Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled
Season 1, Episode 2: Heinrich Himmler
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SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler is the focus of the second episode. An agriculturalist by training, he went on to lead the SS – and tried to escape responsibility at the end of the war. Who was Heinrich Himmler? A committed Nazi who sometimes left his desk to ensure the “efficiency” of the concentration camps. His work diary, recently discovered in Moscow, provides terrifying insights into the SS leader, revealing details of both his private life and his work as the leader of the SS.
