he were spared prosecution.^ Shortly before the end of the war, he offered to surrender to the Allies if he were spared from prosecution .

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^ Toward the end of the war, Himmler tried continually, against Hitler's will and behind his back, to negotiate a surrender to the British and Americans.

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^ In 1918 the war ended and Germany was defeated, ending Himmler's aspirations of becoming a professional army officer.

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.After being arrested by British forces, he committed suicide before he could be questioned.^ After being arrested by British forces, he committed suicide before he could be questioned.

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^ Himmler was scheduled to stand trial with other German leaders as a war criminal at Nuremberg , but committed suicide in Lüneburg by potassium cyanide capsule before interrogation could begin.

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^ Himmler was scheduled to stand trial with other German leaders as a war criminal at Nuremberg , but committed suicide in Lüneburg by means of a potassium cyanide capsule before interrogation could begin.

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.Himmler has been named "the greatest mass murderer of all time" by German news magazine Der Spiegel.^ It was Himmler’s master stroke that he succeeded in indoctrinating the SS with an apocalyptic ‘idealism’ beyond all guilt and responsibility, which rationalized mass murder as a form of martyrdom and harshness towards oneself.

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^ He testifies at Nuremberg, then is later tried in Warsaw, found guilty and hanged at Auschwitz, April 16, 1947, near Crematory I. "History will mark me as the greatest mass murderer of all time," H ö ss writes while in prison, along with his memoirs about Auschwitz.

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^ All in all, there seems to be only one in the Nazi top who were interested in the occult, namely Heinrich Himmler.

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.Heinrich Himmler was born in Munich to a Roman Catholic^[5] Bavarian middle-class family.^ Heinrich Himmler was born in Munich to a Roman Catholic , Bavarian , middle-class family.

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^ The son of a pious, authoritarian Roman Catholic schoolmaster who had once been tutor to the Bavarian Crown Prince, Himmler was educated at a secondary school in Landshut.

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^ Heinrich had an older brother, Gebhard Ludwig Himmler, who was born on 29 July 1898, and a younger brother, Ernst Hermann Himmler, born on 23 December 1905.

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.His father was Joseph Gebhard Himmler, a secondary-school teacher and principal of the prestigious Wittelsbacher Gymnasium.^ His father was Joseph Gebhard Himmler, a secondary-school teacher and principal of the prestigious Wittelsbacher Gymnasium .

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^ The son of a pious, authoritarian Roman Catholic schoolmaster who had once been tutor to the Bavarian Crown Prince, Himmler was educated at a secondary school in Landshut.

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^ Himmler's father, the principal, sent him to spy on and punish other pupils.

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^[6] .His mother was Anna Maria Himmler (maiden name Heyder), a devout Roman Catholic.^ His mother was Anna Maria Himmler (née Heyder), a devout Roman Catholic and an attentive mother.

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^ His mother was Anna Maria Himmler (maiden name Heyder), a devout Roman Catholic.

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^ The son of a pious, authoritarian Roman Catholic schoolmaster who had once been tutor to the Bavarian Crown Prince, Himmler was educated at a secondary school in Landshut.

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He had an older brother, Gebhard Ludwig Himmler, who was born on 29 July 1898, and a younger brother, Ernst Hermann Himmler, born on 23 December 1905.^[7]

.Heinrich was named after his godfather, Prince Heinrich of Bavaria of the royal family of Bavaria, who was tutored by Gebhard Himmler.^ His father had been tutor to Prince Heinrich of Bavaria, and the young Himmler was not only named for him but was the Prince's godson.

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^ Heinrich was named after his godfather , Prince Heinrich of Bavaria of the royal family of Bavaria , who was tutored by Gebhard Himmler.

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^ The son of a pious, authoritarian Roman Catholic schoolmaster who had once been tutor to the Bavarian Crown Prince, Himmler was educated at a secondary school in Landshut.

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^[8] .In 1910, Himmler attended Gymnasium in Landshut, where he studied classic literature.^ In 1910, Himmler attended Gymnasium in Landshut , where he studied classic literature .

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.Himmler's father, the principal, sent him to spy on and punish other pupils.^ Himmler's father, the principal, sent him to spy on and punish other pupils.

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^ His father was Joseph Gebhard Himmler, a secondary-school teacher and principal of the prestigious Wittelsbacher Gymnasium .

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^ Dönitz sent Himmler away, explaining that there was no place for him in the new German government .

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.His father even called him a born criminal.^ His father even called him a born criminal.

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^[9] .While he struggled in athletics, he did well in his schoolwork.^ While he struggled in athletics, he did well in his schoolwork.

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.Also, at the behest of his father, Himmler kept a diary from age 10 until age 24. He enjoyed chess, harpsichord, stamp collecting, and gardening.^ He enjoyed chess , harpsichord , stamp collecting , and gardening .

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^ He enjoyed chess , harpsichord , stamp collecting , gardening and other extracurricular activities.

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^ Also, at the behest of his father, Heinrich kept a diary from age ten until age 24.

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.Throughout Himmler's youth and into adulthood, he was never at ease in interactions with women.^ Throughout Himmler’s youth and into adulthood, he was never at ease in interactions with women.

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.Himmler's diaries (1914–1918) show that he was extremely interested in war news.^ Himmler’s diaries (1914-1918) show that he was extremely interested in war news.

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^ Himmler’s diaries (1914-18) show that he was extremely interested in war news.

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^ In an extract of Norman Brook 's War Cabinet Diaries , [ 28 ] Winston Churchill took a view towards Himmler widely shared during the war, advocating his assassination.

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.He implored his father to use his royal connections to obtain an officer candidate position for him.^ He implored his father to use his royal connections to obtain an officer candidate position for him.

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.His parents eventually gave in, allowing him to train (upon graduation from secondary school in 1918) with the 11th Bavarian Regiment.^ His parents eventually gave in, allowing him to train (upon graduation from secondary school in 1918) with the 11th Bavarian Regiment.

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^ His parents eventually gave in, allowing him to train upon graduation from secondary school in 1918 with the 11th Bavarian Regiment.

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^ The son of a pious, authoritarian Roman Catholic schoolmaster who had once been tutor to the Bavarian Crown Prince, Himmler was educated at a secondary school in Landshut.

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.Since he was not athletic, he struggled throughout his military training.^ Since he was not athletic, he struggled throughout his military training.

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^ Since he had had no military training, his opinion carried little weight.

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.In 1918 the war ended with Germany's defeat, thus ending Himmler's aspirations of becoming a professional army officer.^ In 1918 the war ended with Germany's defeat, thus ending Himmler's aspirations of becoming a professional army officer.

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^ Toward the end of the war, Himmler tried continually, against Hitler's will and behind his back, to negotiate a surrender to the British and Americans.

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^ He served as an officer cadet in the Eleventh Bavarian Regiment at the end of World War I, later obtaining a diploma in agriculture from Munich Technical High School where he studied from 1918 to 1922.

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.From 1919 to 1922 Himmler studied agronomy at the Munich Technische Hochschule following a short-lived apprenticeship on a farm and subsequent illness.^ From 1919 to 1922 Himmler studied agronomy at the Munich Technische Hochschule following a short-lived apprenticeship on a farm and subsequent illness.

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^ Himmler underwent religious turmoil during his studies at Munich Technische Hochschule.

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^ Himmler then studied my interpretation of the horoscope, and because of the Jupiter-Saturn aspects which he found there and which he proceeded to explain with lively gestures, he gradually calmed down.

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.In his diaries he claimed to be a devout Roman Catholic, and wrote that he would never turn away from the Roman Church.^ In his diaries he claimed to be a devout Catholic, and wrote that he would never turn away from the church.

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^ In his diaries he claimed to be a devout Roman Catholic, and wrote that he would never turn away from the Roman Church.

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^ His mother was Anna Maria Himmler (maiden name Heyder), a devout Roman Catholic.

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.However, he was a member of a fraternity, and later the Thule Society, and felt both associations to be at odds with the tenets of the Church.^ However, he was a member of a fraternity, and later the Thule Society , and felt both associations to be at odds with the tenets of the Church.

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^ However, he was a member of a fraternity (and later the Thule Society ) which he felt to be at odds with the tenets of the church: biographers have defined Himmler’s theology as Ariosophy , his own religious dogma of racial superiority of the Aryan race and Germanic Meso-Paganism , partly from his interests in folklore and mythology of the ancient Teutonic tribes of Northern Europe.

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^ Both the Thule Society and the German Order became interchangeable in ideas and even membership.

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.Biographers have defined Himmler's theology as Ariosophy, his own religious dogma of racial superiority of the Aryan race and Germanic Meso-Paganism, developed partly from his interpretations of folklore and mythology of the ancient Teutonic tribes of Northern Europe.^ However, he was a member of a fraternity (and later the Thule Society ) which he felt to be at odds with the tenets of the church: biographers have defined Himmler’s theology as Ariosophy , his own religious dogma of racial superiority of the Aryan race and Germanic Meso-Paganism , partly from his interests in folklore and mythology of the ancient Teutonic tribes of Northern Europe.

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^ Biographers have defined Himmler’s theology as Ariosophy , his own religious dogma of racial superiority of the Aryan race and Germanic Meso-Paganism , developed partly from his interpretations of folklore and mythology of the ancient Teutonic tribes of Northern Europe .

