{"product_id":"the-private-heinrich-himmler-letters-of-a-mass-murderer","title":"The Private Heinrich Himmler: Letters of a Mass Murderer","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the end of World War II  it was assumed that the letters of Heinrich Himmler were lost. Yet sixty years after Himmlers capture by British troops and subsequent suicide  the letters mysteriously turned up in Tel Aviv and  in early 2014  excerpts were published for the first time by the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot providing a rare  if jarring  glimpse into the family life of one of Hitlers top lieutenants while he was busy organizing the mass extermination of the Jews. It was generally held that Himmler  once appointed head of the SS  blended seamlessly into the Nazi hierarchy. The image that emerges  however  is more subtle. Himmler is seen here as a man whose observations can often be characterized by their unpleasant banality; a man whose obsession with family life ran alongside a brutal detachment from all things human  a serial killer who oversaw the persecution and extermination of all Jews and other non-Aryans  and those opposed to the regime. His letters remove any doubt that he was the architect of the Final Solution  and a man who was much closer to Hitler than many historians previously thought. The letters in this edition were arranged by Katrin Himmler  the great-niece of Heinrich and Marga Himmler  and Michael Wildt  a renowned expert on the Nazi regime  who also provide historical context to the letters and their author. The entire work was translated by Thomas S. Hansen and Abby J. Hansen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984580735029,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250064651","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250064653.jpg?v=1770837757","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-private-heinrich-himmler-letters-of-a-mass-murderer","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}