Gudrun burwitz biography of martin henderson

Never renouncing Nazi ideology , she consistently fought to defend her father's reputation and became closely involved in neo-Nazi groups that gave support to ex-members of the SS. Himmler also had two out-of-wedlock children with his secretary, Hedwig Potthast. Heinrich Himmler adored his daughter and had her regularly flown to his offices in Berlin from Munich where she lived with her mother.

She disputed that Heinrich Himmler, who died in British captivity on 23 May , died by suicide when he broke a concealed cyanide capsule, and instead maintained that he was murdered. While they were held in Rome, she went on a hunger strike until she grew weak. She never renounced the Nazi ideology and repeatedly sought to justify the actions of her father.

She blamed Allied propaganda for besmirching Himmler's "good name".

Munich to berlin

She married the far-right propagandist and author Wulf Dieter Burwitz, who later became a party official in the Bavarian section of the far-right NPD , [ 4 ] and had two children. She was affiliated with Stille Hilfe "Silent Aid" , an organization formed to aid former SS members, which assisted Klaus Barbie "the Butcher of Lyon" of the Lyon Gestapo and Martin Sommer , otherwise known as the "Hangman of Buchenwald ", and she reportedly continued to support a Protestant old people's home in Pullach , near Munich.

In , Malloth was convicted of beating at least prisoners to death at the Theresienstadt concentration camp , including Finkelgrun's grandfather in Gudrun Burwitz died on 24 May at her home near Munich at the age of Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read View source View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.

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