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^ Partly, I think, because of his own neo-pagan beliefs, and partly due to an unswerving loyalty to Adolf Hitler - whose rabid anti-Semitism Himmler sought to justify by researching proof for Aryan superiority in the Germans' pagan past.The SS and neo-paganism .

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.During this time he was again obsessed with the idea of becoming a soldier.^ During this time he was again obsessed with the idea of becoming a soldier.

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.He wrote that if Germany did not soon go to war, he would go to another country to seek battle.^ He wrote that if Germany did not soon go to war, he would go to another country to seek battle.

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^ The war situation in Germany got more critical every day, and we assumed that it would not be possible to go ahead with the plan.

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^ Himmler replied that he did not need a bodyguard inside Germany where the country was absolutely united behind the Führer.

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.In 1923, Himmler took part in Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch, serving under Ernst Röhm.^ Hess took part in the Beer-Hall Putsch of 1923 and was imprisoned with Hitler and other participants in Landsberg prison.

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^ In 1923, Himmler took part in Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch under Ernst Röhm .

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^ Took part in 1923 ‘Putsch’.

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.In 1926 he met his future wife in a hotel lobby while escaping a storm.^ In 1926 he met his future wife in a hotel lobby while escaping a storm.

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.Margarete Siegroth (née Boden) was seven years his senior, divorced, and Protestant.^ Margarete Siegroth (née Boden) was blonde-haired and blue-eyed, seven years his senior, divorced , and Protestant .

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^ Margarete Siegroth (née Boden) was seven years his senior, divorced , and Protestant .

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.On 3 July 1928, the two were married.^ On 3 July 1928, the two were married.

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^ A romance ensued and the two were married in 1928.

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^ On 3 July 1928, the two were married and had their only child, Gudrun , on 8 August 1929.

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.During this time Himmler worked unsuccessfully as a chicken farmer.^ During this time Himmler worked unsuccessfully as a chicken farmer .

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^ During this time, Himmler also dictated two letters to Dr. Kersten.

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^ During this same time, Himmler became convinced that he was the reincarnation of Henry the Fowler, and that he could raise Heinrich I from the dead.

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^[12] .They had their only child, Gudrun, on 8 August 1929. Himmler adored his daughter, and called her Püppi (English: "dolly").^ On 3 July 1928, the two were married and had their only child, Gudrun , on 8 August 1929.

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^ When the Karotechia was required to perform some ancient Germanic ritual for Himmler (virtually always ineffectual), they were called to the SS-order castle at Wewelsburg.

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^ Nazi mysticism Germanic neopaganism — Himmler was a neopagan adherent Karl Maria Wiligut - Called "Himmler's Rasputin" Gudrun Burwitz (Formerly Gudrun Himmler) - Himmler's beloved Daughter Ernst Kaltenbrunner - RSHA and SD chief under Himmler.

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.Margarete later adopted a son, in whom Himmler showed no interest.^ Margarete later adopted a son, in whom Himmler showed no interest.

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^ Himmler with Margaret, Gudrun and adopted step son.

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^ Himmler’s diaries (1914-18) show that he was extremely interested in war news.

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.Heinrich and Margarete Himmler separated in 1940 without seeking divorce.^ Heinrich and Margarete Himmler separated in 1940 without seeking divorce.

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^ Heinrich and Margarete separated in 1940 without seeking divorce.

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.At that time Himmler became friendly with a secretary, Hedwig Potthast, who left her job in 1941 and became his mistress.^ At that time Himmler became friendly with a secretary, Hedwig Potthast, who left her job in 1941 and became his mistress.

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^ He, with his mother and younger sister, were invited by Himmler's mistress, Hedwig Potthast, to see the Reichsführer's special collection in the attic of his new house there.

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^ Attractive daughter of a Cologne businessman and ex-sargeant major, she became secretary to Himmler and later his mistress when he lost all affection for Marga, his wife.

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.He fathered two children with her — a son, Helge (born 1942), and a daughter, Nanette Dorothea (born 1944).^ He fathered two children with her — a son, Helge (born 1942), and a daughter, Nanette Dorothea (born 1944).

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^ He got his first job working for this group of arch racists through his father-in-law, George Herbert Walker (for whom Prescott named his first born son).

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^ Improvement in the diets of children borne by women workers from the Eastern occupied countries (Ostarbeiter), 1942-1943 .

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.Himmler was also very interested in agriculture and the "back to the land" movement.^ Himmler was also very interested in agriculture and the "back to the land" movement.

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^ Without a doubt, Himmler was intelligent and well educated; he was very interested in history.

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^ Himmler was interested also in herbalism, rural life and agriculture [Graber] - he was rather a "back-to-nature", "New Age" sort of man.

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He and his wife had romantic ideals of making a farming life. He joined the Artamanen society, a sort of idealistic back-to-the-land youth group, but mixed with racist ideology. He became one of the leaders of this movement. Through this movement he also apparently met Rudolf Höß,^[13] who would later preside over Auschwitz, and Richard Walther Darré, who would later work in the RuSHA (race and resettlement office) of the SS.^[14]

.Himmler joined the SS in 1925, his first position was that of SS-Gauführer (District Leader) in Bavaria.^ Himmler joined the SS in 1925 and became deputy–Reichsführer-SS in 1927.

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^ After working briefly as a salesman for a firm of fertilizer manufacturers, Himmler joined a para-military, nationalist organization and participated in the Munich Beer-Hall putsch of November 1923 as standard-bearer at the side of Ernst Rhm, Secretary to Gregor Strasser and his deputy district leader in Bavaria, Swabia and the Palatinate and also acting propaganda leader of the NSDAP from 1925 to 1930.

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^ Her ideas were picked up by the likes of the Thule Society and SS leader Heinrich Himmler and then perverted into esoteric Nazism.

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.In 1927, he became Deputy–Reichsführer-SS, with the rank of SS-Oberführer, and upon the resignation of SS commander Erhard Heiden, in 1929, Himmler was appointed Reichsführer-SS.^ Reichsführer-SS 1929–1945 .

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^ Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, at the podium .

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^ Upon the resignation of SS commander Erhard Heiden , Himmler was appointed Reichsführer-SS in January 1929.

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.At that time, the SS then had 280 members and was merely an elite battalion of the much larger Sturmabteilung (SA).^ The SS then had 280 members and was merely an elite battalion of the much larger Sturmabteilung (SA) .

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^ During the time of struggle for power it was only the intelligence service of the SS. At that time we had, for quite natural reasons, an intelligence service with the regiments, battalions and companies.

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^ We accepted a young man who had not been in the SA or the General SS much more readily into the Waffen-SS than an older Party member who had a physical disability.

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.Over the next year, Himmler began a major expansion of the organization and, in 1930, he was promoted to the rank of SS-Gruppenführer (Reichsführer was, at that time, simply a title for the National Commander of the SS).^ Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfhrer SS, commanded the entire organization.

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^ In 1933, Himmler was promoted to SS- Obergruppenführer .

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^ Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, at the podium .

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.By 1933, the SS numbered 52,000 members.^ Elected in 1930 to the Reichstag as Nazi deputy for Weser-Ems, Himmler concentrated on extending SS membership - which reached 52,000 by 1933 - and securing its independence from control by Rohm's SA, to which it was initially subordinated.

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^ By 1931 he was a member of the NSDAP and the SS and in 1933 was appointed to head the criminal police of the Third Reich, the KRIPO .

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^ Elected in 1930 to the Reichstag as Nazi deputy for Weser-Ems, Himmler concentrated on extending SS membership--which reached 52,000 by 1933--and securing its independence from control by Rhm's SA, to which it was initially subordinated.

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.The organization enforced strict membership requirements ensuring that all members were of Hitler's Aryan Herrenvolk ("Aryan master race").^ But scholars had failed to uncover any proof of such a master race lighting the torch of civilization and giving birth to all the refinements of human culture.

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^ This year was for the SS the hardest trial ; for it was a time when all organizations flourished, a time of great assault and tidal waves of those who desired membership in the party and its organizations.

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^ The equality of all citizens, regardless of race, led to the mixing of Europeans with Jews, Negro, Mongols and so on, resulting in the decay and decline of the Aryan race.

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.Himmler and his deputy Reinhard Heydrich began an effort to separate the SS from SA control.^ Himmler and his deputy Reinhard Heydrich began an effort to separate the SS from SA control.

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^ Elected in 1930 to the Reichstag as Nazi deputy for Weser-Ems, Himmler concentrated on extending SS membership - which reached 52,000 by 1933 - and securing its independence from control by Rohm's SA, to which it was initially subordinated.

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^ Elected in 1930 to the Reichstag as Nazi deputy for Weser-Ems, Himmler concentrated on extending SS membership--which reached 52,000 by 1933--and securing its independence from control by Rhm's SA, to which it was initially subordinated.

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.Black SS uniforms replaced the SA brown shirts in July 1932 and by 1934 enough quantities were manufactured for general use by all.^ Black SS uniforms replaced the SA brown shirts in July 1932 and by 1934 enough quantities were manufactured for general use by all.

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^ On July 7th 1932 the black and earth grey service uniforms, for Allgemeine-SS, (General SS), SS-VT, SS-Verfgungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbnde, (SS-Deaths Head Units), and SS-SD, SS-Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei, (SS-Security Service and Security Police) personnel was first introduced to replace the brown shirt, "Tradition", uniform.

