Photo: Himmler visits the Peenemünde rocket research site in 1943. From David Irving: The Mare's Nest (London, 1965), and Deutsches Museum Munich, Peenmünde archives

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Index to some items on Heinrich Himmler

His legal battles mostly behind him, David Irving has resumed work on Heinrich Himmler: 2,000 pages of handwritten draft already -- including right, in an original Vienna prison ring-binder

Documents

• Description of eight microfilms of RSHA files in Moscow archives, currently in private hands in Washington DC
• Two December 1918 Feldpostsbriefe from Fhr. Himmler 11. I,.R. Regensburg, his father, Konrektor Gebhard Himmler
• 1931 10 19 Himmler report to his parents his movements and Harburger Front

Diaries of Heinrich Himmler (and wife)

• The private diaries of Heinrich Himmler, 1919-1922: transcribed by Kurt Bertrams: his student years (PDF, 250Kb); we invite reader-comments on these entries
• Diary of Heinrich Himmler, Dec 1934 - Dec 31, 1935: The original was provided to David Irving on loan by collector R C Schneider, of Longboat Key, Florida. It begins with a few entries from 1934. First transcribed by David Irving 1977; he donated colour photographs (of each page with entries) to the Bundesarchiv Koblenz. Transcribed again with minor corrections as we get wiser, Friday, August 3, 2012 (PDF, 216Kb); we invite reader-comments on these entries
• The private diary of Himmler's wife Marga 1937-1945: pdf, 0.5MB. Translated into English; edited and annotated by David Irving | German original text (pdf; extracts only)
• Our transcription of Himmler's pocket diary Feb - Aug 1937. Mostly locations, a few names
• Pocket diary of Heinrich Himmler, 1939 (pdf, 16MB) courtesy of the late James Townsend | David Irving's new transcript of Himmler's 1939 pocket diary

• Our dossier on Marga Himmler
• A Nuremberg lawyer questions Himmler's wife
• On Oct 31, 1938 Himmler wanted Germany's Jews allowed to emigrate without obstacles. A letter to Hitler's adjutant
• May 2, 1939: Himmler's knowledge of the Warnen peoples (a memo by him, in private hands)
• History: a little film by Alan Heath on Himmler's Personal Nazi Party book for 1940, 1941, with monthly membership-due stamps
• Work in Progress: Transcription draft of early (1919-1923) diaries and family letters of Heinrich Himmler (rough transcripts by David Irving, from white-on-black originals in the archives of the Hoover Insstitution, Stanford, California)
• Last 20 days of Third Reich as described by Schwerin von Krosigk in a lecture in Ludwigsburg (in German)
• Sir Philip Gibb, Extract of Conversation with Herr Himmler on foreign policy on Apr 29, 1938 (probably written soon after May 21, 1938)

Death of Heinrich Himmler [some items, for rest of items see special index on this topic]

• Churchill told First Sea Lord on Apr 13, 1945 that he was inclined to spare Himmler's life
• Original typed dispatches by Selkirk Panton of Daily Express who witnessed the events after Himmler's death in May 1945 (from Australian archives) | Selkirk Panton writes (May 1954) on Himmler's end | his handwritten notes transcribed by David Irving | FLASHBACK: May 28, 1945: "Himmler tore his signature into 48 pieces", article in Daily Express
• Letter: What were the prevailing outside light conditions at the time of Himmler's death?
• Statements by Captain Donald McPherson | by Colonel Michael Murphy | by Sergeant Britton
• Description in Feb 1964 by former colonel (British Army) Michael Murphy on the death of Heinrich Himmler, May 1945, written to biographer Heinrich Fraenkel
• Faked documents planted in British archives "prove" that British Secret Service did liquidate Heinrich Himmler after his 1945 capture | documents on Himmler's arrest 1945 | Forgeries revealed in the Public Record Office, England | Ben Fenton on the forgery of the documents alleging Himmler's murder | Our dossier on the death of Heinrich Himmler
• David Irving, A Radical's Diary: On new finds on Himmler's death...
• Himmler's arrest by British Sergeant Arthur Britton (Arthur Verden Britton Schrijnemakers): Flemish and French newspaper accounts and photos
• Pathé newsreels of Himmler's death scene [1] [2] [3] - watch the newsreels of the aftermath of Himmler's demise, and make stills (click on the "Stills" button under the screen and check either 1, 5 or more seconds interval)
• Spot the flaws: British yellow press publishes fictitious soldier's "diary" of how Heinrich Himmler died: The Sun | The Daily Mail | "diary" of a British soldier who wanted to be the bride at every wedding, and corpse at every funeral - psychiatrists call it the "I was there" Syndrome | Our dossier on Himmler's death

