Himmler's daughter aged 81: She works with neo-Nazis and helps SS officers evade justice

[Hopeless Romantic]

Waving goodbye to her grandchildren, Gudrun Burwitz has the look of a woman ready to live the rest of her days in peace and quiet.
Instead, the 81-year-old daughter of Heinrich Himmler still works at a ruthless pace to keep the Nazi flame alive.
Mrs Burwitz has always nurtured the memory of her father, believing the man who ran the Gestapo, the SS and the extermination programme which murdered six million Jews, to be good and worthy.
And despite her advanced years, she continues to help the ageing remnants of the Nazi regime to evade justice.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004873/Himmlers-daughter-81-She-works-neo-Nazis-SS-officers.html#ixzz1PeVEnzpA


Jesus wept.

[oldironside]

1. My first thought was...

... typical Daily Mail bullshit, but having done some reading around various German language sites it seems for once the story is true.

Don't get too excited, though. In spite of what the Mail might imply, Germany is not full of neo-Nazis clamouring for a Fourth Reich. Leaving aside the small neo-Nazi minority (and that bunch of cheating bastards they call a football team), most Germans are actually quite normal.

Spiegel often does articles on "Die Nazi Ära" (and there is usually something on TV about the whole business), always well researched and well presented. A few months ago they had a special on Himmler in which one of his great nieces went on the trail of her famous ancestor. It was anything but a sympathetic portrayal.

http://youtu.be/x80RGYXFm5Q

I've put the link here to the DVD they included, but there is no English language option, so, you'll just have to bloody well learn German then, won't you.

But please, bear in mind, she is an out-of-time anomaly. The vast majority of Germans would be as shocked and bewildered as anyone else at the old bag's behaviour.

[Hopeless Romantic]

2. I know. It's just so shocking that people with those beliefs still exist after all this time

[oldironside]

3. Yeah, but...

... my old man's not perfect, but I'd still defend him to the death.