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^ Himmler wearing an early SS uniform (black tie and cap), with the rank of Oberführer.

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^[15] .In 1933, Himmler was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer.^ In 1933, Himmler was promoted to SS- Obergruppenführer .

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^ Correspondence between Reichsführer-SS Himmler and SS-Obergruppenführer Hauser, 1941-1944 .

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• Register of the Heinrich Himmler Papers, 1914-1944 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.oac.cdlib.org [Source type: Reference]

.This made him an equal of the senior SA commanders, who by this time loathed the SS and envied its power.^ This made him an equal of the senior SA commanders, who by this time loathed the SS and envied its power.

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^ A speech Himmler made to senior SS men in 1942 reveals his attitude towards Christianity: .

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^ The SA ranks struck Williamson as having 'the spirit of English gentlemen who had transcended class-consciousness', which brought him to the exclamation, 'Heil Hitler!

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.Himmler, Hermann Göring, and General Werner von Blomberg agreed that the SA and its leader Ernst Röhm posed a threat to the German Army and the Nazi leadership.^ Persuaded by Himmler and Göring, Hitler agreed that Röhm had to be eliminated.

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^ Himmler, Hermann Göring , and General Werner von Blomberg agreed that the SA and its leader Ernst Röhm posed a threat to the German Army and the Nazi leadership.

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^ Göring transferred authority over the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei), the Prussian secret police , to Himmler, who was also named chief of all German police outside Prussia .

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Röhm had socialist and populist views, and believed that the real revolution had not yet begun. .He felt that the SA should become the sole arms-bearing corps of the state.^ He felt that the SA should become the sole arms-bearing corps of the state.

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^ This British journalist also quoted several survivors who felt that the concentration camp should have been left in its original state.

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.This left some Nazi, military and political leaders believing Röhm was intent on using the SA to undertake a coup.^ Some of the other Italians saluted using the standard military salute, not the Nazi salute.

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^ This left some Nazi, military and political leaders believing Röhm was intent on using the SA to undertake a coup .

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^ The Prosecution accuses it of being a special instrument for the oppression and elimination of political opponents and of having aided realization of the Nazi ideology by use of force.

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.Persuaded by Himmler and Göring, Hitler agreed that Röhm had to be eliminated.^ Persuaded by Himmler and Göring, Hitler agreed that Röhm had to be eliminated.

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^ In 1923, Himmler took part in Adolf Hitler 's Beer Hall Putsch , serving under Ernst Röhm .

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^ Himmler, Hermann Göring , and General Werner von Blomberg agreed that the SA and its leader Ernst Röhm posed a threat to the German Army and the Nazi leadership.

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.He delegated this task to Reinhard Heydrich, Kurt Daluege, and Werner Best, who ordered Röhm's execution (carried out by Theodor Eicke) and other senior SA officials, plus some of Hitler's personal enemies, (like Gregor Strasser and Kurt von Schleicher), on 30 June 1934, in what became known as the Night of the Long Knives.^ June 30, 1934 — The Night of the Long Knives .

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^ Executed along with Ernst Roehm and other senior SA leaders on June 30, 1934, known as the "night of the long knives".

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^ He delegated this task to Reinhard Heydrich , Kurt Daluege , and Werner Best , who ordered Röhm's execution (carried out by Theodor Eicke ) and other senior SA officials, plus some of Hitler’s personal enemies, (like Gregor Strasser and Kurt von Schleicher ), on 30 June 1934, in what became known as the Night of the Long Knives .

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.The next day, the SS became an independent organization responsible only to Hitler, and Himmler's title of Reichsführer-SS became the highest formal SS rank.^ Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, at the podium .

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^ Himmler joined the SS in 1925 and became deputy–Reichsführer-SS in 1927.

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^ The next day, the SS became an independent organization responsible only to Hitler.

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.On 20 April 1934, Göring formed a partnership with Himmler and Heydrich.^ Masur then met Himmler himself during the night of 20-21 April.

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.Göring transferred authority over the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei), the Prussian secret police, to Himmler, who was also named chief of all German police outside Prussia.^ Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police.

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^ Göring transferred authority over the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei), the Prussian secret police , to Himmler, who was also named chief of all German police outside Prussia .

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^ One of them involved wearing the black uniform of Heinrich Himmler, the Chief of the SS/Gestapo.

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.On 22 April 1934, Himmler named Heydrich the head of the Gestapo.^ Himmler then declared that he was the head of the Gestapo.

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^ In September 1933 he was made Commander of all political police units outside Prussia and, though formally under Goering , became head of the Prussian Police and Gestapo on 20 April 1934.

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^ In September 1933 he was made Commander of all political police units outside Prussia and, though formally under Gring, became head of the Prussian Police and Gestapo on April 20, 1934 .

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.Heydrich continued as head of the SD, as well.^ Heydrich continued as head of the SD, as well.

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^ Nebe and Heess proposed this to their commander Heydrich, head of the security police and the SD [footnote 42].

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.On 17 June 1936, Himmler was named Chief of German Police after Hitler announced a decree that was to "unify the control of Police duties in the Reich".^[17] Traditionally, law enforcement in Germany had been a state and local matter.^ Traditionally, law enforcement in Germany had been a state and local matter.

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^ On 17 June 1936, Himmler was named Chief of German Police after Hitler announced a decree that was to "unify the control of Police duties in the Reich".

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^ That the state happened to be Hitler's Third Reich was a matter of circumstance".

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.In this role, Himmler was nominally subordinate to Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick.^ In this role, Himmler was nominally subordinate to Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick .

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^ It was only in 1943, when Himmler was appointed minister of the interior, that the transfer of ministerial power was complete.

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^ In 1943, Himmler was appointed Reich Interior Minister, replacing Frick, with whom he had engaged in a turf war for over a decade.

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.However, the decree effectively merged the police with the SS, making it virtually independent of Frick's control.^ However, the decree effectively merged the police with the SS, making it virtually independent of Frick's control.

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^ However, in occupied territories not incorporated into the Reich proper, Sipo consolidation within the SS line of command proved mostly effective.

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^ However, Karl Hermann Frank, the supreme commander of the SS and the Police in Bohemia and Moravia, vetoed this.

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.Himmler gained authority as all of Germany's uniformed law enforcement agencies were amalgamated into the new Ordnungspolizei (Orpo: "order police"), whose main office became a headquarters branch of the SS. Despite his title, Himmler gained only partial control of the uniformed police.^ Himmler gained authority as all of Germany’s uniformed law enforcement agencies were amalgamated into the new Ordnungspolizei (Orpo: "order police") , whose main office became a headquarters branch of the SS. Despite his title, Himmler gained only partial control of the uniformed police.

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^ BRILL: We were not under Himmler's orders at all.

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^ For instance, Frick had tried to restrict the widespread use of "protective custody" orders that were used to send people to concentration camps, only to be begged off by Himmler.

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.The actual powers granted to him were some that were previously exercised by the ministry of the interior.^ The actual powers granted to him were some that were previously exercised by the ministry of the interior.

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^ In practice he had little influence in the face of competition for the exercise of power, particularly from Himmler and the SS, but also from the military and some of his nominal subordinates.

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^ However, as far as their authority and the power with regard to orders were concerned, according to the text of this decree, the actual superiors of the Police were the heads of the main offices of the Order Police and the Security Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.

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.It was only in 1943, when Himmler was appointed Minister of the Interior, that the transfer of ministerial power was complete.^ Interior Minister of Germany 1943–1945 .

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^ It was only in 1943, when Himmler was appointed minister of the interior, that the transfer of ministerial power was complete.

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^ In this role, Himmler was nominally subordinate to Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick .

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.With the 1936 appointment, Himmler also gained ministerial authority over Germany's non-political detective forces, the Kriminalpolizei (Kripo: crime police), which he merged with the Gestapo into the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo: security police) under Heydrich's command, and thus gain operational control over Germany's entire detective force.^ With the 1936 appointment, Himmler also gained ministerial authority over Germany’s non-political detective forces, the Kriminalpolizei (Kripo: crime police) , which he merged with the Gestapo into the Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo: security police) under Heydrich's command, and thus gain operational control over Germany’s entire detective force.

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^ The chiefs of police had nothing to do with the Political Police, the Gestapo, or the Security Service.

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^ Speech before Commanders of the Security Police.

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^[18] .This merger was never complete within the Reich, with Kripo remaining mainly under the control of its own civilian administration and later the party apparatus (as the latter annexed the civilian administration).^ We will never succeed in bringing the pestilence called corruption under control, not even within our own ranks -- it's not so bad yet -- unless we persecute all signs of incipient corruption in our ranks without exception and without restriction, without asking "Who is it?", and without saying "But...

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^ It was the first concentration camp to be set up in 1933, and it was the first to be under the direct supervision of Heinrich Himmler, who soon controlled the entire concentration camp network in the German Reich.

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^ This war will ensure that everything annexed to the German Reich, to Greater Germany, and then to the Germanic Reich in the years since 1938, will remain ours.

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.However, in occupied territories not incorporated into the Reich proper, Sipo consolidation within the SS line of command proved mostly effective.^ However, in occupied territories not incorporated into the Reich proper, Sipo consolidation within the SS line of command proved mostly effective.

