October 7, 1900 - Munich, Germany - Heinrich Luitpold Himmler is born
January(?) 1(?), 1913 - Landshut, NE of Munich - The family moves from Munich when Gebhard Himmler is appointed joint-headmaster at Landshut
July 29, 1915 - Landshut - His elder brother turns 17 and enters the "Landsturm" (Reserve Army): "Oh I wish to be as old as that [...] and so be able to go to the front"
December 1(?), 1917 - Regensburg - Enlists with the reserve battalion of the 11th Bavarian Regiment
June(?) 1(?), 1918 - Freising - Completes a course for officer-cadets in Freising (in the Summer)
September 1(?), 1918 - Bayreuth - Completes a machine-gunner course in Bayreuth
December 18, 1918 - Landshut - Discharged. Returns to Landshut
August 1(?), 1919 - Ingolstadt - Begins his famous diary while working on a farm near Ingolstadt
September 1(?), 1919 - Ingolstadt - Gebhard Himmler takes up a post of headmaster at Ingolstadt and all family moves there
September 4, 1919 - Ingolstadt - Himmler falls ill and it is found that he had paratyphoid fever
October 18, 1919 - Munich - After his recovery, Himmler is told he had to leave the farm for at least an year. He is accepted as a student at the Munich Technische Hochschule
October 20, 1919 - Munich - Begins studying Agronomy at the Munich Technische Hochschule
December 1(?), 1919 - Munich - Diary: "I believe I have come into conflict with my religion [...] but whatever happens I shall always love God and pray to Him, and remain faithful to the Catholic Church and defend it even if I should be expelled from it"
November 5, 1921 - Munich - Attends the funeral of Ludwig II of Bavaria
January 18, 1922 - Munich - He takes part in a nationalist student ceremony to commemorate the founding of the German Empire
January 26, 1922 - Munich - Attends a meeting with Ernst Röhm at a rifle-club meeting in Munich =(START)
August 5, 1922 - Munich - Graduates from the Technical College and gains his agricultural diploma
August 1(?), 1923 - Munich - Joins the Nazi Party (NSDAP)
September 1(?), 1923 - Munich - Abandons his low-paying office job
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| Himmler holding the Imperial War flag during the "Putsch" in Munich |
February 15, 1924 - Stadelheim - Visits Ernst Röhm at Stadelheim prison
May 30, 1924 - Viechtach - Speaks about the "dubious machinations of the jews"
August 25, 1924 - Aidenbach - Speech in Aidenbach
September 24, 1924 - Fürstenzell - Speech in Fürstenzell
April 4, 1925 - Munich - Foundation of the Schutzkommando. Himmler joins as an SS-Führer (SS-Leader)
May 1, 1925 - While in Munich - Ernst Röhm sends Hitler his resignation as leader of the SA-stormtroopers
June 4, 1925 - Straubing - Speech "The Freemasons' Lodge as a Tool of the Jews"
June 13, 1925 - Zwiesel - Speaks on the topic "Jewry and Bolshevism"
June 24, 1925 - Deggendorf - Speech in Deggendorf
August 2, 1925 - Munich - Rejoins the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Begins working under Gregor Strasser as a party secretary and propaganda assistant
November 9, 1925 - Munich - The Schutzkommando becomes "Schutzstaffel" (Protection Squadron), the SS, on the second anniversary of the Putsch
November 12, 1925 - Rotthalmünster - Speech "What does National Socialism want?"
