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and SS Documentary List Nazi Germany: Documentary Sources This list provides a detailed guide to many of the speeches Himmler gave between the years 1925 and 1945. Where possible we have included information that will allow researchers and students to locate these speeches. This information includes links to the relevant archives and sources in which a given speech may have been published. Part of this list was compiled using information provided in Bradley F. Smith and Agnes F Peterson (eds.), Heinrich Himmler: Geheimreden 1933 bis 1945 und andere Ansprachen (Berlin: Ullstein, 1974). Please note that this list is not comprehensive, meaning some speeches may not be included. To this date a well annotated compilation of the speeches of Heinrich Himmler does not exist, despite the fact that Himmler was the second most powerful man in Germany after Adolf Hitler. We hope that providing a guide like this will stimulate research into the speeches of Himmler, and perhaps the eventual publication of a much needed compilation. Lastly, concerning how to use this list. The documents listed at NARA - the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD - reside primarily in the Captured German Records Collection (RG 242). These records are on microfilm and can be found in the microfilm reading room of the National Archive. Archives and published collections that are referred to in this document:
Deutsches
Rundfunkarchiv [German Radio Archive], Frankfurt/Main & Babelsberg, Germany.
Online Guide to the Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv
1925-1926;
1931-1932; 1933-1934;
1935; 1936; 1937;
1938; 1939; 1940;
1941; 1942; 1943;
1944-1945; September
9,
1925. Plattling, Germany. Address to Local Group of the NSDAP
October 13,
1926.
Berlin, Germany. Audience Unknown.
April 13,
1931.
Location unknown. Speech to Conference of SS Leaders.
June 13-14,
1931. Berlin, Germany. Audience unknown - "Zweck und Ziel
der SS: Verhaeltnis zwischen SS, SA und politische Gliderungen."
October 1932.
Germany. Electoral Radio Address.
June 11, 1933.
Frankfurt am Main. SS Leadership Conference.
1934?
Location unknown. Audience unknown.
October 11,
1934. Germany. Officials and Employees of the Gestapo.
January 19,
1935. Breslau, Germany. Leadership Conference of the SS Higher
Administrative Section South-East. April 3, 1935. Location unknown. Audience unknown. "Der Politische Soldat und das tausendjährige Reich." Published in Das Schwarze Korps, April 1935. Available at the library of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
November
8, 1935.
München(?), Germany. Speech to Conference of SS-Gruppenführer.
November 12, 1935.
Goslar, Germany. Speech on Reich Farmer's Day (Reichbauerntag) (This text is actually dated November 15, 1935. However, it corresponds with the text of the speech Himmler gave in Goslar. See the typed and corrected copy submitted at Nuremberg as Nuremberg Document Frames 1918-PS. See IMT Documents Online (Collection may be incomplete). This speech was also printed in Axel Friedrichs, Deutschlands Weg zur Freiheit, 1935 (Berlin: Junker und Dünnhaupt, 1937). Library of Congress call number DD 253 .A1 D6 Bd. 3.
December 13, 1935. Location unknown. Audience unknown. Speech given at Christmas celebration (Julfeuer)? (Notes) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 89, Frames 1495-97
1935/1936?
Dresden, Germany? Speech to Officers of the Police?
March 3, 1936. Berlin, Germany. Speech before the Prussian State Council (Typed, with Himmler's handwritten corrections) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 89, Frames 1609-1707 (Printed copy) NARA, RG 242, T-580, Roll 37, Ordner 237A.
April 2, 1936.
Location unknown. Wedding ceremony of
SS-Sturmbannführer
Deutsch
May 19, 1936.
Location unknown. Burial of Julius Schreck
May 22, 1936. auf dem Brocken, Germany. Speech to Hitler Youth Leaders. (Text, no annotations) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 89, Frames 1557-1594. (Photocopy) NARA, RG 242, T-580, Roll 37, Ordner 238 A.
July 2, 1936. Quedlinberg, Germany. Speech commemorating the 1000th year anniversary of the birth of King Heinrich I. (Typed Copy, with Himmler's Handwritten Corrections) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 89, Frames 1804-1821. (Himmler's personal speaking manuscript) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 89, Frames 1795-1803. (Photocopy) NARA, RG 242, T-580, Roll 37, Ordner 238 A. Reprinted in Rede des Reichsführers-SS im Dom Quedlinburg (Berlin: Nordland Verlag, 1936). Reprinted in full in Das Schwarze Korps, July 1936. Available at the library of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Library of Congress, call number DD 138.H5.
November
8, 1936. Dachau, Germany. Speech at SS-Gruppenführer Conference
(Photocopy)
NARA,
RG 242, T-580, Roll 37, Ordner 238 A.
January 1937. Location unknown. Speech to officers of the Wehrmacht "Wesen und Aufgabe der SS und Polizei."