Interrogations on Himmler

• Officers and prisoners talk in Allied captivity about Himmler and the SS, and are overheard and secretly recorded
• Intelligence dossier on SS Obergruppenführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Chef RSHA (pdf, 3.5MB)
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"The Himmler decodes"

-- a 100-page selection by David Irving of secret messages passed from 1941 to 1945 between Heinrich Himmler, his headquarters, and local police and SS commanders (in German; as decoded by British Intelligence)

Himmler and the "Final Solution of the Jewish Problem"

• Himmler writes to Finance Ministry, Aug 17, 1942, about plan to transport French Jews via Auschwitz to the Reich
• Hitler authorises Himmler to sell off Jews for foreign currency, December 10, 1942
• MI5 documents on Eichmann's "Jews for trucks" offer | Interrogation of Joel Brand | Interim report, J11ul11, 1944
• Notes on Richard Korherr, Himmler's statistician
• David Irving, A Radical's Diary: Peter Longerich now agrees that Heinrich Himmler did not inform Hitler what he was doing
• Did Himmler ever admit to 'Three Million'? The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem recalled that Himmler spoke frankly with him in 1943: We invite reader comments
• Recent David Irving activities in Poland on film: Himmler's secret headquarters | Remains of Hitler's HQ The Wolf's Lair | Visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau sites | Private discussion in Warsaw
• David Irving, a Radical's Diary: ... He runs a critical eye over the East Prussian bunker headquarters of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler
• Document: David Irving's 1971 interview with Himmler's brother Gebhard: the word Holocaust was not used at that time
• Albert Speer was involved in the mass murder of Jews despite lifelong claims to the contrary -- new documents | Mr Irving's scathing comments | Flashback Himmler/Speer 1943 correspondence on Auschwitz
• Wannsee conference [note: Himmler, Hitler were not present]: Dossier on | Wannsee and the Hitler Order for the Holocaust | conference "did discuss killing" the Jews | involvement of Dr Robert Kempner in discovering the protocol | Hitler was mentioned once | the precise meaning of three words used
• Walter Frentz, with Heinrich Himmler, eye-witness of the August 1941 Minsk Massacre
• Interrogation of Gauleiter Albert Hoffmann on visit to Auschwitz with Himmler and Bracht
• Himmler is asked Oct. 1942 if concentration camps can deposit dental gold from dead prisoners at Reichsbank, as they already have 50 kilos (i.e. from perhaps 100,000 dead)
• Himmler writes to Finance Ministry, Aug 17, 1942, about plan to transport French Jews via Auschwitz to the Reich
• Heinrich Himmler orders Heydrich "no liquidation" of Berlin trainload of Jews, Nov 30, 1941; more Himmler documents on Hitler's role, including the latest finds from the Moscow secret archives
• British codebreakers intercepted Dec 1, 1941 code messages from Himmler ordering the SS murderer Jeckeln to report to Headquarters, to be reprimanded for overstepping his and Heydrich's guidelines in liquidating thousands of German Jews at Riga on Nov 30, 1941 | Click document | [new summary]
• Documents on Adolf Eichmann
• Documents on Rudolf Höss
• Documents on Auschwitz
• New York Times, January 21, 1998: "Hitler's Genocide Order: 5 Days After Pearl Harbor?": Christian Gerlach's thesis based on the December 18, 1941 Himmler document | Dr John Fox comments on this | Another comment | Prof. Michael H. Kater (Toronto) admits: "Looks as if David Irving can still not shell out" -- as no documents yet qualify for the reward offered for proving Hitler's guilt
• Heinrich Himmler speaks on phone with Heydrich about executions of Jews in Riga, Dec 1, 1941
• Excerpts from the stenographic Diary of SS Sturmbannführer Rudolf Brandt, Heinrich Himmler's assistant, 1942, in so far as they relate to Auschwitz