November 19, 1925 - Landshut - Himmler meets Josef Goebbels. Speech for the Landshut local branch
January 12, 1926 - Munich - Himmler is interrogated by the Munich police
March 9, 1926 - Dingolfing - Speech for the Dingolfing local branch
March 19, 1926 - Irlbach - Speech in Irlbach
March 20, 1926 - Strasskirchen - Speech in Strasskirchen
March 25, 1926 - Landshut - Speech in Landshut
March 26, 1926 - Malgersdorf - Speech for the Malgersdorf local branch
March 27, 1926 - Plattling - Speech in Plattling
April 13, 1926 - Landshut - With Goebbels during one of his speaking tours
April 30, 1926 - Malgersdorf - Speaks about "The Threats from the Jews"
July 3, 1926 - Weimar - 2nd NSDAP congress (2 days)
October 30, 1926 - Zwickau - With Goebbels at Zwickau
April 9, 1927 - Regensburg - Public meeting of the Regensburg NSDAP local branch
January 6, 1929 - Munich - SS Commander Erhard Heiden resigns. Himmler assumes the position of Reichsführer-SS
August 8, 1929 - Munich - Daughter Gudrun is born
June 14, 1931 - Munich - Himmler interviews Reinhard Heydrich, giving him 20 minutes to outline an organizational plan for a future counter-intelligence service. Himmler is so impressed that he makes Heydrich the head of his "Ic-Dienst", which would become the SD - the Intelligence Agency of the SS and Nazy Party in 1932
December 31, 1931 - Munich - Himmler introduces the "Marriage order" - The SS Race and Settlement Main Office would only issue a permit to marry once detailed background investigations into the racial fitness of both prospective parents had been completed and proved both of them to be of Aryan descent back to 1800
March 1(?), 1933 - Munich - Reich Governor of Bavaria Franz Ritter von Epp appoints Himmler chief of the Munich Police
March 21, 1933 - Dachau, Bavaria - Himmler establishes an experimental concentration camp at Dachau, Bavaria
April 1(?), 1934 - Munich - At Hitler's request, Himmler and Heydrich begin building a dossier on SA leader Ernst Röhm in an effort to remove him as a rival for party leadership
April 10, 1934 - Berlin - Göring addresses the assembled Gestapo in the presence of Himmler and Heydrich, to explain that Himmler would in future take charge of their work as his deputy.
April 13, 1934 - Berlin - Himmler orders the "Leibstandarte Bodyguard regiment" to become known as the "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
April 20, 1934 - Berlin - As a means of isolating Röhm, Göring transfers control of the Prussian political police (Gestapo) to Himmler, who, Göring believed, could be counted on to move against Röhm. Reinhard Heydrich becomes his deputy
April 22, 1934 - Munich - Himmler names Heydrich to head the Gestapo, while also continuing as head of the SD
June 1(?), 1934 - Stettin - SS review in Stettin. Himmler invites Rudolf Höss to join the staff of Dachau prisoner camp
June 20, 1934 - Berlin - Conference with Hitler. After the meeting, Himmler claimed he was shot at while driving his car to the internment of the body of Carin, Göring's first wife
June 24, 1934 - Berlin - Conference of the SS High Command
July 20, 1934 - Berlin - The SS becomes an independent organisation answerable only to Hitler. The SA is converted into a sports and training organization
July 1, 1935 - Berlin - Himmler founds the "Deutsches Ahnenerbe Studiengesellschaft für Geistesurgeschichte" (Society for the Study of the History of Primeval Ideas)
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| Himmler at Dachau |
July 2, 1936 - Quedlinburg, Harz Mountains - Himmler celebrates his new appointment with a ceremonial commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the death of Heinrich I
October 19, 1937 - Rome, Italy - Himmler attends a fashion show in Rome with Benito Mussolini, Reinhard Heydrich and Kurt Daluege
March 11, 1938 - Linz, Austria - Arrives in Linz to supervise security arrangements for Hitler's arrival
March 12, 1938 - Vienna, Austria - Himmler flies to Aspern (Vienna airport) to meet with austrian SS leader Kaltenbrunner
May 6, 1938 - Rome, Italy - Himmler and Goebbels meet Mussolini
March 10, 1939 - Berlin - Himmer meets the famous Berlin masseur Felix Kersten
March 16, 1939 - Prague - Onset of Nazi students in the courtyard of Prague Castle - with Hitler, Heydrich and Karl Wolff
May 20, 1939 - Münsterlager training area - Hitler and Himmler attend a live-fire military exercise at the Münsterlager training area