(Printed copy)
Document
1992(A)-PS.
Trials of the
Major War Criminals (Nuremberg: International Military Tribunal,1947), Vol.
XXIX, pp. 206-234.
Click here for online edition of English translation.
January 15, 1937. Germany. Radion address "Day of the German Police" (Tag der deutschen Polizei)
(Text, no
annotations)
NARA,
RG 242,
T-175, Roll 89,
Frames 2029-2035
(Complete Audio Recording) Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv »Petelers Audio-Lehrhilfen« TDR, C-2, Seite 16.
January
27-28, 1937. Location unknown. Audience unknown.
February 18, 1937. Bad Tölz, Germany.
Speech at SS-Gruppenführer Conference.
March 4,
1937. Location unknown. Marriage ceremony of Obersturmführer
Schallermeier
March 20,
1937. Dresden, Germany. Speech to Leaders of SS Higher
Administrative Section Elbe
May 1,
l937. Berlin, Germany. Audience unknown.
June 15,
1937. Location unknown. Consultation Session with the Permanent
Expert Advisory Council for Population and Racial Policy.
November 8,
1937. München, Germany. Speech at SS-Gruppenführer Conference
1925-1926;
1931-1932; 1933-1934;
1935; 1936; 1937;
1938; 1939; 1940;
1941; 1942; 1943;
1944-1945;
1938. Alt Rehse, Germany. Speech for Reich Labor Day (Reichsarbeitstag) (Text, no annotations) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 90, Frames 2377-2382
March 11,
1938. Bad Tölz, Germany. Speech at the SS Training Facility
(SS-Junkerschule)
March 23,
1938. Vienna, Austria. Radio Address
June 18, 1938.
Hamburg, Germany. Speech before the Organization of Germans Abroad(?)
July 3, 1938.
Ahrenshoop, Germany. Speech before the Students of the Eighth Class of the
National Political Training Institute (NAPOLA)
August 1938. Berlin, Germany.
Audience unknown.
September 2,
1938. Stuttgart, Germany. Speech before the Annual Conference of
the Organization of Germans Abroad (Auslandsorganisation)
November 8,
1938. München, Germany. Speech to Conference of SS-Gruppenführer
at the Führerheim
of the SS-Standarte Deutschland.
December
11, 1938. Eisenstadt, Germany. Speech to Assembled SS Units.
December 11,
1938. Znaim, Germany. Speech to the men of SS-Standarte 99 .
1939?
Location unknown.
Speech to Police
Officers?
1939?
Vienna, Austria. Audience unknown.
January 14,
1939. Braunschweig, Germany. Speech before the Conference of SS
and Police Officers of SS Higher Command Section Center (SS-Oberabschnitt Mitte)
January 23-25,
1939. Berlin, Germany. Speech before the Annual Conference of
SS-Gruppenführer.
January 29,
1939. Location unknown. Radio Address for the "Day of the German
Police"
(Tag der deutschen Polizei)
February 12, 1939. Kassel, Germany. Speech to the Personnel of
SS Higher Command Section Fulda-Werra (SS-Oberabschnitt Fulda-Werra)
February 16,
1939. Stettin, Germany. Speech before the Police Officers of
Stettin.
February 26 or 27, 1939. Wiesbaden, Germany. Speeches to the
Commanders of SS Higher Command Section Rhine (SS-Oberabschnitt Rhein)
March 5,
1939. Hamburg, Germany. Speech to the Conference of SS Leaders
of SS Higher Command Section Northwest (SS-Oberabschnitt
Nordwest)
March 28,
1939. Salzburg, Austria. Speech to the Conference of SS Leaders
of SS Higher Command Section Danube (SS-Oberabschnitt Donau) (For a list of eight speeches Himmler was scheduled to give before local SS and Police organizations in March 1939, but for which there are no records, see NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 148, Frames 6648-6649)
April 25,
1939? Location unknown. Speech given as part of a course for
regimental commanders.
April 27,
1939. Location unknown. Speech for "Day of German Communities"
(Deutscher Gemeindetag) June
18, 1939. Essen, Germany. Speech at the Monument for the Fallen
of the Nazi Movement.
June 27,
1939. Kassel, Germany.
Audience unknown.
February 29,
1940. Berlin, Germany. Speech to the Gauleiters and
Functionaries of the NSDAP
March 13, 1940. Koblenz,
Germany. Speech to Assembly of German Generals. (Printed Copy) K.J. Müller, "Zu Vorgeschichte und Inhalt der Rede Himmlers vor der Höheren Generalität am 13. März 1940 in Koblenz" in Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte,18 (1970), pp. 95-120) See Institute für Zeitgeschichte
March 27,
1940. Essen, Germany. Speech to Assembly of Luftwaffe officers?
April 5,
1940. Essen, Germany. Audience unknown. August 21, 1940. München, Germany. Speech to the SS-Standarte Westland
(Text, no
annotations)
NARA,
RG 242,
T-175, Roll 90,
Frames 2652-2658
September 9,
1940. Metz, France. Speech to the Officers of the
SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler.
