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Revision as of 12:45, 21 November 2014
- "I could not help overhearing what you said to the Führer."
"Herr Himmler... Head of the S.S...."
"We should talk." - ―Heinrich Himmler and Johann Schmidt[src]
Heinrich Himmler was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel before and during World War II.
Biography
- "Herr Himmler shares my interest in the old ways. And the Schutzstaffel is more than happy to oblige."
- ―Johann Schmidt[src]
In 1934, Himmler attended the Deutsches Operhaus in Berlin, where he overheard a conversation between the German dictator Adolf Hitler and Johann Schmidt, a German physicist who revealed the Führer his theory that Norse gods and their magic could be more than myth. Hitler was intrigued by Schmidt's ideas, but Hitler's associate Ernst Kaufmann, head of the Sturmabteilung's (SA) special weapons division, was less impressed.[1]
Himmler later saw how violently Kaufmann rejected Schmidt's offer to conduct his research in Kaufmann's unit. When Kaufmann and his men left the scene, Himmler approached Schmidt and recruited him into his Schutzstaffel. Later, during the "Night of the Long Knives", Himmler allowed Schmidt to personally kill Kaufmann.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Captain America: First Vengeance, Volume 2
