The Vicious Mastermind: Heinrich Himmler Student Name Withheld December 6, 2017 Fundamentals of Writing ENGL 1413-010 Multigenre Research Project Withheld 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW/BACKGROUND/SUMMARYAND WORKS CITED...........................3 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................................6 GENRE PIECES AND WORKS CITED .............................................................14 Newspaper Article of Himmler’s Masterminded Purge AND WORKS CITED ............................................14 Wanted Poster for the Vicious Mastermind Heinrich Himmler AND WORKS CITED ..............................................................................................................................................................16 Diary from Heinrich Himmler Himself AND WORKS CITED...................................18 Obituary For Heinrich Himmler AND WORKS CITED.......................................................................20-21 Multigenre Research Project Withheld 3 Student Name Withheld Jennifer Huggins ENGL 1413-010 14 November 2017 Himmler Overview Heinrich Himmler was born on October 7, 1900 in Munich, Germany. His father Joseph Gebhard was a secondary school teacher and principal. His mother Anna Maria Himmler was a devout catholic and attentive mother. Heinrich had two brothers one older and one younger. Himmler has an obsession with power and wanting to be in the service. But failed to join due to the changes in the system during World War I (Chen 1). After Himmler graduated high school he studied agriculture at Technical University in Munich. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum states, while there he joined a German-nationalist student fraternity and began to read deeply in the racist- nationalist literature popular on the radical right of the interwar German political spectrum "Heinrich Himmler". This is where his hatred for other people not like him started. Himmler joined the Nazi Party. He later joined the SS and by 1929 he was appointed deputy Reinsfuhrer (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1). The Nazi party was basically this group of guys who all got together and killed the people they didn’t like. This group of guys all looked up to one man "Adolf Hitler" who they all swore had all the power in the world. From this one large group it broke off into smaller groups. All these groups were all out to do one thing make what they are dominant and make sure they are the only people and everyone must be exactly like them. In April 1936 Himmler was appointed assistant chief of the Gestapo (secret state police) in Prussia (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2). After this occurred things started to heat up. Since he was in charge he decided new things needed to Multigenre Research Project Withheld 4 happen. So, on June thirtieth 1936 he masterminds the purge in the SS which eliminated the SA "German Assault Division" as a power of the Nazi party (Heinrich Himmler 1). This purge all had to do with power. Hitler feared that the SA had more power than him so he ordered his men to murder leaders of the SA. Himmler masterminded this because he was Hitler's main man. He wanted everything Hitler wanted and would do anything to get it. Both he and Hitler knew that doing this would make them the most powerful armed body in Germany next to the armed forces. Himmler didn’t make or plan the whole Holocaust but he was a major part of it. When people hear and think of Heinrich Himmler they don't think of sunshine and rainbows they think of all the bad events that he did or made happen. Heinrich Himmler was a vicious monster who was a big part of the Nazi party, and who masterminded a purge that killed people who he felt had more power than him. Heinrich Himmler was a vicious monster who was a big part of the Nazi party, the Holocaust, and he masterminded a purge that killed people who he felt had more power than him. Multigenre Research Project Withheld 5 Works Cited The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Heinrich Himmler.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 10 Aug. 2016, www.britannica.com/biography/Heinrich-Himmler. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Introduction to the Holocaust.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143. “Heinrich Himmler.” Heinrich Himmler http://Www.HolocaustResearchProject.org, www.holocaustresearchproject.org/holoprelude/himmler.html. “The SS Man.” Heinrich Himmler, www.deathcamps.info/Nazis/page_2.htm. Multigenre Research Project Withheld 6 Student Name Withheld Jennifer Huggins ENGL 1413-010 17 November 2017 Annotated Bibliography: MGRP The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Heinrich Himmler.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 10 Aug. 2016, www.britannica.com/biography/Heinrich-Himmler. This article is a very brief article that gives a lot of background about Heinrich Himmler. It tells when Heinrich dies and it tells a little bit about what kind of work his father did. It also states when he joined the Nazi party. The author also shares and talks a little bit about why and how he became a Nazi and why he was so hateful. It talks about the concertation camps he established. Also states how he was basically Hitler's main man when it came to the Holocaust. The main reason this assumption is made from the article is because in April 1934 he was appointed assistant chief of the Gestapo (Secret State Police) in Prussia, and from then on, he extended his control over the police forces of the whole Reich. It also talks about what happen in World War II and how it brought a huge expansion of Himmler's empire. The article ends with how Himmler is a cruel power- hungry person and how he is known for making the Holocaust what it is today. Where I plan to possibly use this information in my project is a magazine article about Heinrich Himmler and what kind of man, he is. I say this because this article doesn’t have a ton of information but it has some good information. I could use the useful information about what he became and who he was to put in the magazine article about him. Multigenre Research Project Withheld 7 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Introduction to the Holocaust.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143. This article shares a lot about Himmler and his empire and what type of person he was. It also states where he was born and gives a very well detailed explanation of his family and what they did. It also states that Himmler was very patriotic and how he always dreamed of being in the service for World War I. But couldn’t after he graduated high school because of the restrictions imposed on Germany by the Versailles peace treaty. So, he decided to study agriculture at Technical University in Munich. It later explains how he joined a German-nationalist student fraternity and began to read deeply in the racist- nationalist literature. It goes on to all the later problems in Himmler's life and how he became a Nazi. This article gives a step by step of Himmler's life. I plan to use this article in either my obituary piece or the diary piece because of the information in this article. The information in this article gives a lot of detail about both Himmler's past and future. It shares everything an obituary needs and shares everything a diary has about the horrible events and things Himmler did throughout his life. “Heinrich Himmler.” Heinrich Himmler http://Www.HolocaustResearchProject.org, www.holocaustresearchproject.org/holoprelude/himmler.html. This article is similar to the first it gives a brief background of Himmler's family and him. Then it goes into further detail and talks about Himmler in the Nazi party. The majority of the article explains Himmler's role in the Nazi party. It also expresses how Himmler loved his power and was all about power. The article also really explains all of the higher positions that Himmler was offered. I am uncertain on where I would like to use this information. Where I was thinking about using some of this information in this Multigenre Research Project Withheld 8 article is the wanted poster. I say this because it speaks a lot on his higher positions and what he did when he was in these higher positions and it makes me think of putting a warrant out for his arrest. “The SS Man.” Heinrich Himmler, www.deathcamps.info/Nazis/page_2.htm. This article explains everywhere Himmler worked and all of his higher positions. It is really about him in the Nazi party as a SS man hence the title. It also states that even though Hitler was the main person to blame for the Holocaust Himmler also played a big role as well. He said the plans and schemes that led to killing over six million Jews. Himmler was in full control of the SS. It talks about how Himmler's power came to an end after a/an attack by Martin Bormann. From this attack Himmler became less powerful. I plan to use this article for the wanted poster because it touches on him killing the Jewish people. Even though it briefly touches on him killing over six million Jews it states that he made a lot of the plans that executed the Jewish people. Daley, Jason. “Diaries of Holocaust Architect Heinrich Himmler Discovered in Russia.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 3 Aug. 2016, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diaries-holocaust-architect-heinrich-himmler- discovered-russia-180960005/. This database speaks on some of things Himmler was obsessed with and what organizations he was in or he organized. The article also gives a timeline of events Himmler had throughout his life. It also speaks on him in World War II and the things he did in the war. I plan to use this in the diary entry using the sequence of events and explaining the events.