September 13, 1939 - Berlin - Departs for the north (Danzig?) to follow Hitler
September 26, 1939 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin with Hitler
October 7, 1939 - Berlin - Hitler appoints Himmler head of the Reich Commissariat for the Consolidation of German Nationhood
September 7, 1940 - Metz, France - Himmler addresses the officers of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division
October 19, 1940 - Madrid, Spain - Visits General Franco in Madrid, Spain
March 1, 1941 - Auschwitz concentration camp (Oświęcim, Poland), 50km SW of Kraków - Heinrich Himmler visits Auschwitz and orders the camp to be expanded
March 12, 1941 - Wewelsburg - Himmler summons Heydrich, Daluege and other senior officers to Wewelsburg for a 3-day meeting. He declares that one of the aims of the Russian campaign is "to decimate the Slav population by thirty millions"
March 20, 1941 - Berlin - Himmler, Heydrich and Rudolf Hess, among others, attend a "Generalplan Ost" exhibition
August 15, 1941 - Minsk, Soviet Union - Himmler visits Minsk and witnesses the shooting of 100 jews by Arthur Nebe's Einsatzkommando. Nauseated and shaken by the experience, he was concerned about the impact such actions would have on the mental health of his SS men, and decides to look for other methods of killing
November 11, 1941 - Berlin - Himmler admits to Kersten that the destruction of the jews was being planned
November 29, 1941 - Prague - Himmler visits Prague. Welcomed by Heydrich and Karl Wolff
December 12, 1941 - Berlin - Reich Chancellery Meeting - Hitler resolves that the Jews of Europe were to be exterminated immediately, rather than after the war, which now had no end in sight.
December 18, 1941 - Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg (Ketrzyn, Poland) - Himmler to Hitler: "What to do with the jews of Russia?" (Hitler) "exterminate them as partisans!"
May 27, 1942 - Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg (Ketrzyn, Poland) - Himmler bursts into tears after being informed that Reinhard Heydrich was seriously injured after an assassination attempt. He drives 30 miles to see Hitler at Rastenburg, and both decide to send their physicians by air to Prague in an attempt to save Heydrich's life
May 31, 1942 - Prague-Liben - Himmler visits Heydrich in the hospital and both have a conversation
June 2, 1942 - Prague-Liben - Himmler visits Heydrich in the hospital once more
June 8, 1942 - Berlin - Obsequies over Heydrich's coffin at the chancellery. Hitler lays a wreath of orchids and touches the heads of Heydrich's two little sons whom Himmler was holding by the hand. The Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra plays Wagner's funeral March. Himmler delivers the final oration on Heydrich's career before the body is taken for burial
June 9, 1942 - Berlin - Himmler takes command of the SD after Heydrich's death
July 17, 1942 - Auschwitz concentration camp (Oświęcim, Poland), 50km SW of Kraków - Himmler visits Auschwitz and is given a demonstration of the gassing of a selection of 499 dutch jews
July 18, 1942 - Auschwitz concentration camp - Himmler is given a tour of the building site of "Auschwitz III" - the new IG Farben plant being constructed at Monowitz
October 11, 1942 - Rome, Italy - Mussolini receives Heinrich Himmler
November 13, 1942 - Dachau, Bavaria - Himmler visits Dachau concentration camp to see the results of Dr.Sigmund Rascher's experiments on human beings
February 12, 1943 - Lublin, Poland - Trip to Lublin
March 9, 1943 - Dachau - Visit to Dachau concentration camp
April 1(?), 1943 - Peenemünde - Visit to the rocket establishment at Peenemünde and meets the scientist in charge of the research and development of liquid-propellant rockets, Major-General Walter Dornberger
April 11, 1943 - Berchstesgaden - Himmler meets Guderian at Berchtesgaden. He opposes any integration of the new SS armoured divisions with the Army
August 24, 1943 - Berlin - Himmler joins the six-member Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich (a war cabinet)
August 25, 1943 - Berlin - Himmler takes over the post of Interior Minister, replacing Wilhelm Frick
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| Posen speech |
October 6, 1943 - Posen - Second speech to a gathering of SS leaders about the "ongoing extermination of the jews"
