HITLER'S MAN
HIMMLER, by Willi Frischauer; Odhams Press, through Whitcombe and Tombs. English price, 16/-. APSE of time fails to mitigate the horror, of this matter of fact recital of Himmler’s rise to power; and his use of that power to murder millions of men, women and children. Numerous well-documented accounts have now appeared of the lives of Nazi and Fascist war criminals, but in detail much remains to be collected. A clear light is thrown on their mentality by the diaries of Ciano and Goebbels, which have been available for some years. It was therefore surprising to find that Willi Frischauer doubts the authenticity of the Goebbels diary, but he does not give reasons. The account of Himmler is intended as a short survey for the general teader and that intention is competently carried out. Doubts have been expressed since the Nuremberg and _ = de-Nazification trials on the defences put up by people claiming to have been under the baleful influence or domination of Hitler. It seemed too easy and ready’ a way out to blame the unlamented Fuhrer. While Goebbels and Himmler were men without conscience or humanity, it does seem true, however, that they
were completely subject to Hitler, and that it never, occurred to them, for one moment to. question his most lunatic decisions or their fundamental morality. Not exactly . pleasant reading.
F. J.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 726, 12 June 1953, Page 12
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228HITLER'S MAN New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 726, 12 June 1953, Page 12
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