Heinrich Himmler Longerich Peter Professor of Modern German History Royal Holloway University of London
Heinrich Himmler Longerich Peter Professor of Modern German History Royal Holloway University of London Heinrich Himmler was an unremarkable looking man. We can only wonder, as biographer Peter…
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Heinrich Himmler Longerich Peter Professor of Modern German History Royal Holloway University of London
Heinrich Himmler was an unremarkable looking man. We can only wonder, as biographer Peter Longerich asks, how could such a banal personality attain such a historically unique position of power? Yet he was Hitler's top enforcer, in charge of the Gestapo, the SS, and the so-called Final Solution.
Masterfully interweaving the story of Himmler's personal life and political career with the wider history of the Nazi dictatorship, Longerich shows how skillfully he exploited and manipulated his disparate roles in the pursuit of his far-reaching and grandiose objectives. How could the son of a prosperous Bavarian Catholic public servant become the organizer of a system of mass murder spanning the whole of Europe?In the first comprehensive biography of this murderous enigma, Longerich answers those questions with a superb account of Himmler's inner self and outward acts. Himmler's actual