Quotes by Heinrich Himmler

About Heinrich Himmler:

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Germany. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler briefly appointed him a military commander and later Commander of the Replacement (Home) Army and General Plenipotentiary for the administration of the entire Third Reich (Generalbevollmächtigter für die Verwaltung). Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and one of the people most directly responsible for the Holocaust.
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The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear.

Heinrich Himmler

Now it is just this world we like the best, the Germanic world, the world of Nordic life.

Heinrich Himmler

All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of years fate has given us, from among the Germanic peoples, such a genius, a leader, our Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, and you should be happy to be allowed...

Heinrich Himmler

The decision, therefore, lies here in the East; here must the Russian enemy, this people numbering two hundred million Russians, be destroyed on the battle field and person by person, and made to bleed to death .

Heinrich Himmler

I would like to give it a name: it is the great fortress of Europe.

Heinrich Himmler

Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State.

Heinrich Himmler

One thing is certain: wherever the enemy lands, if once we can get to grips with him on the Continent, where we are not dependent on supplies from overseas, that ought to be, and will be, all right with us.

Heinrich Himmler

Perhaps we shall also have to hold in check other coloured peoples who will soon be in their certain prime, and thus preserve the world, which is the world of our blood, of our children and of our grandchildren.

Heinrich Himmler

The fortress of Europe with its frontiers must be held and will be held too, as long as is necessary.

Heinrich Himmler

The only thing that matters is that we stand firm.

Heinrich Himmler

These clashes are the only evolu-tionary possibility which will enable us one day, now that Fate has given us the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, to create the Germanic Reich.

Heinrich Himmler

Today, Germany is on the borders of Europe everywhere.

Heinrich Himmler

We have only one task, to stand firm and carry on the racial struggle without mercy.

Heinrich Himmler

We know that these clashes with Asia and Jewry are necessary for evolution.

Heinrich Himmler

We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so.

Heinrich Himmler

My honor is my loyalty.

Heinrich Himmler

It will undoubtedly happen, that the enemy will make the attempt, today, tomorrow or the next day, at some time, to break into this fortress of Europe at one point or another. That will undoubtedly be the case.

Heinrich Himmler

I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted t...

Heinrich Himmler

Author Bio

  • NameHeinrich Himmler
  • DescriptionNazi officer, Commander of the SS
  • BornOctober 7, 1900
  • DiedMay 23, 1945
  • CountryGerman Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
  • ProfessionPolitician