The Himmler Brothers

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She interweaves each brother's story of their journey as a soldier during World War I through to their involvement in the Nazi Party and their work during the war. In the latter part of the book it is almost fitting that we discover her partner is Jewish and they have a half-Jewish child. It should be read not only by anyone who is interested in the history of the period but also by everyone who doesn't want to see it repeated.

Her grandfather had joined the Nazi Party in November 1931, well before Heinrich became eminent enough to inspire or bully his brothers into signing on. I wanted to give my son as much information as possible, so that when he starts asking questions about my family, at least I can answer him. It seems a metaphoric turning of her back on the dark heritage she can never escape from - but she and her partner have agreed that they are determined to make their child understand where he comes from.It also offers a unique account of one women’s courageous attempt to deal with her chilling inheritance. She is the granddaughter of Ernst Himmler (1905–1945), who was the younger brother of Heinrich Himmler, one of the leading figures of Nazi Germany. Writing to Heinrich, Ernst dismissed his usefulness, knowing that he would then be reclassified and deported to a labour camp. As she grew older, Katrin gave her family history a wide berth, but married to an Israeli whose family was confined to the Warsaw Ghetto and with a young, half-Jewish son, she realizes that she cannot evade the past so easily.

Briefe eines Massenmörders“ (Piper) and, at the same time, „Heinrich Himmler d’après sa correspondance avec sa femme 1927-1945“ (Plon). I think Katrin Himmler has been very brave to tackle this subject , imagine having had Heinrich in YOUR family ? While a portrait of a specific family, it shows how inculcated cultural beliefs along with the aftermath of WW1 which humiliated German pride and the political turmoil between democracy, communism, and the extreme right, provided fertile soil for the nightmare of the Nazi platform. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here.This is a very well-written and profoundly honest story of the family of a monster - but an ordinary man who lived in extraordinary times. Katrin Himmler is a freelance author, holding readings and lectures in Germany and abroad, above all for students.

It is written by the great-niece of Heinrich Himmler who suspected that her grandfather, Ernst, Heinrich’s younger brother, was not as innocent as the family would have liked to think.Fischer Verlag and in 2007 in English by Macmillan as The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History. It shows how a family from a cultured Munich background could produce the greatest mass murderer in the history of the world and how its other members willingly followed him on a Faustian pact with evil. Impelled by a request from her father, Ms Himmler began her journey believing her family's narrative. Katrin Himmler's book is important: in its meticulous detail, we see the enduring truth of the phrase "the banality of evil".