David Irving's dossier on Heinrich Himmler (2024)

Photo:Himmler visits the Peenemünde rocket research site in1943. From David Irving: TheMare's Nest(London, 1965), and Deutsches Museum Munich, Peenmündearchives

Index to some items onHeinrich Himmler

Hislegal battles mostly behind him, David Irving has resumedwork on Heinrich Himmler: 2,000 pages of handwrittendraft already -- including right, inan original Vienna prison ring-binder

Documents

• Description of eightmicrofilms of RSHA files in Moscow archives, currently inprivate hands in Washington DC
• TwoDecember 1918 Feldpostsbriefe from Fhr. Himmler 11. I,.R.Regensburg, his father, Konrektor GebhardHimmler
• 1931 10 19Himmler report to his parents his movements and HarburgerFront

Diariesof Heinrich Himmler (and wife)

• The privatediaries of Heinrich Himmler, 1919-1922: transcribed byKurt Bertrams: his student years (PDF, 250Kb);we invite reader-comments on theseentries
• Diary ofHeinrich Himmler, Dec 1934 - Dec 31, 1935: Theoriginal was provided to David Irving on loan bycollector R C Schneider, of Longboat Key, Florida. Itbegins with a few entries from 1934. First transcribed byDavid Irving 1977; he donated colour photographs (of eachpage 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 theseentries
• Theprivate diary of Himmler's wife Marga 1937-1945: pdf,0.5MB. Translated into English; edited and annotated byDavid Irving | Germanoriginal text (pdf; extracts only)
• Ourtranscription of Himmler's pocket diary Feb - Aug1937. Mostly locations, a few names
• Pocket diaryof Heinrich Himmler, 1939 (pdf, 16MB) courtesy of thelate James Townsend | DavidIrving's new transcript of Himmler's 1939 pocketdiary

• Ourdossier on Marga Himmler
• A Nuremberg lawyerquestions Himmler's wife
• OnOct 31, 1938 Himmler wanted Germany's Jews allowed toemigrate without obstacles. A letter to Hitler'sadjutant
• 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'sPersonal Nazi Party book for 1940, 1941, with monthlymembership-due stamps
• Work in Progress: Transcriptiondraft of early (1919-1923) diaries and family letters ofHeinrich Himmler (rough transcripts by David Irving,from white-on-black originals in the archives of theHoover Insstitution, Stanford, California)
• Last 20 days ofThird Reich as described by Schwerin von Krosigk in alecture in Ludwigsburg (in German)
• Sir Philip Gibb,Extract of Conversation with Herr Himmler on foreignpolicy on Apr 29, 1938 (probably written soon afterMay 21, 1938)

Deathof Heinrich Himmler[someitems, for rest of items see special index on thistopic]

• Churchilltold First Sea Lord on Apr 13, 1945 that he was inclinedto spare Himmler's life
• Originaltyped dispatches by Selkirk Panton of DailyExpress who witnessed the events after Himmler'sdeath in May 1945 (from Australian archives) |Selkirk Panton writes (May1954) on Himmler's end |hishandwritten notestranscribedby David Irving | FLASHBACK: May28, 1945: "Himmler tore his signature into 48 pieces",article in Daily Express
• Letter: Whatwere the prevailing outside light conditions at the timeof Himmler's death?
• Statementsby Captain Donald McPherson |byColonel Michael Murphy |bySergeant Britton
• Description in Feb1964 by former colonel (British Army) Michael Murphy onthe death of Heinrich Himmler, May 1945, written tobiographer Heinrich Fraenkel
• Faked documentsplanted in British archives "prove" that British SecretService did liquidate Heinrich Himmler after his 1945capture | documentson Himmler's arrest 1945 | Forgeriesrevealed in the Public Record Office, England |BenFenton on the forgery of the documents alleging Himmler'smurder | Ourdossier on the death of Heinrich Himmler
• David Irving, A Radical's Diary: Onnew finds on Himmler's death...
• Himmler'sarrest by British Sergeant Arthur Britton (ArthurVerden Britton Schrijnemakers): Flemish and Frenchnewspaper accounts and photos
• Pathé newsreels of Himmler's death scene[1][2][3]- watch the newsreels of the aftermath of Himmler'sdemise, and make stills (click on the "Stills" buttonunder the screen and check either 1, 5 or more secondsinterval)
• Spot the flaws: British yellow press publishesfictitious soldier's "diary" of how Heinrich Himmlerdied: TheSun | TheDaily Mail | "diary" of a British soldier who wantedto be the bride at every wedding, and corpse at everyfuneral - psychiatrists call it the "I was there"Syndrome | Ourdossier on Himmler's death