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^ I have already stated that the activity of the Higher SS and Police Leaders in the occupied territories differed entirely, from the activity of the Higher SS and Police Leaders in the Reich.

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^ The Ahnenerbe incorporated the membership of Crowley's spurious Templar Order, the Vril, and the Thule Gesellschaft into the Black Order of the SS. 7 .

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.In September 1939, following the outbreak of World War II, Himmler formed the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA: Reich Main Security Office) wherein the SiPo (Gestapo and Kripo) along with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD: security services) became departments under Heydrich's command therein.^ In September 1939, following the outbreak of World War II , Himmler formed the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA: Reich Main Security Office) wherein the Sipo (Gestapo and Kripo) along with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD: security services) became departments under Heydrich's command therein.

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^ World War II political leaders .

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^ The similarity of names encouraged Himmler's interest in German witchcraft , and in 1935 he set up Special Unit H (Sonderkommando H) in Archive Department 7 of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptarmt - RSHA), the umbrella organization of the SS, Gestapo and criminal police.

• Himmler, the Nazi Necromancer 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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.Himmler oversaw the entire concentration camp system.^ Himmler oversaw the entire concentration camp system .

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^ Himmler then got to the subject of the concentration camps.

• ww2-memoir-masur 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.brookdale.cc.nj.us [Source type: Original source]

^ For instance, Frick had tried to restrict the widespread use of "protective custody" orders that were used to send people to concentration camps, only to be begged off by Himmler.

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.Once World War II began, however, new internment camps, which were not formally classified as concentration camps, were established over which Himmler and the SS did not exercise control.^ Himmler then establishes Mauthausen concentration camp near Linz.

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^ Himmler then got to the subject of the concentration camps.

• ww2-memoir-masur 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.brookdale.cc.nj.us [Source type: Original source]

^ In March - SS Deathshead division is established to guard concentration camps.

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.In 1943, following the outbreak of popular word-of-mouth criticism of the regime as a result of the Stalingrad disaster, the party apparatus, professing disappointment with the Gestapo's performance in deterring such criticism, established the Politische Staffeln (political squads) as its own political policing organ, breaking the Gestapo's monopoly in this field.^ In 1943, following the outbreak of popular word-of-mouth criticism of the regime as a result of the Stalingrad disaster , the party apparatus, professing disappointment with the Gestapo’s performance in deterring such criticism, established the Politische Staffeln (political squads) as its own political policing organ, breaking the Gestapo’s monopoly in this field.

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^ However, the GESTAPO and the SD were brought into close working relationship, the SD serving primarily as the information-gathering agency and the GESTAPO as the executive agency of the police system established by the Nazis for the purpose of combating the political and ideological enemies of the Nazi regime.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ This merger was never complete within the Reich , with Kripo remaining mainly under the control of its own civilian administration and later the party apparatus (as the latter annexed the civilian administration).

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.The SS during these years developed its own military branch, the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT), which later evolved into the Waffen-SS.^ The Waffen-SS was a military body.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ I recall further that about 800 Army men were drafted into the Waffen-SS in the summer of 1941.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ BRILL: Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly young men, were inducted into the Waffen-SS. These people were 13, 14-per-haps 16 years old at the beginning of the war.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Even though nominally under the authority of Himmler, the Waffen-SS developed a fully militarized structure of command and operationally were incorporated in the war effort parallel to the Wehrmacht.^ The commands of the Waffen--SS-the commands of the concentration camps were officially on the budget of the Waffen-SS, as it was necessary to have all economic...

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ And this Inspectorate of the Con-centration Camps was not under the command office of the Waffen-SS and received no orders from this office.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ BRILL: I said they were on the budget of the Waffen-SS. For economic reasons it was necessary that the commands, in their dealings with the Reich, operate under the name of an organization which had the possibility of working with Reich funds and with the Reich authorities.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Many contemporary commentators refuse to recognize the Waffen SS as an honorable military organisation.^ Many contemporary commentators refuse to recognize the Waffen SS as an honorable military organisation.

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^ The Waffen-SS was a military body.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ BRILL: The Erguenzungs Amt of the Waffen-SS concerned itself with the enrollment and examination of recruits for the Waffen-SS as well as with the military supervision of the members of the Waffen-SS. I was the head of a main.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

Its units were involved in notorious incidents of murdering civilians and unarmed prisoners. .This was one of many reasons that the International Military Tribunal declared the SS to be a criminal organization.^ The SS was in reality a complex political and military organization made up of three separate and distinct branches, all related but equally unique in their functions and goals.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ HERR PELCKMANN: Was the reason for this order of Hitler a military one?

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ He asked them to inform their supranational organizations, especially the International Committee of the Red Cross, about their observations and declared that, if it wished, this Committee could send a delegation to visit the camp.

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.After the Night of the Long Knives, the SS-Totenkopfverbände organized and administered Germany's regime of concentration camps and, after 1941, extermination camps in occupied Poland as well.^ After the Night of the Long Knives , the SS- Totenkopfverbände organized and administered Germany’s regime of concentration camps and, after 1941, extermination camps in occupied Poland as well.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Concentration and Extermination camps .

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^ The commands of the Waffen--SS-the commands of the concentration camps were officially on the budget of the Waffen-SS, as it was necessary to have all economic...

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.The SS, through its intelligence arm, the Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, or SD), dealt with Jews, Gypsies, communists and those persons of any other cultural, racial, political or religious affiliation deemed by the Nazis to be either Untermensch (sub-human) or in opposition to the regime, and placing them in concentration camps.^ The SS, through its intelligence arm, the Security Service ( Sicherheitsdienst , or SD), dealt with Jews , Gypsies , communists and those persons of any other cultural, racial , political or religious affiliation deemed by the Nazis to be either Untermensch (sub-human) or in opposition to the regime, and placing them in concentration camps.

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^ This prompted Hitler to disband the Abwehr and make Himmler's Security Service ( Sicherheitsdienst , or SD) the sole intelligence service of the Third Reich .

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^ He was ably supported by Reinhard Heydrich who headed the intelligence service of the party, the Sicherheitsdienst, better known as the SD. Heydrich had the stomach for the more ruthless aspects of Nazi racial policy that left Himmler feeling uncomfortable.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler opened the first of these camps at Dachau on 22 March 1933. He was the main architect of the Holocaust, using elements of mysticism and a fanatical belief in the racist Nazi ideology to justify the murder of millions of victims.^ He was the main architect of the Holocaust , using elements of mysticism and a fanatical belief in the racist Nazi ideology to justify the murder of millions of victims.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Himmler opened the first of these camps at Dachau on 22 March 1933.

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^ In 1933 he had set up the first concentration camp in Dachau and in the next few years, with Hitler's encouragement, greatly extended the range of persons who qualified for internment in the camps.Himmler's philosophical mysticism, his cranky obsessions with mesmerism, the occult, herbal remedies and homeopathy went hand in hand with a narrow-minded fanatical racialism and commitment to the 'Aryan' myth.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler had similar plans for the Poles; intellectuals were to be killed, and he believed most other Poles were to be only literate enough to read traffic signs.^ Himmler had similar plans for the Poles, intellectuals were to be killed and most other Poles were to be only literate enough to read traffic signs.

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^ Nebe must have learned by these two experiments, that only the idea to kill with exhaust gases, which most probably was his own, was feasible [footnote 40].

• JEWISH GOMBIN (GABIN, POLAND, JEWISH GENEALOGY): CHELM10 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC weber.ucsd.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Other people do believe in the existence of the White Race and will kill you to prove it.

• ausrottung 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.cwporter.com [Source type: Original source]

.On 18 December 1941, Himmler's appointment book shows he met with Hitler, where in answer to Himmler's question "What to do with the Jews of Russia?", Hitler's response is recorded as "als Partisanen auszurotten" (exterminate them as partisans").^ On 18 December 1941, Himmler's appointment book shows he met with Hitler, where in answer to Himmler's question "What to do with the Jews of Russia ?", Hitler's response is recorded as "als Partisanen auszurotten" (exterminate them as partisans").

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^ The question is: "were Jews exterminated in gas chambers"?

• ausrottung 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.cwporter.com [Source type: Original source]

^ December 10, 2009 11:59 AM [ report this ] Dead Himmler replied to comment from SP It's a question of taste you moron.

• Bouncers Accused of Beating Gay Man for Dancing with Man - Gothamist 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC gothamist.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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.In contrast to Hitler, Himmler inspected concentration camps.^ Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Dachau concentration camp, 1936.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

^ In contrast to Hitler, Himmler inspected concentration camps.

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^ For instance, Frick had tried to restrict the widespread use of "protective custody" orders that were used to send people to concentration camps, only to be begged off by Himmler.

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.As a result of these inspections, the Nazis searched for a new and more expedient way to kill, which culminated in the use of the gas chambers.^ As a result of these inspections, the Nazis searched for a new and more expedient way to kill, which culminated in the use of the gas chambers .

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^ Subsequent to this experience, he ordered as a "more humane means" of execution the use of poison gas in specially constructed chambers disguised as shower rooms.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ Afterwards, however, there were more and better ways to solve these kinds of problems and to punish their enemies at the same time.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler wanted to breed a master race of Nordic Aryans in Germany.^ Himmler wanted to breed a master race of Nordic Aryans in Germany.