December 4, 1943 - Hochwaldt, East Prussia - Himmler receives Kersten at this HQ in East Prussia: "give me time. I can’t get rid of the Führer, to whom I owe everything"
March 26, 1944 - Berghof, Berchstesgaden - During a meeting with Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring and Wilhelm Keitel, Adolf Hitler receives a report about the mass escape from Stalag Luft III. In a bad mood, Hitler orders the fugitives to be summarily shot. Himmler and Göring try to persuade him from that decision, believing the killings would create an international outcry. In the end, they agree to a compromise: half of the allied officers would be shot
July 20, 1944 - Berchtesgaden - First daughter with Hedwig Potthast, Nanette-Dorothea, is born in Berchtesgaden
July 22, 1944 - Berlin - Himmler returns to Berlin after the failed attempt on Hitler's life and orders the execution of Claus von Stauffenberg and three of his co-conspirators
September 10, 1944 - Salzburg, Austria - Gives the Oak leaves decoration to tank ace Johannes Bölter
January 25, 1945 - Schneidemühl - Hitler appoints Himmler as commander of the Army Group Vistula - Himmler establishes his command centre at Schneidemühl
February 18, 1945 - Hohenlychen Sanatorium, 75km N. of Berlin - Himmler flees to the Hohenlychen Sanatorium
March 20, 1945 - While at Hohenlychen Sanatorium - Guderian convinces Hitler to remove Himmler from the command of Heeresgruppe (ArmyGroup) Vistula
March 21, 1945 - Outside the Reich Chancellery, Berlin - General Guderian tells Himmler: "The war can no longer be won...You must go with me to Hitler and urge him to arrange an armistice"
April 12, 1945 - Hohenlychen Sanatorium - Himmler meets swedish diplomat Folke Bernardotte
April 20, 1945 - Berlin - Hitler's 56th birthday. Himmler visits the Führer and swears unswerving loyaly to him. Breefing with Hitler and Göring. For the first time, Berlin is bombarded by soviet artillery
April 23, 1945 - Lübeck - Himmler meets directly with Folke Bernadotte at the Swedish consulate in Lübeck. Representing himself as the provisional leader of Germany, he claims that Hitler would be dead within the next few days. Hoping that the British and Americans would fight the Soviets alongside what remained of the Wehrmacht, Himmler asks Bernadotte to inform Eisenhower that Germany wishes to surrender to the Western Allies. Bernadotte asks Himmler to put his proposal in writing, and Himmler obliges
April 27, 1945 - Rheinsburg - Himmler, Dönitz, Jodl and Keitel meet at the Army High Command to discuss the war situation and the imminent fall of Berlin
April 28, 1945 - While in Lübeck - The BBC broadcasts a Reuters news report about Himmler's attempted negotiations with the western Allies
April 29, 1945 - While in Lübeck - Hitler writes his Last Will and Testament, declaring both Himmler and Göring to be traitors. He strips Himmler of all of his party and state offices and expels him from the Nazi Party. Hitler names Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor
April 30, 1945 - Lübeck | Plön - Dönitz confronts Himmler at his headquarters in Lübeck. Later the same day, after receiving a telegram from Bormann confirming Himmler's dismissal and Dönitz's appointment as Hitler's successor, Dönitz summons Himmler to Plön to tell him of Hitler's decision
May 2, 1945 - Lübeck - Himmler argues for a move of the Reich Government to Prague, which was the last major european capital in german hands, and closer to advancing american units. However, Dönitz decides to relocate to the Mürwik Naval Academy in Flensburg
May 6, 1945 - Flensburg - Letter from Dönitz dismissing him from all his posts
May 10, 1945 - Flensburg - Himmler decides to flee from Germany with 14 other disguised SS accomplices
May 11, 1945 - Friedrichskoog - Himmler heads south to Friedrichskoog with a small band of companions.
May 21, 1945 - Bremervörde - Himmler and two aides are stopped and detained at a checkpoint in Bremervörde set up by former soviet POWs
May 23, 1945 - Lüneburg - Heinrich Himmler is taken to the British 31st Civilian interrogation Camp near Lüneburg. After admitting who he is, Himmler is then taken to the headquarters of the Second British Army in Lüneburg. During a medical exam, he where he bites into a hidden potassium cyanide pill and collapses onto the floor, aged 44 =(END)
