Heinrich Himmler, Peter Longerich (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), 1,031 pp., hardcover 34.95
Given existing research on the significance of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler for Nazi security and population policies, the dearth of biographical works is surprising.1 Peter Longerich offers a solid biography of this evocative symbol of Nazi evil. Born in 1900 into an economically comfortable, c...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 338-341 |
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| Summary: | Given existing research on the significance of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler for Nazi security and population policies, the dearth of biographical works is surprising.1 Peter Longerich offers a solid biography of this evocative symbol of Nazi evil. Born in 1900 into an economically comfortable, conservative Catholic family, Himmler drifted into the Nazi movement in winter 1922/23, absorbing its völkisch, social Darwinist ideology in the paramilitary sub-culture of the Weimar Republic. Ernst Röhm, leader of the Nazi Party Assault Detachments (SA), brought Himmler into the movement; Gregor Strasser, Party Propaganda chief until 1932, mentored him politically. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dct021 |