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^ The organization enforced strict membership requirements ensuring that all members were of Hitler’s Aryan Herrenvolk ("Aryan master race").

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^ He went on to explain that Germany did not want to incorporate Czechoslovakia or Poland into the German Reich, nor the Hungarians, Rumanians ‘or any other race’ .

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

.His experience as a chicken farmer had taught him the rudiments of animal breeding which he proposed to apply to humans.^ His experience as a chicken farmer had taught him the rudiments of animal breeding which he proposed to apply to humans.

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.He believed that he could engineer the German populace, through selective breeding, to be entirely "Nordic" in appearance within several decades of the end of the war.^ He believed that he could engineer the German populace, through selective breeding, to be entirely "Nordic" in appearance within several decades of the end of the war.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Thus, this entire people has been drenched in, and is held together by, Nordic-Faelisch- -Germanic blood; so that in the end one could, and still can, continue to speak of a German people.

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

^ It was his conviction that by systematically pursuing his policy, 'on the basis of Menders Law', the German people could in 120 years once more become 'authentically German in appearance'.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

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.On 4 October 1943, Himmler referred explicitly to the extermination of the Jewish people during a secret SS meeting in the city of Poznań (Posen).^ Main article: Posen speeches On 4 October 1943, Himmler referred explicitly to the extermination of the Jewish people during a secret SS meeting in the city of Poznań (Posen).

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Heinrich Himmler , 4 October 1943 .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Posen 4 October 1943 .

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

The following is an excerpt from a transcription of an audio recording^[22] that exists of the speech:

.In 1939 Himmler masterminded Operation Himmler, arguably the first operation of World War II in Europe.^ Himmler (behind flag) with Hitler (only back, left of the flag) in Poland in September 1939 In 1939 Himmler masterminded Operation Himmler , arguably the first operation of World War II in Europe.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ World War II political leaders .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In September 1939, following the outbreak of World War II , Himmler formed the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA: Reich Main Security Office) wherein the Sipo (Gestapo and Kripo) along with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD: security services) became departments under Heydrich's command therein.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Before the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa), Himmler prepared his SS for a war of extermination against the forces of "Judeo-Bolshevism". Himmler, always glad to make parallels between Nazi Germany and the Middle Ages, compared the invasion to the Crusades.^ As founder and officer-in-charge of the Nazi concentration camps and the Einsatzgruppen death squads, Himmler held final command responsibility for implementing the industrial-scale extermination of between 6 and 12 million people.

• Ladies in WWII - Page 4 - WW2 in Color History Forum 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: General]

^ He operated in Paris, Shanghai, and, most notably, in Nazi Germany during World War II where he infiltrated the SD (political security police) and practically single-handed exposed an attempt by Britain and the United States to conclude a separate peace with the Nazis and open a joint front against the Soviet Union.

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

^ This document contains several curricula vitae on certain Nazi leaders prepared by the Political Warfare Executive, including this one on Himmler ( Appendix 3 ).

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

.He collected volunteers from all over Europe, especially those of Nordic stock who were perceived to be racially closest to Germans, like the Danes, Norwegians, Swedes and Dutch.^ He collected volunteers from all over Europe, especially those of Nordic stock who were perceived to be racially closest to Germans , like the Danes , Norwegians , Swedes and Dutch .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The main reason for this unplanned growth is due to the fact that all racial Germans who volunteered from the north, from the east, and from the southeast of Europe, served in the Waffen-SS. The total strength, all losses considered, may be estimated at about 900,000 men.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ In 1942 racial Germans and volunteers from the Reich who did not, however, volunteer as guards for concentration camps, but for the Waffen-SS, and who, because of unsuitability for service at the front, could not be put in the Waffen-SS, were made guards.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.After the invasion, Ukrainians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estonians volunteers were also recruited, attracting the non-Germanic volunteers by declaring a pan-European crusade to defend the traditional values of old Europe from the "Godless Bolshevik hordes". Thousands volunteered and many thousands more were conscripted.^ Thousands volunteered and many thousands more were conscripted .

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^ After the invasion, Ukrainians , Latvians , Lithuanians , and Estonians volunteers were also recruited, attracting the non-Germanic volunteers by declaring a pan-European crusade to defend the traditional values of old Europe from the "Godless Bolshevik hordes".

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^ He collected volunteers from all over Europe, especially those of Nordic stock who were perceived to be racially closest to Germans , like the Danes , Norwegians , Swedes and Dutch .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.In the Baltic states many natives were willing to serve against the Red Army due to their loathing of their oppression after the occupation by the Soviet Union.^ In the Baltic states many natives volunteered to serve due to their loathing of their oppression after the occupation by the Soviet Union .

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^ Before the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 ( Operation Barbarossa ), Himmler prepared his SS for a war of extermination against the forces of " Judeo-Bolshevism ".

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ His hand was most probably in the Tukhachevsky Affair — which led to the purge of Red Army generals in the Soviet Union — and he fabricated the scandalous intrigue which brought down the leading German generals von Blomberg...and von Fritsch...

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

.These men were conscripted into the Waffen-SS. Employed against Soviet troops, they performed acceptably.^ He wanted to have a Waffen-SS, a special troop.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ When they came into the Waffen-SS, they were only used at the front.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ As long as they were employed against Soviet troops, they performed acceptably because they expected no mercy if captured.

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^[23] .Waffen SS recruitment in Western and Nordic Europe collected much less manpower, though a number of Waffen-SS Legions were founded, such as the Wallonian contingent led by Leon Degrelle, whom Himmler planned to appoint chancellor of a restored Burgundy within the Nazi orbit once the war was over.^ HERR PELCKMANN: Did Heinrich Himmler have any influence on the divisions of the Waffen-SS, and if so, what influence did he have?

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ For this purpose the SS guards were created, the overwhelming majority of whom, led by Ger-mans, carried out their duties satisfactorily.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Biddle): Witness, you said that the Kom-mandaturen were within the budget of the Waffen-SS. Did you mean on the budget of the Waffen-SS? .

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.In 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's right hand man, was assassinated near Prague after an attack by Czech special forces supplied by British Intelligence and the Czechoslovak rebellion.^ This attitude is easily recognized in the case of his second-in-command, Reinhard Heydrich, whose own contribution to the Third Reich deserves special attention.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

^ He was ably supported by Reinhard Heydrich who headed the intelligence service of the party, the Sicherheitsdienst, better known as the SD. Heydrich had the stomach for the more ruthless aspects of Nazi racial policy that left Himmler feeling uncomfortable.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ Heydrich, the man most responsible for this atrocity, met his death in May, 1942, at the hands of two Czechoslovakian resistance fighters.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler immediately carried out a brutal reprisal, killing the entire population, including women and children, of the village of Lidice.^ Before Himmler's arrival K.H.Frank was to have carried out an inspection of his route.

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Over 1,500 people were immediately executed and thousands more followed, including the entire population of Lidice (ibid.:1289).

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

^ It is alleged in the mainstream "History" that Himmler carried out the Holocaust out of loyalty to Hitler.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

.In 1943, Himmler was appointed Reich Interior Minister, replacing Frick, with whom he had engaged in a turf war for over a decade.^ Interior Minister of Germany 1943–1945 .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In this role, Himmler was nominally subordinate to Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In 1943, Himmler was appointed Reich Interior Minister, replacing Frick, with whom he had engaged in a turf war for over a decade.

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.For instance, Frick had tried to restrict the widespread use of "protective custody" orders that were used to send people to concentration camps, only to be begged off by Himmler.^ It is clear that we must concentrate large numbers of troops to the Balkans in order to shield and protect this part of Europe exposed by the collapse of our ally.

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Here we should only like to mention that in the Terezin camp the old people primarily died "in peace".

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Dachau concentration camp, 1936.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

.While Frick viewed the concentration camps as a tool to punish dissenters, Himmler saw them as a way to terrorize the people into accepting Nazi rule.^ To change Terezin into a concentration camp it was not enough to remove soldiers from the barracks and the civilian population from their homes.

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^ The Nazis characterized this wave of terror as the German people’s spontaneous response to the assassination of German Embassy Councilor, Ernst vom Rath.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Dachau concentration camp, 1936.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler's appointment effectively merged the Interior Ministry with the SS. Nonetheless, Himmler sought to use his new office to reverse the party apparatus's annexation of the civil service and tried to challenge the authority of the party gauleiters.^ Wolff would be given the Ministry of Interior, but no portfolio is set aside for Himmler .

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

^ As he saw it, there were three parties: Himmler’s party (ie the SS), the Army and then Goering who balanced between the Army and Himmler .

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Since service in the Waffen-SS and in the Army were practically on the same footing we finally carried out in the fall of 1944 the long-sought merger of the SS replacement offices with the Army recruiting offices.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.This aspiration was frustrated by Martin Bormann, Hitler's secretary and party chancellor.^ Martin Bormann, Chief of Staff and Hitler's Personal Secretary State Pattern s .

• Silver flatware 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.snyderstreasures.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.It also incurred some displeasure from Hitler himself, whose long-standing disdain for the traditional civil service was one of the foundations of Nazi administrative thinking.^ We want to be worthy of being the FührerAdolf Hitler's first SS Men in the long history of the germanic people, a history which stands before us.

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

^ She was the niece of the General John Sedgwick who fell at Spotsylvania Court House in the Civil War and whose statue stands at West Point.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Then in a normal voice he said, Yes, this is the first time in a very long time that such a high ranking member of the Nazi party has attended one of these events.

