Himmler hoard of letters and diaries discovered in Israel
Source: The Guardian
Lost letters, photographs and diaries by Heinrich Himmler have been discovered in Israel, shedding new light on one of the men most directly responsible for the Holocaust.
The stash of documents from the Nazi era is currently held in a bank vault in Tel Aviv, but has been authenticated by the German federal archive, considered the world's leading authority on material from the period. Its contents are to be published over eight days in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag, starting on Sunday with Himmler's letters to his wife Margarete.
The letters portray a man whose cheerful mood is often at odds with the historical crime he helped to orchestrate. "I am travelling to Auschwitz. Kisses, your Heini," he wrote to his wife before setting off to inspect the concentration camp where he directed the killing of some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews.
Himmler and his wife shared antisemitic feelings, as well as a joint dislike of Weimar-era Berlin. "Poor sweetie, has to tussle with those wretched Jews over money," the SS leader wrote to his spouse on 16 April 1928.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/himmler-hoard-letters-diaries-israel-nazi-leader
jwirr
(39,215 posts)proof we need for those who still deny what happened.
Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)Of course, there are those more concerned with "where have they been" all this time, they will be the first to question what is written. It is good they are being made public, it adds to the continuing mountain that was the Nazi behemoth.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2014, 08:07 PM - Edit history (1)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017171570840high
(17,196 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)LBN Statement of Purpose : News stories must have been published within the last 12 hours.
Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)published: Sunday 26 January 2014 07.07 EST
posted on DU: Sun Jan 26, 2014, 05:58 PM (EST)
almost 11 hours later, so we can see, how it doesn't fit the "12 hour" rule. Oh wait, 11 is LESS THAN 12.
Syria talks produce first breakthrough with deal on Homs civilians published Sunday 26 January 2014 16.16 EST.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)The timing of the first news was the time stamp here when first posted : http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017171570
You'll find that when the Mail reported it it was still Friday in the USA : PUBLISHED: 02:13,GMT 25 January 2014 | UPDATED: 02:13, 25 January 2014
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545685/Himmlers-love-letters-wife-revealed-time-70-years-on.html#ixzz2rar9F4B9
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Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)Did I miss the part about "re-report?" Weren't you claiming the reason it isn't LBN for DU is because "News stories must have been published within the last 12 hours"? Was this repost not within 12 hours?
ETA: Is The Daily Mail the source for the OP?
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)If you don't agree with the SOP for LBN then take it up with Skinner in ATA.
I could probably find a re-post the Germany has cross the Rhine.
Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)Point out where it says, "Ref to the last 12 hours refers to when the news broke."
If you don't agree with the SOP for LBN then take it up with Skinner in ATA.
I think your advice is better suited for you.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)The background to the 12 hour rule is to help prevent LBN getting cluttered.
Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)You don't seem to understand the rule. I suggest ATA.
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)how these documents ended up in a bank vault in Tel Aviv? That would be an interesting tale.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)along with who owned them....
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)In the 1980s, Rosenthal tried to sell the letters after the German Federal Archives had authenticated them. But in 1983 German magazine Stern published excerpts from an alleged Hitler diary that turned out to be fake. In that atmosphere, the world wasnt interested in more documents from Nazi leaders that could turn out to be forgeries.
When Rosenthal was 90, his son finally persuaded him to hand over the material for publication and, in 2007, Belgian diamond dealer David Lapa bought them for a symbolic fee, Die Welt reported. Lapa gave the documents to his daughter Vanessa, a film director, to make a documentary about them.
In 2011, Vanessa Lapa approached a reporter at Die Welt through her lawyer and proposed that the material be published. Later, at a meeting with a reporter from the paper, she brought Himmler's letters and photographs from 1927 to 1945 the year he committed suicide.
http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.premium-1.570516
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/.premium-1.570793
Deep13
(39,154 posts)We need to know what turns humans into monsters. Actually, we have a pretty good idea, but this will add to the information once historians have properly analyzed it.