Ernst Hermann Himmler (23 December 1905 – 2 May 1945) was a German

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and younger brother of ''

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Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician and military leader who was the 4th of the (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful p ...

Life

Ernst Hermann Himmler was born on 23 December 1905 in Munich, The third and youngest son of a headmaster (''Oberstudiendirektor'') Joseph Gebhard Himmler (born 17 May 1865 in

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; died 29 October 1936 in Munich), and Anna Maria Heyder (born 16 January 1866 in

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; died 10 September 1941 in Munich). His siblings were

(born 7 October 1900 in Munich; died 23 May 1945 in

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) and

Gebhard Ludwig Himmler Gebhard Ludwig Himmler (29 July 1898 – 22 June 1982) was a German Nazi functionary, mechanical engineer and older brother of ''Reichsführer-SS'' Heinrich Himmler. Upbringing Gebhard Ludwig Himmler was born on 29 July 1898 in Munich, the fi ...

(born 29 July 1898 in Munich; died 1982 in Munich). Ernst Himmler completed his university course in electrical engineering in 1928. He joined the

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on 1 November 1931 (member no. 676,777). In 1933, he joined the SS, and, with Heinrich's help, he got a job with the

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radio. He quickly became director within the Reich broadcasting organization. On several occasions, Ernst supplied Heinrich with internal information from the broadcasting world. He ultimately reached the rank of SS-''

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'' in 1939. Ernst Himmler was killed in action serving with the ''

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'' during fierce fighting in the

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. ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945'' ("The Cultural Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Who was What before and after 1945"). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 2007, 720 pages, hardcover, , p. 248 Ernst Himmler was the grandfather of author Katrin Himmler.

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