• Time-Keepers - Chapter 38 - LARP by Forest J. Handford 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.eastcoastgames.com [Source type: Original source]

Himmler made things much worse still when following his appointment as head of the Reserve Army (Ersatzheer, see below) he tried to use his authority in both military and police matters by transferring policemen to the Waffen-SS.

.With Himmler threatening his power base, Bormann could not give him the opportunity fast enough, initially acquiescing in the policies, until furious protests broke out.^ With Himmler threatening his power base, Bormann could not give him the opportunity fast enough, initially acquiescing in the policies, until furious protests broke out.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Based on her character sheet Himmler should be trustworthy and could personally vouch for her character, Orsina.

• Time-Keepers - Chapter 38 - LARP by Forest J. Handford 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.eastcoastgames.com [Source type: Original source]

^ It was unsigned, so Himmler didn't know who wrote it; but it proved that treachery was afoot in the SD. Himmler gives the paper to Schellenberg and tells him to investigate.

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

.Then, Bormann came out against the scheme, leaving Himmler discredited, especially with the party, whose gauleiters now saw Bormann as their protector.^ As he saw it, there were three parties: Himmler’s party (ie the SS), the Army and then Goering who balanced between the Army and Himmler .

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler had hoped to find among Bormann's archive information on how Party funds had been transferred to foreign banks ; but no luck.

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The slogan of the Nazi party, that the war effort had been "stabbed in the back," came out of these meetings, from the mouth of a British intelligence agent.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

.It was determined that leaders of German Military Intelligence (the Abwehr), including its head, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, were involved in the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler.^ Recent publicity about Deputy Fuehrer Rudolf Hess’s homosexuality has led him to conclude that the tragically unsuccessful plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944 carried out by Colonel Count von Stauffen berg was masterminded by Admiral Canaris and backed by a network of other conspirators, like them, rightest homosexuals (emphasis ours.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Much later Canaris was discovered to be a leader in the attempt to assassinate Hitler and was executed at Flossenberg concentration camp on April 9, 1945.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Rector questions this allegation because Kaltenbrunner “once said that 80% of the Abwehr [German Military Intelligence] were sexually perverted” and believed it “to be a center of every form of vice” (ibid.:62).

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

.This prompted Hitler to disband the Abwehr and make Himmler's Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, or SD) the sole intelligence service of the Third Reich.^ This prompted Hitler to disband the Abwehr and make Himmler's Security Service ( Sicherheitsdienst , or SD) the sole intelligence service of the Third Reich .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In September 1939, following the outbreak of World War II , Himmler formed the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA: Reich Main Security Office) wherein the Sipo (Gestapo and Kripo) along with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD: security services) became departments under Heydrich's command therein.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The SS, through its intelligence arm, the Security Service ( Sicherheitsdienst , or SD), dealt with Jews , Gypsies , communists and those persons of any other cultural, racial , political or religious affiliation deemed by the Nazis to be either Untermensch (sub-human) or in opposition to the regime, and placing them in concentration camps.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.This increased Himmler's personal power.^ This increased Himmler’s personal power.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.General Friedrich Fromm, Commander-in-Chief of the Reserve (or Replacement) Army (Ersatzheer), was implicated in the conspiracy.^ VON EBERSTEIN: In the fall of 1944 Himmler became com-mander-in-chief of the reserve army.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ HERR PELCKMANN: Did these principles suffer any change by the naming of Himmler to the rank of commander-in-chief of the replacement army and thereby simultaneously to chief of the Prisoners of War Organization?

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ The training was supervised by the High Command of the Army and replacements were taken from volunteers of the youngest age groups.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Fromm's removal, coupled with Hitler's suspicion of the army, led the way to Himmler's appointment as Fromm's successor, a position he abused to expand the Waffen SS even further to the detriment of the rapidly deteriorating German armed forces (Wehrmacht).^ Fromm’s removal, coupled with Hitler’s suspicion of the army, led the way to Himmler’s appointment as Fromm’s successor, a position he abused to expand the Waffen SS even further to the detriment of the rapidly deteriorating German armed forces ( Wehrmacht ).

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In this way he got to know Himmler and Hitler.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ For the induction into the Waffen-SS the induction order of the Armed Forces was used.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Unfortunately for Himmler, the investigation soon revealed the involvement of many SS officers in the conspiracy, including senior officers, which played into the hands of Bormann's power struggle against the SS because very few party cadre officers were implicated.^ I have every judgement against a SS Leader or police officer laid before me, and sometimes I note the manner in which my officers judge each other, time after time.

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler said, I know many Italian officers in the secret service, but I have not met you until today.

• Time-Keepers - Chapter 38 - LARP by Forest J. Handford 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.eastcoastgames.com [Source type: Original source]

^ A number of SS men -- not very many -- have violated that order, and that will be their death, without mercy.

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

.Even more importantly, some senior SS officers began to conspire against Himmler himself, as they believed that he would be unable to achieve victory in the power struggle against Bormann.^ Some even more cunning measures were initiated.

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I have every judgement against a SS Leader or police officer laid before me, and sometimes I note the manner in which my officers judge each other, time after time.

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

^ In so far as their motives related to the SS leader's actions, it was rather his betrayal of the shared 'idea of the SS', in which they had believed through all battles, all victories, defeats, and crimes.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

.Among these defectors were Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Heydrich's successor as chief of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, and Gruppenführer Heinrich Müller, the chief of the Gestapo.^ Among these defectors were Ernst Kaltenbrunner , Heydrich’s successor as chief of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt , and Gruppenführer Heinrich Müller , the chief of the Gestapo .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ One of them involved wearing the black uniform of Heinrich Himmler, the Chief of the SS/Gestapo.

• himmler - Lulu.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.lulu.com [Source type: General]

^ In 1931, when Ernst Roehm was faced with accusations of homosexuality under Paragraph 175, it was Heydrich who came to his defense (Lombardi:12).  Heydrich’s mentor in the navy, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, was also alleged to be homosexual -- by Heydrich’s successor in the position of Chief of the SD-SS, Ernst Kaltenbrunner (Rector:62).

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

.In late 1944, Himmler became Commander-in-Chief of the newly formed Army Group Upper Rhine (Heeresgruppe Oberrhein).^ As Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Vistula, Himmler established his command centre at Schneidemühl.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Commander of Army Group Upper Rhine 10 December 1944-24 January 1945 .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In late 1944, Himmler became Commander-in-Chief of the newly formed Army Group Upper Rhine ( Heeresgruppe Oberrhein ).

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.This army group was formed to fight the advancing U.S. 7th Army and French 1st Army in the Alsace region along the west bank of the Rhine.^ This army group was formed to fight the advancing U.S. 7th Army and French 1st Army in the Alsace region along the west bank of the Rhine .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ On 1 January 1945, Himmler's army group launched Operation North Wind ( Unternehmen Nordwind ) to push back the Americans and the French.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ By early March, Himmler’s headquarters had moved west of the Oder River , although his army group was still named after the Vistula .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The U.S. 7th Army was under the command of General Alexander Patch and the French 1st Army was under the command of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.^ The U.S. 7th Army was under the command of General Alexander Patch and the French 1st Army was under the command of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Waffen-SS proper, that is the troops, were under a command office of the Waffen-SS unless they were at the front and thug under the Army.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ General Friedrich Fromm , Commander-in-Chief of the Reserve (or Replacement) Army ( Ersatzheer ), was implicated in the conspiracy.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.On 1 January 1945, Himmler's army group launched Operation North Wind (Unternehmen Nordwind) to push back the Americans and the French.^ This must also have been borne out by the results of contacts made in Switzerland between Himmler's confidants and the representatives of the American Secret Services from the middle of January 1943.

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ HAUSER: My last position, at the beginning of 1945, was Com-mander-in-Chief of Army Group D, on the southern flank of the Western Front.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Then in January 1945--on Bormann's suggestion--Hitler named Himmler commander and chief of the Eastern Front , the so-called Army Group Vistula.

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

In late January, after some limited initial success, Himmler was transferred east. .By 24 January, Army Group Upper Rhine was deactivated after going over to the defensive.^ By 24 January, Army Group Upper Rhine was deactivated after going over to the defensive.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Commander of Army Group Upper Rhine 10 December 1944-24 January 1945 .

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ On 1 January 1945, Himmler's army group launched Operation North Wind ( Unternehmen Nordwind ) to push back the Americans and the French.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Operation North Wind officially ended on 25 January.^ Operation North Wind officially ended on 25 January.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ On 1 January 1945, Himmler's army group launched Operation North Wind ( Unternehmen Nordwind ) to push back the Americans and the French.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ January 25, 1936 — The Catholic Agency of Poland officially condemns antisemitic acts.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

.Elsewhere the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) had failed to halt the Red Army's Vistula-Oder offensive, so Hitler gave Himmler command of yet another newly formed army group, Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel) to stop the Soviet advance on Berlin.^ Hitler: List you will be commanding Group South.

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

^ Berlin Hitler: Good morning Himmler Himmler: Good morning mein Fuhrer Hitler: Have called my boys to come home???

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

^ To be able to attend this secret meeting Himmler had to leave the dinner held in the bunker of the Reich's Chancellery in Berlin in honor of Hitler's birthday.

