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Title: The Strange Death of Heinrich Himmler: A Forensic Investigation by W. Hugh Thomas, Hugh Thomas ISBN: 0312289235 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 Amazon Price(USD): $18.17 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.66667
Rating: 4
Summary: Himmler Conspiracy Theory!
Comment: Here's an interesting and well documented book that seems to inject a lot of theorizing ino the mix. Suppose the accepted death of Heinrich Himmler were not true? Interesting reading with some real revelations and chilling photographs. Collectors of WWII history might be especially interested in this work.
Rating: 4
Summary: THE DEATH OF A MASS MURDER
Comment: The strange death of Heinrich Himmler by Hugh Thomas was a well done-put together product. It is highly likely that this book will be a slow seller since few readers are interested in such subject matter. The book is very detailed and has some rather good photos-some I have never seen before. The book, in my opinion, is a "4" star item. Himmler, the greatest mass murderer in history, was no doubt, a very unusual person and questionable. When he was captured by Allied forces, he revealed his real self, a little man with no powers at all without Hitler and the Third Reich. He was weak,had a bad stomach (probably from his mass murder approvals of 7 million Jews and Poles), was a paper general, never a true Reich soldier, never won any awards, except political, loved his black uniform, and was viewed by other Nazi Generals as a political party member only, and wasn't well respected. No other person in world history can lay the unfortunate claim of killing so many human beings. His photos in this book, and those of his death, indicates that he was finished, at the end of the line, and show that he knew his fate, thus escaping justice by swallowing poison, a easy way out on earth, but he is likely paying the price now as we speak.
Rating: 3
Summary: Persevering With Himmler
Comment: Hugh Thomas, as we know, writes a good story. Here he argues that the guy caught by the British and buried (later cremated) after committing suicide in May 1945 may not have been Heinrich Himmler but a near look-a-like Heinrich Hitzinger. The Himmler of this book is not the Hitler sychophant but a scheming, power hungry warlord who accepted the war was lost as early as 1943 and laid plans to succeed his master by treachery if necessary. Thomas argues that the devious Himmler, who amassed a huge personal fortune via SS income, would not have been so stupid as to fall into the hands of the British so soon after hostilities ceased. The chapters range far and wide and include discussion of the goings-on in the British legation in Stockholm as well as the part played by spies such as Philby and Blunt. It's interesting stuff, but is it convincing? This reviewer does not think so. Sometimes Thomas actually misleads. Thus he argues that Himmler during the war never wore the horn rimmed spectacles seen in the presumed death photographs after he swallowed poison. This is patently untrue. You have only to flick, for example, through Martin Mansson's pictorial chronicle of the Reichsfuhrer for lots of wartime photos of him with hornrimmed glasses. Another problem is that some of the key source material in Thomas' book is not verifiable, being unpublished theses or private information or rumours from published secondary sources. The author casts doubt on the dental charts from the first British autopsy, claiming they are not Himmler's, but the argument is not proven. The British records on Himmler's death will not be publicly released until 2045 which allows Thomas to smell a conspiracy. And that's the point. If you enjoy conspiracies, you're gonna love this book. But whether it's fiction or non fiction is another matter. Never mind, it's a brisk and enjoyable read.
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Title: Himmler by Peter Padfield ISBN: 0304358398 Publisher: Cassell Academic Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 Amazon Price(USD): $17.47 |
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Title: Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust by Richard Rhodes ISBN: 0375409009 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 Amazon Price(USD): $19.25 |
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Title: Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military by Bryan Mark Rigg ISBN: 0700611789 Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 Amazon Price(USD): $20.97 |
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Title: The Devil's Doctor: Felix Kersten and the Secret Plot to Turn Himmler Against Hitler by John H. Waller ISBN: 0471396729 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 Amazon Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Heinrich Himmler : A Photographic Chronicle of Hitler's Reichsfuhrer-SS by Martin Mansson, Martin M¿nsson ISBN: 0764312022 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.95 Amazon Price(USD): $59.95 |
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