Interrogationson Himmler

• Officers andprisoners talk in Allied captivity about Himmler and theSS, and are overheard and secretly recorded
• Intelligencedossier on SS Obergruppenführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner,Chef RSHA (pdf,3.5MB)

"TheHimmler decodes"

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

Himmlerand the "Final Solution of the JewishProblem"

• Himmler writes to Finance Ministry, Aug 17, 1942,about planto transport French Jews via Auschwitz to theReich
• Hitlerauthorises Himmler to sell off Jews for foreigncurrency, December 10, 1942
• MI5documents on Eichmann's "Jews for trucks" offer |Interrogationof Joel Brand | Interimreport, J11ul11, 1944
• Notes on RichardKorherr, Himmler's statistician
• DavidIrving, A Radical's Diary: Peter Longerich now agreesthat Heinrich Himmler did not inform Hitler what he wasdoing
• Did Himmlerever admit to 'Three Million'? The Grand Mufti ofJerusalem recalled that Himmler spoke frankly with him in1943: We invite reader comments
• Recent David Irving activities in Poland on film:Himmler'ssecret headquarters | Remainsof Hitler's HQ The Wolf's Lair | Visitto Auschwitz and Birkenau sites | Privatediscussion in Warsaw
• David Irving, a Radical's Diary: ... Heruns a critical eye over the East Prussian bunkerheadquarters of Adolf Hitler and HeinrichHimmler
• Document: DavidIrving's 1971 interview with Himmler's brother Gebhard:the word Holocaust was not used at thattime
• AlbertSpeer was involved in the mass murder of Jews despitelifelong claims to the contrary -- new documents | MrIrving's scathing comments |Flashback Himmler/Speer1943 correspondence on Auschwitz
• Wannsee conference [note: Himmler, Hitlerwere not present]: Dossieron | Wannseeand the Hitler Order for the Holocaust | conference"did discuss killing" the Jews | involvementof Dr Robert Kempner in discovering the protocol |Hitler wasmentioned once | theprecise meaning of three words used
• WalterFrentz, with Heinrich Himmler, eye-witness of the August1941 Minsk Massacre
• Interrogation of Gauleiter Albert Hoffmann onvisit toAuschwitz with Himmler and Bracht
• Himmler is asked Oct. 1942 if concentration camps candeposit dental gold from dead prisoners at Reichsbank, asthey alreadyhave 50 kilos (i.e. from perhaps 100,000 dead)
• Himmler writes to Finance Ministry, Aug 17, 1942,about planto transport French Jews via Auschwitz to the Reich
• Heinrich Himmler ordersHeydrich "no liquidation" of Berlin trainload of Jews,Nov 30, 1941; more Himmler documents on Hitler'srole, including the latest finds from the Moscow secretarchives
• British codebreakersintercepted Dec 1, 1941 code messages from Himmlerordering the SS murderer Jeckeln to report toHeadquarters, to be reprimanded for overstepping his andHeydrich's guidelines in liquidating thousands of GermanJews at Riga on Nov 30, 1941| Click document |[newsummary]
• Documents on AdolfEichmann
• Documents on RudolfHöss
• Documents on Auschwitz
• New York Times, January 21, 1998: "Hitler'sGenocide Order: 5 Days After Pearl Harbor?":Christian Gerlach's thesis based on the December 18, 1941Himmler document | DrJohn Fox comments on this | Another comment| Prof. Michael H. Kater (Toronto) admits: "Looksas if David Irving can still not shell out" -- as nodocuments yet qualify for the rewardoffered for proving Hitler's guilt
• Heinrich Himmler speaks onphone with Heydrich about executions of Jews in Riga, Dec1, 1941
• Excerpts from the stenographic Diary of SSSturmbannführer RudolfBrandt, Heinrich Himmler's assistant, 1942, in so faras they relate to Auschwitz

