Saturday Afternoon: David Irving’s Heinrich Himmler – a his-story-an’s creation

Sept. 7, 2013

David Irving’s long-promised but still to be published book on Heinrich Himmler will be “his story” of the man, as it is often said that history is telling stories and making them interesting.  In a video of one of Irving’s private meetings with ticket purchasers, he tells them:

• He has “Jewish friends” with whom he agrees there were “extermination camps” for Jews;
• Himmler’s wife was “predatory” and “got her claws into him,” says Irving, when this is not objectively supported by facts;
• Himmler’s writing to a woman, “There are certain things that I have to do for Germany’s sake that are not very nice,” is proof to Irving that Himmler was doing unspeakable things;
• Selected telegrams intercepted by the British are used by Irving to “prove” that Jews who were being transported East did not reach their intended destination but were killed in the so-called Reinhardt camps;
• The total number killed in Operaton Reinhardt" was 1,274,166, says Irving;
• "Last source" for Irving’s beliefs is what he calls the English Interrogation Center where top German prisoners talked freely together (unaware of hidden microphones) and some described Jews being shot;
• Juergen Graf refuted Irving’s extermination theories all the way back in 2009, but Irving persists;
• Napola schools required it’s students to be racially flawless, with above average intelligence and appropriate competitiveness — preparing the future leaders for the Reich, including the military, SS and police.
• This is what all national governments try to do – somewhat comparable to West Point, Anapolis, etc. in the U.S.

Image: Cover of David Irving's 2012 DVD, $20