The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/heinrich-himmler/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:12:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Heinrich Himmler | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/heinrich-himmler/ 32 32 German pastor discovers his grandfather was Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-pastor-discovers-his-grandfather-was-holocaust-architect-heinrich-himmler/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 05:17:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3685858 After recognizing his grandmother as the SS master's lover in a photo, couples therapist Henrik Lenkeit's research confirmed he is grandson of notorious SS leader

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]]> Study suggests Nazis attempted to sterilize Jewish women in camps with food additive https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-suggests-nazis-attempted-to-sterilize-jewish-women-in-camps-with-food-additive/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:30:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2853800 New research finds it likely wasn't just trauma and starvation that caused 98% of women to stop menstruating upon arrival at Auschwitz, and many to later struggle with infertility

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]]> German prince fights for estate ‘stolen’ after his grandfather tried to kill Hitler https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-prince-fights-for-estate-stolen-after-his-grandfather-tried-to-kill-hitler/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:25:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2661725 Prince Friedrich zu Solms-Baruth III was tortured and imprisoned after being involved in Operation Valkyrie; his heirs want their property back, but Germany's government disagrees

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]]> Oregon auction house pulls purported Himmler dagger after Jewish groups complain https://www.timesofisrael.com/oregon-auction-house-pulls-purported-himmler-dagger-after-jewish-groups-complain/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 07:20:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2532202 Auctioneer removes ceremonial knife said to have been owned by SS leader and other Nazi memorabilia from docket, says he will not sell such items again

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]]> One of the largest US cemetery companies quotes Nazi Himmler in its calendar https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-of-the-largest-us-cemetery-companies-quotes-nazi-himmler-in-its-calendar/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:29:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2405134 StoneMor Inc. prints quote by Holocaust planner that has become neo-Nazi slogan; firm says it was an error, alerts ADL, fires those involved

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]]> Timeline: The history of Auschwitz-Birkenau https://www.timesofisrael.com/timeline-the-history-of-auschwitz-birkenau/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:42:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2229296 A chronological look at the notorious Nazi death camp where over 1.3 million people died, from 1940 when the site was first chosen until its liberation by the Red Army in 1945

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]]> British Holocaust denier David Irving to lead Nazi death camp tour https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-holocaust-denier-david-irving-to-lead-nazi-death-camp-tour/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:06:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2039564 Publicity for the $3,650 trip calls the camps 'controversial' and describes Irving as a 'Hitler expert'

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]]> SS chief Himmler’s daughter worked for German spy agency https://www.timesofisrael.com/ss-chief-himmlers-daughter-worked-for-german-spy-agency/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:29:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1880148 In bid for transparency about Nazi links in its past, BND reveals Gudrun Burwitz-Himmler was employed by it from 1961 to 1963, when the service had many ex-Nazis on its payroll

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]]> New book claims a ‘secret deal’ between Nazis and Allies cut the Holocaust short https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-book-claims-a-secret-deal-between-nazis-and-allies-cut-the-holocaust-short/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:57:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1874165 Journalist Max Wallace writes that a hushed-up pact between Heinrich Himmler and his sworn enemies prompted the SS chief to destroy the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Experts disagree

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]]> In rediscovered telegram, Himmler offers Jerusalem’s mufti help against ‘Jewish intruders’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rediscovered-telegram-himmler-offers-jerusalems-mufti-help-against-jewish-intruders/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:53:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1590617 Hitler's deputy assures pro-Nazi Haj Amin al-Husseini of Nazis‘ ‘particular sympathy‘ for struggle of 'freedom-loving Arabs' of Palestine and beyond

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]]> The long, twisted shadow cast by Nazi medical experiments https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-long-twisted-shadow-cast-by-nazi-medical-experiments/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:02:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1465092 Seven decades after Nazi camp inmates were tortured in the name of medical research, it is increasingly clear the experimentation was conducted by scientists well beyond known 'Nazi hacks and SS quacks'

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]]> Targeting students, Holocaust deniers up their game online https://www.timesofisrael.com/targeting-students-holocaust-deniers-up-their-game-online/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 20:57:49 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1470596 As disputers of the Shoah attract new adherents, historians such as ‘Denial’ protagonist Deborah Lipstadt warn against implementing European-style laws

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]]> Himmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life https://www.timesofisrael.com/himmler-diaries-reveal-chilling-details-of-nazi-wartime-life/ Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:05:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1440543 Journals illustrate how the SS chief kept tabs on even the banal minutiae of his daily routine, even as he oversaw the systematic slaughter of European Jewry

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]]> Himmler’s diary discovered in archive in Russia https://www.timesofisrael.com/himmlers-diary-discovered-in-archive-in-russia/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:36:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1438186 Nazi SS leader recorded 'effectiveness' of the diesel engines used to gas prisoners at the Sobibor death camp

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]]> Groundbreaking study exhumes untold Nazi brutalization of women’s bodies https://www.timesofisrael.com/groundbreaking-study-exhumes-untold-nazi-brutalization-of-womens-bodies/ Thu, 05 May 2016 07:55:02 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1383980 Author Beverley Chalmers says we owe it to victims and survivors to know the unspeakable crimes -- including rape, experimentation and forced abortion -- committed against them

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