Documents

• 1920 09 09 InSeptember 1920 Himmler went to live and work for a yearon a farm on the German/Austrian border. he wrote hisparents on arrival there
• 1924 06 Apatriotic Munich university student Maria R. copies toHimmler a long handwritten description she wrote a fewdays afterwards of the failed November 1923 Munich putschand her own feelings
• 1924 08 22 Himmlerexpects the struggle to last for years beforevictory

MagraSiegroth geb. Boden, wife of Heinrich Himmler:index on

• 1941 HeinrichHimmler received many letters from his little girlGudrun

Other

In1938 Heinrich Himmler gave Göring's daughter Edda thissolid silver christening gift: SOLD through our website for$6,170

• Daily Mail gets wrong end of stick, headlines:'Hitlerwas a great man,' claims David Irving on his Nazi deathcamp tour [just about every word in thearticle is mistranslated or a lie] | Corrieredella Sera: "Hitler?Un grande uomo. Il viaggio-provocazione di Irving." Ilnegazionista guida in Polonia un gruppo di nostalgici- Italian Journalist's exclusive report afteraccompanying David Irving by invitation on the tour ofHitler and Himmler HQs (in Italian)
• Nazimemorabilia secures auction best sale in five years -"Buying a genuine antique is probably a safer bet at themoment"
• Nice folks, eclectic tastes - Multi-millionaireCharles Saatchi (left) buys a Himmler because it isugly | flashbackon Saatchi | he did not know who Himmler was; Saatchionce wrote a reader's letter to the Daily Telegraphprotesting at an "anti-Semitic" photo of himself
• Correspondencefrom the Allen Dulles (OSS) papers about Carl Langbehnand Himmler
• Nov22, 1936 Himmler wrote to SS Gruf Karl Wolff aboutexcavations at the Externsteine in Westphalia
• Evidencethat 'Gestapo' Müller brokered a secret deal betweenthe KGB and SS in 1938
• Transcript of Himmler Speech: DerReichsführer SS bei der Amtseinführung vonSS-Gruppenführer Dr Kaltenbrunner, Berlin, 30.Januar1943 (from NARA: XE-000440). Pdf file, 3.3MB
• New website dossier onReinhard Heydrich, Himmler's chief of security
• David Irving asks:Who can read Gabelsberger script, the shorthand thatHimmler and his scribe, Rudolf Brandt, bothused?
• British ForeignOffice documents on Himmler, held at the PublicRecords Office, Kew, London: Research report by former FOofficial Hugh Haig-Thomas for David Irving(180K)
• GregoryF. Rose asks about records on Himmler, the Ahnenerbe, and10th Century England
• DavidIrving is working on a Himmler biography
• Photographs of Himmlerand Reinhard Heydrich
• Sunday Times publishes newHitler, Himmler photos
• 640unpublished Original Photos of Ernst Röhm (right),the SA Stabschef, 1933-1934, and other top Nazis incudingHimmler
• BritishIntelligence resume of Heydrich's life, issued on day ofattempt on his life, May 27, 1942
• Himmler Diary 1941-2 edition reviewed (German)(English, TheGuardian, May 10, 1999)
• Wiesenthal Centeraccepts (Dec 15, 1999) that Gestapo-chief HeinrichMüller (100) may be dead
• SoundRecordings of Heinrich Himmler speeches at the HooverLibrary and US National Archives