Ernst Hermann Himmler

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Joseph Gebhard and Anna Himmler (standing) with their three children Heinrich (left), Ernst (middle) and Gebhard (right) (1906)

Ernst Hermann Himmler (* 23. December 1905 in Munich , † 2. May 1945 ) was a German Nazi - functionary , engineering and younger brother of the realm leader SS Heinrich Himmler .

Life

Ernst Himmler was the third son of the principal studies director Joseph Gebhard Himmler (born May 17, 1865 in Lindau (Lake Constance) ; † October 29, 1936 in Munich ) and of Anna Maria, née. Heyder (born January 16, 1866 in Bregenz , † September 10, 1941 in Munich). His siblings were Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945) and Gebhard Ludwig Himmler (1898–1982).

Ernst Himmler joined the NSDAP on November 1, 1931 ( membership number 676.777) and the SS on June 1, 1933 (membership number 132.099). He fell on May 2, 1945 as a member of the Volkssturm .

He was the grandfather of Katrin Himmler .

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Individual evidence

  1. Gebhard Himmler, The father of a mass murderer
  2. Katrin Himmler: The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History. 2005, p. 20.
  3. ^ Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 248.