Himmler – Worse Than Hitler?
By James Donahue
Hitler has gone down in contemporary history as perhaps the most evil person that has ever lived. And those who knew what was going on in Nazi Germany during World War II might say Heinrich Himmler really deserved that title.
As chief of the German police, the leader of the crack SS police and the man who implemented the extermination of the Jews, Himmler was one of the most feared members of the Nazi party. He was responsible for the deaths of between six and seven million Jewish Poles, Russians and communists. He was so mentally twisted that he had furniture and books made from the bones and skins of his victims.
As a young man Himmler studied agronomy and planned a career in agriculture, but World War I drew in into the military instead. After fighting in that war he joined a right-wing soldier’s organization where he met Hitler. He joined Hitler in the failed 1923 attempt to overthrow the German government.
As Hitler grew in political power, he utilized Himmler as a trusted aide. In 1929 he formed the SS, an especially picked group of about 300 men who served mainly as Hitler’s bodyguard. Himmler was placed in command of the SS.
Himmler expanded the SS to 50,000 men by1933 and turned it into one of the most feared militant forces within the German government. By 1936 he had consolidated all of the German police and was named Chief of the German Police. He created the Gestapo, the secret state police, turned the concentration camps into death camps for the Jews, Romany and Communist political operatives.
The German officers began the task of exterminating the thousands of “undesirables” by lining them up and shooting them. But this turned out to be a long the gory task, so Himmler thought up the Einsatzgruppen, special units assigned to conduct the mass murders by gassing entire buildings filled with prisoners.
Himmler joined Hitler in adopting a racist philosophy that involved an Aryan superiority over all other races on Earth. He utilized a personal interest in Mysticism and the occult to promote a cult of ancestor worship among members of the SS. He created the Ahnenerbe, a research society that sought archaeological proof of the superiority and ancient origins of the Germanic race.
The swastika in the flag and stylized lightning bolts of the SS insignia were symbolic of the strange religious cult that grew out of Hitler and Himmler’s campaign to convince the blue-eyed, fair haired German people of their superiority.
As the director of the concentration camps, Himmler was believed to have directed the slaughter of an estimated six million Jews, between 200,000 and 500,000 Romans, and numerous other nationalities. By the end of the war, Himmler was believed to have been responsible for the deaths of as many as 14 million people. This was not counting the number of soldiers and civilians killed by the war itself.
It was Himmler’s forces that staged the false flag border incident that Hitler used to justify the invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II. As the war raged, Himmler’s Waffen SS rivaled the German army for power in the military field. Thus Himmler also earned the title Minister of the Interior.
Late in the war, Himmler realized that Germany was losing the war and he attempted to secretly open peace talks with the western Allies. When Hitler learned of this he dismissed Himmler of all titles and ordered his arrest.
Himmler attempted to escape but was captured by British forces. While in British custody, he committed suicide by biting down on a cyanide capsule on May 23, 1945.
The German news publication Der Spiegel once described Himmler as one of the most brutal mass murderers in history.
By James Donahue
Hitler has gone down in contemporary history as perhaps the most evil person that has ever lived. And those who knew what was going on in Nazi Germany during World War II might say Heinrich Himmler really deserved that title.
As chief of the German police, the leader of the crack SS police and the man who implemented the extermination of the Jews, Himmler was one of the most feared members of the Nazi party. He was responsible for the deaths of between six and seven million Jewish Poles, Russians and communists. He was so mentally twisted that he had furniture and books made from the bones and skins of his victims.
As a young man Himmler studied agronomy and planned a career in agriculture, but World War I drew in into the military instead. After fighting in that war he joined a right-wing soldier’s organization where he met Hitler. He joined Hitler in the failed 1923 attempt to overthrow the German government.
As Hitler grew in political power, he utilized Himmler as a trusted aide. In 1929 he formed the SS, an especially picked group of about 300 men who served mainly as Hitler’s bodyguard. Himmler was placed in command of the SS.
Himmler expanded the SS to 50,000 men by1933 and turned it into one of the most feared militant forces within the German government. By 1936 he had consolidated all of the German police and was named Chief of the German Police. He created the Gestapo, the secret state police, turned the concentration camps into death camps for the Jews, Romany and Communist political operatives.
The German officers began the task of exterminating the thousands of “undesirables” by lining them up and shooting them. But this turned out to be a long the gory task, so Himmler thought up the Einsatzgruppen, special units assigned to conduct the mass murders by gassing entire buildings filled with prisoners.
Himmler joined Hitler in adopting a racist philosophy that involved an Aryan superiority over all other races on Earth. He utilized a personal interest in Mysticism and the occult to promote a cult of ancestor worship among members of the SS. He created the Ahnenerbe, a research society that sought archaeological proof of the superiority and ancient origins of the Germanic race.
The swastika in the flag and stylized lightning bolts of the SS insignia were symbolic of the strange religious cult that grew out of Hitler and Himmler’s campaign to convince the blue-eyed, fair haired German people of their superiority.
As the director of the concentration camps, Himmler was believed to have directed the slaughter of an estimated six million Jews, between 200,000 and 500,000 Romans, and numerous other nationalities. By the end of the war, Himmler was believed to have been responsible for the deaths of as many as 14 million people. This was not counting the number of soldiers and civilians killed by the war itself.
It was Himmler’s forces that staged the false flag border incident that Hitler used to justify the invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II. As the war raged, Himmler’s Waffen SS rivaled the German army for power in the military field. Thus Himmler also earned the title Minister of the Interior.
Late in the war, Himmler realized that Germany was losing the war and he attempted to secretly open peace talks with the western Allies. When Hitler learned of this he dismissed Himmler of all titles and ordered his arrest.
Himmler attempted to escape but was captured by British forces. While in British custody, he committed suicide by biting down on a cyanide capsule on May 23, 1945.
The German news publication Der Spiegel once described Himmler as one of the most brutal mass murderers in history.