Heinrich Himmler, Born 1900: Prominent leader of the Nazi Party.
He was the second most powerful man in Germany, and almost entirely responsible for the holocaust. One evil, evil, motherfurher.
He joined the Nazi party in 1923, the SS in 1925, and by 1929 he was running it. Over the next 16 years he took it from a 290 man rag tag gang, to a million strong paramilitary army of hate.
His organisational skills are the main reason he was given the task of exterminating the Jewish population as quickly, efficiently, and brutally as possible. To my mind he was worse than Hitler, he was the one who directed the day to day slaughter of innocent people, and he enjoyed it.
After evicting a wealthy Jewish family, he decided that he actually quite like their lake side palace, so he took it. Simple as that.
The Explore:
It all looks innocent enough, and our explore started with an extremely pedestrian drive down a nice country lane. The only tell tale sign that something was slightly afoot was the guardroom at the bottom of the drive. It was huge. A normal guard room houses what, up to 30 men if you were expecting something? This must be ten times that.
Once past the guard house, normal country lane service is resumed. The dappled light through the trees flashed pleasantly on my face, and the warm breeze through the passenger window blew through my hair. I closed my eyes and everything changed. I could just feel hate. Eighty years ago, Hitler would have bounced up this very driveway to discuss how they could best carry out the atrocities, probably over a 16 course banquet. I felt cold. I felt sick.
We parked up to make the last bit on foot, I could see the shadow of the house through the trees. I rounded the corner and what I saw next shocked me more than anything that had gone through my mind on the driveway….
A couple were having their wedding photos done in front of the house.
I was genuinely speechless. I can only assume they have no idea whatsoever of the house, and just thought it was somewhere cool to have their pics done. Seriously.
The house is understandably secure, so it’s just externals. To be honest I had no desire to go in.
I noticed the balustrading had been replaced with a pattern incorporating a “H H” emblem:
There were some other buildings around the site, commercial kitchen, coal store (made to look like a cave) and even a pavilion housing a bowling alley (Who knew?).
Commercial Kitchen
Normally after visiting a site there’s an air of jubilation and accomplishment in the car. The car was silent as it slowly bobbed back down the driveway. I was just glad to be getting onto the next location.
Thanks for looking.
He was the second most powerful man in Germany, and almost entirely responsible for the holocaust. One evil, evil, motherfurher.
He joined the Nazi party in 1923, the SS in 1925, and by 1929 he was running it. Over the next 16 years he took it from a 290 man rag tag gang, to a million strong paramilitary army of hate.
His organisational skills are the main reason he was given the task of exterminating the Jewish population as quickly, efficiently, and brutally as possible. To my mind he was worse than Hitler, he was the one who directed the day to day slaughter of innocent people, and he enjoyed it.
After evicting a wealthy Jewish family, he decided that he actually quite like their lake side palace, so he took it. Simple as that.
The Explore:
It all looks innocent enough, and our explore started with an extremely pedestrian drive down a nice country lane. The only tell tale sign that something was slightly afoot was the guardroom at the bottom of the drive. It was huge. A normal guard room houses what, up to 30 men if you were expecting something? This must be ten times that.
Once past the guard house, normal country lane service is resumed. The dappled light through the trees flashed pleasantly on my face, and the warm breeze through the passenger window blew through my hair. I closed my eyes and everything changed. I could just feel hate. Eighty years ago, Hitler would have bounced up this very driveway to discuss how they could best carry out the atrocities, probably over a 16 course banquet. I felt cold. I felt sick.
We parked up to make the last bit on foot, I could see the shadow of the house through the trees. I rounded the corner and what I saw next shocked me more than anything that had gone through my mind on the driveway….
A couple were having their wedding photos done in front of the house.
I was genuinely speechless. I can only assume they have no idea whatsoever of the house, and just thought it was somewhere cool to have their pics done. Seriously.
The house is understandably secure, so it’s just externals. To be honest I had no desire to go in.
I noticed the balustrading had been replaced with a pattern incorporating a “H H” emblem:
There were some other buildings around the site, commercial kitchen, coal store (made to look like a cave) and even a pavilion housing a bowling alley (Who knew?).
Commercial Kitchen
Normally after visiting a site there’s an air of jubilation and accomplishment in the car. The car was silent as it slowly bobbed back down the driveway. I was just glad to be getting onto the next location.
Thanks for looking.
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