A comprehensive biography of the Nazi official who oversaw the murder of millions.
Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel, notable biographers of the World War II figures Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Goering, now delve into the life of one of the most sinister, clever, and successful of all the Nazi leaders: Heinrich Himmler. As the head of the feared SS and Gestapo, Himmler supervised the extermination of millions. Here is the story of how a seemingly ordinary boy grew into an obsessive and superstitious man who ventured into herbalism, astrology, and homeopathic medicine before finally turning to the "science" of racial purity and the belief in the superiority of the Aryan people. His unlikely rise eventually made him the second most powerful man in Germany, and this biography sheds light on Himmler himself as well as on a political party capable of horrendous crimes against humanity.
"Manvell and Fraenkel have produced . . . biographies of Goebbels, Goering, Himmler,...