(Typed
Copy, with Himmler's Handwritten Corrections)
NARA,
RG 242,
T-175, Roll 90,
Frames 2644-2646 (Printed Copy) IMT, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression "Red Series" (Washington, 1946), Volume 4.
October 14,
1940. St. Annaberg, Germany. Speech to the Hiking Club of
Buchenland.
November 28,
1940. Location unknown. Speech to Annual Conference of District
Leaders of the NSDAP (Kreisleitertagung)
(It is unclear
if this is actually a speech given by Himmler, despite its presence in the
records)
December 10,
1940. Berlin, Germany. Speech to Assembly of Reichs- und
Gauleiter.
December 12 or 13, 1940? Apeldoorn, Holland. Speech to the Officers of the SS Fifth Division "Deutschland". (Incomplete Audio Recording) NARA, Tape 242-187, 242-188, 242-191, and 242-227
(Notes)
NARA,
RG 242,
T-580. Roll 37,
Ordner 238
A
December 18,
1940. Berlin, Germany. Speech to Conference of Waffen SS
Commanders. 1925-1926; 1931-1932; 1933-1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944-1945; No Date, No Location
January 17,
1941. Location unknown. Speech to Meeting of Gendarmerie
Commanders.
January 30,
1941. Vinderen Hippodrome, Oslo, Norway. Speech to the
SS-Standarte "Nordland".
February 9,
1941. Sonthofen, Germany. Speech at Meeting of SS Leaders
(SS-Führerbesprechung)
March 2,
1941. Breslau, Germany. Speech to the Germans of the Buchenland
(Buchenlanddeutsche) (Meeting Program) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 90, Frame 2609 (Photocopy) NARA, RG 242, T-580, Roll 37, Ordner 238 A
July 13, 1941.
Stettin, Germany. Speech to the Replacements for Kampfgruppe Nord
(Ersatzmannschaft)
July 13, 1941.
Stettin, Germany. Speech to the SS Commanders of Kampfgruppe Nord
May 17, 1942.
The Hague, Netherlands. Swearing in Ceremony of the Dutch SS.
June 9,
1942.
Berlin, Germany. Memorial Service for Reinhard Heydrich
June 9,
1942.
"Haus der Flieger," Berlin, Germany. Speech before SS Higher Section
Commanders and Headquarters Chiefs.
June 19,
1942.
Location unknown. Speech to the Commanders and Officers of the "Das Reich"
SS Division
September 16,
1942. Zhitomir (Hegewald), Ukraine. Speech before Meeting of SS
and Police Leaders in the Ukraine
November 23,
1942. Bad Tölz, Germany.
Speech at the SS-Junkerschule.
January
18, 1943. Location unknown. Speech before the Leaders of the
WE-Lager of the Hitler Youth.
April 24,
1943. Kharkov, Ukraine. Speech to Meeting of SS Commanders in
Kharkov (Kommandeurbesprechung der SS-Korps)
May 27,
1943. Bad Tölz. Speech at the SS-Training Facility
(SS-Junkerschule).
June 10, 1943. Poznan, Poland. Speech before Reichleaders and Gauleiters. (Printed Copy) Bradley F. Smith and Agnes F. Peterson (eds.), Heinrich Himmler: Geheimreden 1933 bis 1945 und andere Ansprachen (Berlin: Ullstein, 1974), pp. 162-183.
August 26, 1943.
Location unknown. Speech to the Civil Servants of the Reich Interior
Ministry
September 28,
1943. "Heidelager," Estonia. Speech to the Officers of the
Estonian SS Brigade.
October
4, 1943. Poznan (Posen), Poland. Speech before Annual Meeting of
SS-Gruppenführer. (Printed Copy) Nuremberg Document 1919-PS, see IMT, Trials of the Major War Criminals "Blue Series," (Nuremberg, 1947), Volume XXIX, pp. 110-173. IMT Documents Online (Collection may be incomplete). (Excerpted Copy) The Nizkor Project (Excerpted Copy) Steven Lehrer The complete text of this speech printed in the Nuremberg Document collection "Blue Series" is available only in German. The English translation in the "Blue Series" is only excerpted statements taken from the speech. In addition, with only a single exception, the versions of this document that are posted online all are excerpts.
October 6, 1943. Poznan (Posen), Poland. Speech before Meeting of Gauleiter.
(Notes)
NARA,
RG 242, T-175, Roll
85, Frames 0233-0242, 0228-2232
October 14,
1943.