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Hitler placed Himmler in command of Army Group Vistula despite the failure of Army Group Upper Rhine and despite Himmler's total lack of experience and ability to command troops.^ As Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Vistula, Himmler established his command centre at Schneidemühl.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Himmler was granted supreme command of the Army Group Vistula, despite his lack of military experience.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ Hitler placed Himmler in command of Army Group Vistula despite the failure of Army Group Upper Rhine and despite Himmler’s total lack of experience and ability to command troops.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.This appointment may have been at the instigation of Martin Bormann, anxious to discredit a rival, or through Hitler's continuing anger at the "failures" of the general staff.^ This appointment may have been at the instigation of Martin Bormann , anxious to discredit a rival, or through Hitler’s continuing anger at the "failures" of the general staff.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ This aspiration was frustrated by Martin Bormann , Hitler’s secretary and party chancellor.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.As Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Vistula, Himmler established his command centre at Schneidemühl.^ VON EBERSTEIN: In the fall of 1944 Himmler became com-mander-in-chief of the reserve army.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ The SS now pushed its way into 'the centre of the organisational fabric of the Wehrmacht', and Himmler, who had meanwhile also become Reich Minister of the Interior, now in addition became chief of the Replacement Army.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ HERR PELCKMANN: Did these principles suffer any change by the naming of Himmler to the rank of commander-in-chief of the replacement army and thereby simultaneously to chief of the Prisoners of War Organization?

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.He used his special train (sonderzug), Sonderzug Steiermark, as his headquarters.^ He used his special train ( sonderzug ), Sonderzug Steiermark , as his headquarters.

• Boston University School of Theology Archives 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Himmler did this despite the train having only one telephone line and no signals detachment.^ When Himmler was finally done with his line, which took far longer than Rommel's line, he did his version of mingling.

• Time-Keepers - Chapter 38 - LARP by Forest J. Handford 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.eastcoastgames.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Morganthau did receive less inflammatory reports of Montt's, but only Rockefeller received the most crucial one.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler was the only one who could accuse him, as he was the competent judge at the court.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Eager to show his determination, Himmler acquiesced in a quick counter-attack urged by the general staff.^ General Schellenberg of Himmler’s staff said he was suffering from haemorrhage of the brain.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

.The operation quickly bogged down and Himmler dismissed a regular army corps commander and appointed Nazi Heinz Lammerding.^ In March 1933 Himmler was appointed Munich Police President and shortly afterwards he became Commander of the political police throughout Bavaria .

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ Both the others knew of Himmler’s peace offer, as also did General Boeger, Himmler’s deputy in the south as Commander in Chief Home Army.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Then in January 1945--on Bormann's suggestion--Hitler named Himmler commander and chief of the Eastern Front , the so-called Army Group Vistula.

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

His headquarters was also forced to retreat to Falkenburg. .On 30 January, Himmler issued draconian orders: Tod und Strafe für Pflichtvergessenheit —"death and punishment for those who forget their obligations", to encourage his troops.^ In 1934, you meet Heinrich Himmler who personally recruited you into the SS-Totenkopfverbande (Order of Deaths Head).

• Time-Keepers - Chapter 38 - LARP by Forest J. Handford 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.eastcoastgames.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler replied that he would be prepared to order German troops in Denmark and Norway to surrender either to British, American or Swedish troops.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ HAUSER: I was not a commander vested with power to issue orders but rather an inspector responsible for the training and education of the troop.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.The worsening situation left Himmler under increasing pressure from Hitler; he was unassertive and nervous in conferences.^ Secret telno 583 of 6 April from Stockholm reports on the situation in Germany and on attitudes of Hitler, Ribbentrop and Himmler (as told to Sir V Mallet in Stockholm by the Acting Secretary General).

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ All I could have done was to make a complaint about Himmler to Hitler, but in view of the existing situation, this was a practical impossibility.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.In mid-February the Pomeranian offensive by his forces was directed by General Walther Wenck, after intense pressure from General Heinz Guderian on Hitler.^ Hitler: Guderian, von Leeb and List you guys will command the attack force.

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

.By early March, Himmler's headquarters had moved west of the Oder River, although his army group was still named after the Vistula.^ Very often groups of prisoners from those employed in production were relocated to these construction sites to slow down the forward march of the Allied armies.

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In top-secret telno 607 of 28 March, Berne say that the Swiss I.S. has no knowledge of the rumoured transfer of Himmler’s headquarters to Bregenz.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Then in January 1945--on Bormann's suggestion--Hitler named Himmler commander and chief of the Eastern Front , the so-called Army Group Vistula.

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

.At conferences with Hitler, Himmler echoed Hitler's line of increased severity towards those who retreated.^ Since so many publications were "serving the memory of those who served Hitler," the magazine editorialized, "we must and want to commemorate once again those who were his victims" (Löhrich, 1952).

• Reshaping Dachau for Visitors, 1933-2000 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.history.ucsb.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ "I thank heaven," exclaimed Grouper Buchman, "for a man like Adolf Hitler, who built a front-line of defense against the anti-Christ of Communism.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Therefore it was important to rid Terezin of those who might endanger Himmler's plans.

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.On 13 March, Himmler abandoned his command and, claiming illness, retired to a sanatorium at Hohenlychen.^ In March 1933 Himmler was appointed Munich Police President and shortly afterwards he became Commander of the political police throughout Bavaria .

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

.Guderian visited him there and carried his resignation as Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Vistula to Hitler that night.^ Now to the Armies: Rommel, Guderian and Model will command on the armored divisions.

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

^ Hitler: List you will be commanding Group South.

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

^ In every large city of Germany there was a commander of the Protection Police who assisted the Chief of Police in the regulation of traffic and other tasks connected with public life.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

On 20 March, Himmler was replaced by General Gotthard Heinrici.

.In the winter of 1944–45, Himmler's Waffen-SS numbered 910,000 members, with the Allgemeine-SS (at least on paper) hosting a membership of nearly two million.^ Elected in 1930 to the Reichstag as Nazi deputy for Weser-Ems, Himmler concentrated on extending SS membership - which reached 52,000 by 1933 - and securing its independence from control by Rohm's SA, to which it was initially subordinated.

• DeutschesReich -- Reichsmarschall Focke-Wulf_SS_Totenkopf 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.freewebs.com [Source type: Original source]

^ In the second place as far as I have heard, no members of the Waffen-SS did that.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ These 36,000 men together with the Verfuegungstruppe and the Death's-Head Unit made up the Waffen-SS. .

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.However, by early 1945 Himmler had lost faith in German victory, likely due in part to his discussions with his masseur Felix Kersten and with Walter Schellenberg.^ Political memorandum Germany No 12 of 12 February 1945 from Stockholm reports the visit to Stockholm of Himmler’s masseur, Kessler*.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ His path to Nazi leadership, however, was not, like that of so many others, through the German “ gay rights” movement.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler's statements on the SS State of Burgundy appear in the English but not the German edition of Kersten's Memoirs .

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^[24] .He realized that if the Nazi regime was to survive, it needed to seek peace with Britain and the United States.^ Further that Britain and the United States have replied saying that they will not accept unconditional surrender except on behalf of all the Allies, including Russia.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ This says: ‘It has been reported by Reuters that unconditional surrender was offered by Himmler to Britain and the United States only.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ In this situation, there was nothing more disastrous that could befall the Nazis than the entry of the United States into the war, and the opening of a second European front.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

.He also believed that Hitler had effectively incapacitated himself from governing by remaining in Berlin to personally lead the defence of the capital against the Soviets.^ The communists had taken over the municipal government in Berlin, and in Munich as well, where Hitler was stationed at the time.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The ultimate indissoluble residue of Himmler's make-up rests upon his devotion to the person of Hitler, to whom he subordinated himself in a positively pathological manner.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ Mussolini protested against the moral character and political unreliability of the leading personnel in the Nazi Storm Troops and warned Hitler that he would have to sacrifice his favorite colleagues if he wished to save his own personal prestige and that of his regime.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

.To this end, he contacted Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden at Lübeck, near the Danish border.^ Count Bernadotte reported that Himmler was on the eastern front but had agreed to meet him in Lübeck.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Bernadotte went on to tell the British and US heads of mission that Schellenberg was now in Flensburg, near the Danish border, eagerly waiting to hear something that he could immediately pass on to Himmler .

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Realizing the war was lost, Himmler attempted to approach the Allies for peace negotiations through the Head of the Swedish Red Cross, Count Folke Bernadotte.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

.He represented himself as the provisional leader of Germany, telling Bernadotte that Hitler would almost certainly be dead within two days.^ Himmler had said Hitler was so ill that he might already be dead, or would be so within two days.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Two days later he attended the Party congress, sitting (thanks to Bobo's influence) in the front row immediately facing the party leaders on the dais so that every time he raised his eyes he met those of Goebbels or Himmler or Hitler.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

^ But there is powerful evidence that Goering was serving neither Hitler, the army, Germany, nor himself in ordering the Holocaust.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

.He asked Bernadotte to tell General Dwight Eisenhower that Germany wished to surrender to the West.^ Commenting on this, Harrison (German Department, FO) says ‘ Count Bernadotte is no doubt reflecting on the impression which the Germans generally and Himmler in particular wish to have passed on to the allies.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ The 3 May issue of The Daily Telegraph quotes an announcement issuing that day from General Eisenhower’s headquarters which states inter alia that Count Bernadotte and Himmler met at Luebeck on 28 April and that Himmler said that Germany was finished.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Count Bernadotte had just returned from Germany and said that, owing to Hitler’s illness, Himmler was willing to meet General Eisenhower with a view to capitulating on the whole of the western front, though not on the eastern front.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler hoped the British and Americans would fight the Soviets alongside the remains of the Wehrmacht.^ Toward the end of the war, Himmler tried continually, against Hitler's will and behind his back, to negotiate a surrender to the British and Americans.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler replied that he would be prepared to order German troops in Denmark and Norway to surrender either to British, American or Swedish troops.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler said he hoped for instance that the Western allies rather than the Russians would be first to enter Mecklenburg in order to save the civilian population.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

At Bernadotte's request, Himmler put his offer in writing.