Documents

• 1920 09 09 In September 1920 Himmler went to live and work for a year on a farm on the German/Austrian border. he wrote his parents on arrival there
• 1924 06 A patriotic Munich university student Maria R. copies to Himmler a long handwritten description she wrote a few days afterwards of the failed November 1923 Munich putsch and her own feelings
• 1924 08 22 Himmler expects the struggle to last for years before victory

Magra Siegroth geb. Boden, wife of Heinrich Himmler: index on

• 1941 Heinrich Himmler received many letters from his little girl Gudrun

Other

In 1938 Heinrich Himmler gave Göring's daughter Edda this solid silver christening gift: SOLD through our website for $6,170

• Daily Mail gets wrong end of stick, headlines: 'Hitler was a great man,' claims David Irving on his Nazi death camp tour [just about every word in the article is mistranslated or a lie] | Corriere della Sera: "Hitler? Un grande uomo. Il viaggio-provocazione di Irving." Il negazionista guida in Polonia un gruppo di nostalgici - Italian Journalist's exclusive report after accompanying David Irving by invitation on the tour of Hitler and Himmler HQs (in Italian)
• Nazi memorabilia secures auction best sale in five years - "Buying a genuine antique is probably a safer bet at the moment"
• Nice folks, eclectic tastes - Multi-millionaire Charles Saatchi (left) buys a Himmler because it is ugly | flashback on Saatchi | he did not know who Himmler was; Saatchi once wrote a reader's letter to the Daily Telegraph protesting at an "anti-Semitic" photo of himself
• Correspondence from the Allen Dulles (OSS) papers about Carl Langbehn and Himmler
• Nov 22, 1936 Himmler wrote to SS Gruf Karl Wolff about excavations at the Externsteine in Westphalia
• Evidence that 'Gestapo' Müller brokered a secret deal between the KGB and SS in 1938
• Transcript of Himmler Speech: Der Reichsführer SS bei der Amtseinführung von SS-Gruppenführer Dr Kaltenbrunner, Berlin, 30.Januar 1943 (from NARA: XE-000440). Pdf file, 3.3MB
• New website dossier on Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's chief of security
• David Irving asks: Who can read Gabelsberger script, the shorthand that Himmler and his scribe, Rudolf Brandt, both used?
• British Foreign Office documents on Himmler, held at the Public Records Office, Kew, London: Research report by former FO official Hugh Haig-Thomas for David Irving (180K)
• Gregory F. Rose asks about records on Himmler, the Ahnenerbe, and 10th Century England
• David Irving is working on a Himmler biography
• Photographs of Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich
• Sunday Times publishes new Hitler, Himmler photos
• 640 unpublished Original Photos of Ernst Röhm (right), the SA Stabschef, 1933-1934, and other top Nazis incuding Himmler
• British Intelligence resume of Heydrich's life, issued on day of attempt on his life, May 27, 1942
• Himmler Diary 1941-2 edition reviewed (German) (English, The Guardian, May 10, 1999)
• Wiesenthal Center accepts (Dec 15, 1999) that Gestapo-chief Heinrich Müller (100) may be dead
• Sound Recordings of Heinrich Himmler speeches at the Hoover Library and US National Archives