About the book: 2006 / Heinrich Himmler’s empire kept its secrets securely. Even the most prominent leaders of the Third Reich could not control the activities of the SS. Only the fall of the Hitler regime revealed the secrets of this organization. Heinz Höhne's detailed narrative provides a panorama of apocalyptic racial madness. The author used documents from the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, diaries, letters and numerous monographs.