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German newspaper publishes Nazi Heinrich Himmler’s photos, letters

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Himmler
A photo of Himmler with his wife Marga, back right, his daughter Gudrun, front center, his son Gerhard, front right, and a friend of Gudrun, front left, in 1935, was published in Die Welt. AP Photo/Die Welt
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Germany Himmler
These letters are believed to be written by Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler, which have not been seen by the public. AP Photo/Die Welt
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A photo of Heinrich Himmler during a Naval ship tour in northern Germany was released as part of a trove of letters, notes and photos that were being held by an Israeli family and published by Die Welt.
A photo of Heinrich Himmler during a Naval ship tour in northern Germany was released as part of a trove of letters, notes and photos that were being held by an Israeli family and published by Die Welt. AP/Realworks Ltd./DIE WELT
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Germany Himmler Letters
A file photos shows Adolf Hitler, left, shaking hands with German Interior Minister and head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, in Germany in 1944. AP
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Germany Himmler Letters
A file photo shows Marga Himmler, center, as she reads over papers with her daughter Gudrun, right, and Louise Cuyon-Witzschel, who was secretary at the S.S. headquarters in Italy, at Nuremberg, Germany, where they are waiting to testify in the trial of major Nazi war criminals. AP