Portrait of Heinrich Himmler(01 of 13)
Open Image Modal(Original Caption) Portrait of Heinrich Himmler (credit: Bettmann via Getty Images)
Heinrich Himmler Speaking(02 of 13)
Open Image Modal(Original Caption) Heinrich Himmler, recently designated Commander-in-Chief of the German movement, talking with SS men on the Western front during an inspection tour. In a speech to the German nation which he said he was making for Adolf Hitler, the long-silent Fuehrer, Himmler, or rather \'Adolf\' asked the German people to fight to the death and they would yet achieve victory. (credit: Bettmann via Getty Images)
Heinrich Himmler(03 of 13)
Open Image Modal(GERMANY OUT) Himmler, Heinrich *07.10.1900-23.05.1945+Politiker, NSDAP, D- bei der Besichtigung einer Schule fürdeutsche Kinder in den besetztenNiederlanden- veröffentlicht 22.02.1944 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) (credit: ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Heinrich Himmler waehrend einer Ansprache vor seinen(04 of 13)
Open Image Modal(GERMANY OUT) Heinrich Himmler, 07.10.1900 - 23.05.1945, Politiker, NSDAP, D, - während einer Ansprache vor seinen, Mitarbeitern anlässlich der Ãbernahme der, Amtsgeschäfte als Reichsinnenminister (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images) (credit: ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Germany, Reichfuhrer Ss Heinrich Himmler Reviewing Waffen Ss Troops, In June 1943(05 of 13)
Open Image ModalGERMANY - JUNE 01: Germany, Reichfuhrer Ss Heinrich Himmler Reviewing Waffen Ss Troops, In June 1943 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit: Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Heinrich Himmler, The Reich'S Minister Of The Interior In 1943(06 of 13)
Open Image ModalUNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 02: 1943 Portrait Of The Head Of The Ss And Head Of The Gestapo, Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) Who Had Just Been Named Minister Of The Interior Of The Reich. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit: Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Reinhard Heydrich(07 of 13)
Open Image Modal(GERMANY OUT) Heydrich, Reinhard *07.03.1904-04.06.1942+Politiker, NSDAP, DBlick über die Trauergäste im Mosaiksaalder Reichskanzlei; in der ersten Reihe vonrechts: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring,SS-Brigadeführer Gebhardt (als Begleiterder beiden Söhne Heydrichs),Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler (fastverdeckt), SS-Oberstgruppenführer KurtDaluege, Heydrichs Nachfolger alsstellvertretender Reichsprotektor; in derzweiten Reihe von rechts: Hitlerspersönlicher Adjutant SS-Führer JuliusSchaub, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann,Joseph Goebbels (verdeckt) - 09.06.1942\'Deutscher Gruss\' (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) (credit: ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Heinrich himmler reviews the guard of honour during his visit to the ss 'viking' division in september 1942.(08 of 13)
Open Image ModalHeinrich himmler reviews the guard of honour during his visit to the ss \'viking\' division in september 1942. (Photo by: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images) (credit: Sovfoto via Getty Images)
37723421vict_20000829_00137.jpg(09 of 13)
Open Image Modal377234 21: UNDATED FILE PHOTO: Heinrich Himmler, front center in glasses, Reichsfuhrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, Minister of the Interior from 1943 to 1945, inspects a prisoner-of-war camp in this undated file photo from 1940-41 in Russia. Himmler was the organizer of the mass murder of Jews in the Third Reich. (Courtesy of the National Archives/Newsmakers (credit: National Archives via Getty Images)
Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi politician, welcomes members of a Waffen SS cavalry - regiment. - published 07.25.1941(10 of 13)
Open Image Modal(GERMANY OUT) Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi politician, welcomes members of a Waffen SS cavalry - regiment. - published 07.25.1941 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) (credit: ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Himmler, Heinrich 1900-1945, Politician NSDAP germany - National leader of the SSAt a meeting - next to Himmler, Adrian Anton Mussert (National-socialist leader, NL) and Arthur Seyss-InquartReich comm(11 of 13)
Open Image Modal(GERMANY OUT) Himmler, Heinrich 1900-1945, Politician NSDAP germany - National leader of the SSAt a meeting - next to Himmler, Adrian Anton Mussert (National-socialist leader, NL) and Arthur Seyss-InquartReich commissioner in the NL. Behind Max Frauendorfer(Central office head official) no further informationpresmbl. 1941 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) (credit: ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Nuremberg Rally for work(12 of 13)
Open Image ModalOpening of the \'Nuremberg Rally for work\' in the Luitpoldhalle. F. l: Heinrich Himmler, Viktor Lutze, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess and Julius Streicher. Left in the secoond row: Joachim von Ribbentrop. Nuremberg. Photograph. 7. 9. 1937 (Photo by Austrian Archives (S)/Imagno/Getty Images) (credit: Imagno via Getty Images)
Germany Himmler Letters(13 of 13)
Open Image ModalFILE - The undated file photo shows German Nazi party official and head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler. at unknown location in Germany. German newspaper Welt am Sonntag has published a trove of letters believed to be written by Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler. On seven full pages the paper on Sunday Jan. 26,2014 showed pictures of Himmler and his family smiling into the camera during a fishing trip, the top Nazi taking a bath in a lake or feeding a little fawn. The newspaper, which says the material is contained in an eight-part series it plans to publish, also quotes excerpts from Himmler\'s love letters addressing his wife as \"my sweet, beloved little woman.\" Welt said it worked together with Israeli film director Vanessa Lapa, whose family had the documents in its possession. (AP Photo/str/file) (credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS)