heinrich himmler

The famous 20 July Plot nearly happened on multiple earlier dates. One of these was July 15, where the plan was called off at the last moment because Hitler was called out of the room. However, Himmler and Göring were there. What if Stauffenberg had been unable to intercept the bomb and Himmler...

Inspired by this thread, I decided to ask what would happen if another top Nazi had been tried at Nuremberg. Unlike with Goebbels, not much has to change to keep Himmler alive for the Nuremberg trials. Maybe his cyanide pill doesn't work or is found by his captors before he can bite it. While I...

Wikipedia says that high-ranking Nazi official Otto Bräutigam claimed in his book that he had the opportunity to read a personal report by quartermaster-general Eduard Wagner regarding a discussion with Heinrich Himmler, in which Himmler had expressed the intention to exterminate about 80% of...

I was watching the Death of Stalin and the eventual demise of Lavrenty Beria at the end. Could we see this in an alternate scenario where Hitler dies after a victory in Europe? For example, say that Göring somehow stays in the good favor of Hitler, and is still his chosen successor after the...

In a scenario where Nazi Germany leads the Axis to victory in WWII, likely without Japan, the race to succeed Hitler will be on by the 1950s. Of the rival factions, Himmler's SS take power. What then of policy, ministers, the armed forces & foreign relations? How will such a radical turn affect...