Gebhard and Anna Himmler (standing) with their three children: Heinrich (left), Ernst (centre) and Gebhard (right) in a 1906 photograph
Ernst Hermann Himmler (23 December 1905 – 2 May 1945) was a German Nazi functionary, engineer and younger brother of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.
Life[]
Ernst Hermann Himmler was born on 23 December 1905, the third and youngest son of a headmaster (Oberstudiendirektor), Joseph Gebhard Himmler (born 17 May 1865 in Lindau; died 29 October 1936 in Munich), and Anna Maria Heyder (born 16 January 1866 in Bregenz; died 10 September 1941 in Munich).[1] His siblings were Heinrich Himmler (born 7 October 1900 in Munich; died 23 May 1945 in Lüneburg) and Gebhard Ludwig Himmler (born 29 July 1898 in Munich; died 1989 in Munich).
Ernst Himmler completed his university course in electrical engineering in 1928. He joined the Nazi Party on 1 November 1931. In 1933, he joined the SS, and, with Heinrich's help, he got a job with the Berlin radio. He quickly became director within the Reich broadcasting organization. On several occasions, Ernst supplied Heinrich with internal information from the broadcasting world.[2] He ultimately reached the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer.[3] Ernst Himmler died in early May 1945 under mysterious circumstances.
Ernst Himmler was the grandfather of author Katrin Himmler.
Notes[]
- ↑ Gebhard Himmler, Der Vater eines Massenmörders
- ↑ Longerich 2012, p. 379.
- ↑ Longerich 2012, p. 380.
Bibliography[]
- Himmler, Katrin (2007). The Himmler Brothers. London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-330-44814-7.
- Longerich, Peter (2012). Heinrich Himmler: A Life. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-959232-6.
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