Hugh Thomas seems to be fond of conspiracy theory. His Murder of
Rudolf Hess was highly controversial. Now he turns his attention to
Heinrich Himmler, perhaps the most revolting of the Nazi leaders of
Germany during the Third Reich. Cold, calculating, inhuman, he not
only masterminded the 'final solution' which sent millions of men,
women and children to their deaths, but was faithless to the
leader, Adolf Hitler, who he alledgedly adored. This book reherses
his evil deeds, but concentrates on the question whether the corpse
which lay on the floor of an army internment camp after swallowing
cyanide, and which was eventually buried in an anonymous grave at
Luneburg was actually Himmler. He makes a strong case for this not
being the case, not only on the practical grounds (dissimilarities
between the corpse and photographs of Himmler, the failure of some
of those who knew him well to recognize it) but also on the grounds
that an almost pathologically clever man would have been highly
unlikely to stumble into captivity in the way he did. If Himmler
did not commit suicide, where did he go? To this question, Thomas
has no answer; indeed, there can be none. A fascinating series of
questions, then, with questionable but fascinating theories as to
their answers. (Kirkus UK)
First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsfuhrer SS
Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of
secret deals and international intrigue. On 23 May 1945 Heinrich
Himmler, leader of the SS and architect of the Holocaust, committed
suicide in Allied custody. So why was MI6's most talented secret
agent Kim Philby unconvinced by the story of Himmler's suicide?
Hugh Thomas set out to answer Philby's question and has uncovered a
maze of corruption, high finance, political gambles and
international intrigue.
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