10 Questions for Katrin Himmler (Time)

Fascinating, brief glimpse. This is from the '10 Questions' page of the magazine. ~ pinto

10 Questions for Katrin Himmler

You are the grandniece of Heinrich Himmler, the second most powerful Nazi and one of the biggest war criminals ever. What's it like to live with that?

It was always a very heavy burden in my family. But my father spoke about it very openly from the very beginning. I can't remember the first things we were told about it — we were so young — but I think I was 11 when I watched the movie Holocaust with my parents. That was shocking. I learned what (my great-uncle) was really responsible for. And then I started to read about it.

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