Himmler: Reichsführer-SS

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Papermac, 1991 - Genocide - 656 pages
A detailed biography of Himmler, from his childhood to his suicide in 1945. Stresses the psychological aspects of Himmler's antisemitism. Shows that the creator of the concentration camp empire was not a fanatical antisemite from a young age, as Hitler was, but adopted it from the atmosphere of post-World War I Germany. Himmler was not obsessed by pathological antisemitism; he regarded the extermination of the Jews in Europe as his political duty, as a kind of military operation. Dwells also on the euthanasia program and its connection with the mass killings of the Jews and the SS machinery.

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Background
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Youth
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Revolutionary
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