Gudrun burwitz biography of michael

Primary Sources

(1) Peter Padfield, Himmler: Reichsfuhrer S.S. (1991)

Himmler did not manage to steal many days away from his desk at field headquarters or while attending the Fuhrer, but he now divided his family time between two homes, and wrote letters to make up for his absences.

He remained a good father to Gudrun and a considerate husband to Marga.

(2) Allan Hall, The Daily Mail (17th June, 2011)

Waving goodbye to her grandchildren, Gudrun Burwitz has the look of a woman ready to live the rest of her days in peace and quiet.

Instead, the 81-year-old daughter of Heinrich Himmler still works at a ruthless pace to keep the Nazi flame alive.

Mrs Burwitz has always nurtured the memory of her father, believing the man who ran the Gestapo, the SS and the extermination programme which murdered six million Jews, to be good and worthy.

And despite her advanced years, she continues to help the ageing remnants of the Nazi regime to evade justice.

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