.On the evening of 28 April, the BBC broadcast a Reuters news report about Himmler's attempted negotiations with the Western Allies.^ Himmler: Do you want a report about the new divisions?

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

^ Secret telno 583 of 6 April from Stockholm reports on the situation in Germany and on attitudes of Hitler, Ribbentrop and Himmler (as told to Sir V Mallet in Stockholm by the Acting Secretary General).

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ He indulged in speculation upon what he would do as soon as he came to power, and seriously hoped, up to the day of his arrest, that the Western Allies would greet him as a partner in negotiations and even as an ally against Soviet Russia.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

When Hitler was informed of the news, he flew into a rage. .A few days earlier, Hermann Göring had asked Hitler for permission to take over the leadership of the Reich — an act Hitler interpreted as a demand to step down or face a coup.^ But the inherent weight of the enormous power which he had gathered together during the last few years - not least with an eye on the succession to Hitler now forced him to act.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ MR. COUNSELLOR SMIRNOV: I am going to ask a very few short questions with your permission, My Lord.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Himmler said that, while Hitler was still active, he would not have been able to take the step he now proposed but, as Hitler was ‘finished’ , he was now in a position of full authority to act.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

.However, Himmler hadn't even bothered to request permission.^ He renewed the request for Himmler's permission to deport 5 000 Terezin prisoners older than 60 years to Auschwitz, and/or to the General Government.

• Genocide of Czech Jews 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.porges.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The news also hit Hitler hard because he had long believed that Himmler was his most loyal official, "der treue Heinrich". After Hitler calmed down, he told those who were still with him in his bunker that Himmler's act was the worst act of treachery he'd ever known.^ To this date a well annotated compilation of the speeches of Heinrich Himmler does not exist, despite the fact that Himmler was the second most powerful man in Germany after Adolf Hitler.

• Himmler Speeches List 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.worldfuturefund.org [Source type: Academic]

^ The SA ranks struck Williamson as having 'the spirit of English gentlemen who had transcended class-consciousness', which brought him to the exclamation, 'Heil Hitler!

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Since so many publications were "serving the memory of those who served Hitler," the magazine editorialized, "we must and want to commemorate once again those who were his victims" (Löhrich, 1952).

• Reshaping Dachau for Visitors, 1933-2000 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.history.ucsb.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Himmler's treachery, combined with reports the Soviets were only 300 meters from the Chancellery, prompted Hitler to write his last will and testament.^ Berlin’s 1938 Personality Report on Himmler , the last before the outbreak of war, reads as follows: Himmler, Heinrich – Born Munich 1900.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Secret telno 583 of 6 April from Stockholm reports on the situation in Germany and on attitudes of Hitler, Ribbentrop and Himmler (as told to Sir V Mallet in Stockholm by the Acting Secretary General).

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Stirlitz writes a short report on the matter, then dashes off to see the Pastor and work on his plot to disrupt Himmler's peace feelers.

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (starring Stirlitz) by Julian Semyonov - from SovLit.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.sovlit.com [Source type: Original source]

In the Testament, completed the day before he committed suicide, he declared Himmler and Göring to be traitors. .He also stripped Himmler of all of his party and state offices: Reichsführer-SS, Chief of the German Police, Commissioner of German Nationhood, Reich Minister of the Interior, Supreme Commander of the Volkssturm, and Supreme Commander of the Home Army.^ Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, at the podium .

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

^ One of them involved wearing the black uniform of Heinrich Himmler, the Chief of the SS/Gestapo.

• himmler - Lulu.com 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.lulu.com [Source type: General]

^ Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, chief of the German Police and head of the Gestapo, shown with an SS entourage at Mauthausen in 1941, including Sepp Dietrich (left) and Karl Wolff (center).

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

.Finally, he expelled Himmler from the Nazi Party and ordered his arrest.^ For many years Himmler had been pleased to serve the most brazen and outspoken homosexual in the Nazi Party.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The group of bankers at the 4 Seasons in Munich had been giving the orders since before there was a Nazi party.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

^ When Hitler was ready, Mayr says, he ordered him to join the Nazi party.

• American Genocide And The Holocaust 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.rense.com [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler's negotiations with Count Bernadotte had failed.^ Stockholm telno 627 of 13 April gives more detail of Count Bernadotte’s meeting with Himmler .

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ Commenting on this, Harrison (German Department, FO) says ‘ Count Bernadotte is no doubt reflecting on the impression which the Germans generally and Himmler in particular wish to have passed on to the allies.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ The messages were passed to Count Bernadotte for onward transmission to Himmler .

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

.He joined Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, who by then was commanding all German forces within the northern part of the western front, in nearby Plön.^ Let us all beware of men who kindle disputes and don't advise reconciliation between German people.

• Heinrich Himmler's Posen Speech 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.codoh.com [Source type: Original source]

^ At the head of the Germans was a man who all assumed without a doubt was playing Rommel.

• Time-Keepers - Chapter 38 - LARP by Forest J. Handford 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.eastcoastgames.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Under his leadership this small force grew to become an all-embracing empire within the Nazi Third Reich (SS ranks).

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

.Dönitz sent Himmler away, explaining that there was no place for him in the new German government.^ He, with his mother and younger sister, were invited by Himmler's mistress, Hedwig Potthast, to see the Reichsführer's special collection in the attic of his new house there.

• Religious Roots: Nazi Partying 7 January 2010 23:49 UTC www.orange-papers.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The Secretary of State assures him that there is no intention to exclude France and that the reference in No 10’s communiqué to the three major powers was made simply because the British government believed it to be a German attempt to cause dissension between Russia and the Anglo-Americans.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ The witness said there were no further experiments and when the document is put to him, he says he assumes.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Himmler next turned to the Americans as a defector, contacting Eisenhower's headquarters and proclaiming he would surrender all of Germany to the Allies if he was spared from prosecution.^ If in a moment of frenzy Hitler ordered a massacre of the Jews, Himmler , who would have to execute his order, would refuse and he would be backed up by Ribbentrop’; The Americans infer from all this that certain Germans, though not necessarily Himmler or Ribbentrop, are endeavouring to establish some form of contact with the Allies to let them know there are persons in Germany who would be prepared to collaborate with them in the construction of a new Germany.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ In that telegram, Churchill told Stalin that HMG felt Himmler should be told that German forces should surrender themselves to Allied troops or representatives on the spot.

• Himmler as seen by the British Foreign office 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.fpp.co.uk [Source type: Original source]

^ I contradicted him and said it was quite impossible, whereupon Himmler said he would submit the documents and turn the case over to the Highest SS and Police Court.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.He asked Eisenhower to appoint him "minister of police" in Germany's post-war government.^ According to international regulations regarding prisoners of war, police could not be used to guard prisoners of war, so the Higher SS and Police Leaders were taken over into the Waffen-SS and appointed generals of the Waffen-SS. .

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ In August 1943 Himmler was appointed Minister of the Interior, giving him jurisdiction over the courts and the Civil Service.

• Heinrich Himmler and the SS 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]

^ They informed him that the President would not receive the Chancellor, and that if the heads of the SA were not dismissed martial law would be declared, whereupon Goering would take over civilian control as Chief of Police, and Blomberg, as Minister of War, would take over military control.

• The PinkSwastika 4th Edition - Final 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.defendthefamily.com [Source type: Original source]

.He reportedly mused on how to handle his first meeting with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) commander and whether to give the Nazi salute or shake hands with him.^ Hitler: We will see but first i want to see each personnelly in the fighting so i will give you command on the tank divisions.

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

^ Up to 1939 we were as SS Verfuegungstruppe under Hitler's orders; and then the Waffen-SS was also under the orders of Hitler in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ I told him that I con-sidered it impossible that any German Air Force commander would be willing to do this.

• The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 20 - One Hundred Ninety-Fifth Day 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC avalon.law.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Eisenhower refused to have anything to do with Himmler, who was subsequently declared a major war criminal.^ Himmler: When shall i declare war on Poland?

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]

^ (Printed Copy) Nuremberg Document 1919-PS, see IMT, Trials of the Major War Criminals "Blue Series," (Nuremberg, 1947), Volume XXIX, pp.

• Himmler Speeches List 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC www.worldfuturefund.org [Source type: Academic]

^ Hitler: Himmler declare war 1 februari 00:00.

• Drittes Reich - Germany - Paradox Interactive Forums 24 January 2010 17:42 UTC forum.paradoxplaza.com [Source type: General]