Bad Schachen, Germany. Speech to Wehrmacht Commanders.
October 24,
1943.
Poznan (Posen), Poland. Speech Commemorating the "Day of Freedom" (Tag der
Freiheit)
November 18,
1943.
Krakow, Poland. Speech to SS Leaders and Officials from the
Generalgouvernement.
November 19,
1943.
Breslau, Germany. Speech to the Commanders of the Waffen-SS.
December 4,
1943. Weimar, Germany.
Speech to the German Press.
December 12,
1943.
Hochwald, Germany. Comments to Himmler's Immediate Circle of Friends
(Freundeskreis der Reichsführer-SS)
December 15, 1943. Poznan
(Posen), Poland. Speech before Meeting of Order Police Commanders and
Police Presidents (Befehlshaber der
Ordnungspolizei
und Polizeipräsidenten)
December 16,
1943.
Weimar, Germany. Speech to Commanders of the German Navy.
1925-1926; 1931-1932; 1933-1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944-1945; No Date, No Location
January 11,
1944.
Neuhammer, Germany. Speech
to the Commander of the
13.
SS-Gebirgsdivision (Kroatien).
January 20,
1944.
Königsberg, Germany. Speech before Commanders of the Security Police.
January 26,
1944.
Poznan (Posen), Poland. Speech before Generals at the Front.
February 1,
1944.
Holland.
Speech to Leaders of the Dutch SS.
February 2,
1944.
Heythausen, Germany? Speech to the Leadership of the
SS-Panzerdivision
Hitlerjugend.
February 13,
1944.
Poznan (Posen), Poland. Speech to Oberbürgermeister
und
Landeshauptmänner.
February 13,
1944. Poznan (Posen),
Poland. Comments prior to the Lecture of Reichsleiter Fiehler (RFSS zum
Vortrag des Reichsleiters Fiehler)
February 13,
1944.
Poznan (Posen), Poland.
Comments prior to the Lecture of
Oberbürgermeister
Krogmann of Hamburg (RFSS
zum
Vortrag des Oberbürgermeister
Krogmann,
Hamburg)
February 13,
1944.
Poznan (Posen),
Poland. Comments prior to
the Lecture of
Dr. Kreissel
(RFSS zum Vortrag des
Gauhauptmanns
SS-Brigadeführer Dr.
Kreissel)
February 28,
1944.
Berlin, Germany. Speech to NSDAP Propaganda Leaders.
April
10,
1944.
Tanarts, Germany. Speech to the Men of the 17. SS-Grenadier Division "Götz
von Berlichingen".
April 11,
1944.
Montauban, France. Speech to Men of SS-Division
"Das
Reich"
May 5, 1944. Sonthofen, Germany. Speech at the SS Ordensburg Sonthofen (Generale)
(Notes)
NARA,
RG 242, T-175, Roll
92, Frames 3538-3545 (Incomplete Audio Recording) NARA, Tape 242-210
May 15, 1944.
Salzburg, Austria. Speech at Annual Meeting of Abwehr and SD Officials.
(Incomplete Audio Recording) NARA, Tape 242-228 (Conference Program) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 113, Frames 8069-8070
May 16, 1944.
Neuhammer, Germany. Speech to the Officer Corps of the Galician SS
Volunteer Infantry Division.
May 24, 1944.
Sonthofen, Germany. Speech at the SS Ordensburg Sonthofen (Generäle)
(Typed Copy, with Himmler's Handwritten Corrections) NARA, RG 242, T-175, Roll 145, Frames 3270-3293
(Final
Copy for the SS Archive)
NARA,
RG 242, T-175, Roll 94, Frames 4609-4646,
May 25, 1944.
Kochem, Germany. Speech to German Jurists (Vertreter der deutschen Justiz)
(Photocopy) NARA, RG 242, T-580, Roll 38, Ordner 238 B
June 21,
1944. Sonthofen, Germany. Speech at the SS Ordensburg Sonthofen
(Generäle)
July 3 or 4,
1944. Merseburg, Germany. Introductory Comments for the
President? (Einführung des Oberpräsidenten)
July 21,
1944. Location unknown. Speech to Officers from the Office of
Military Armament, Commanders of the Replacement Army, and the Army
Headquarters.
July 25, 1944. Grafenwöhr, Germany. Speech to the Officers of
the 544th Volksgrenadier Infantry Division
July 26, 1944. Bitsch, Germany. Speech to the Officers of the
545th
Volksgrenadier Infantry
Division.
July 27, 1944. Münsingen, Germany. Speech to the Officers of
the 543rd and 547th
Volksgrenadier Infantry Divisions.
July 29, 1944. Location unknown. Speech to National Socialist
Leadership Officers.
August
2, 1944. Hirschberg, Germany. Speech to Officers of the German
General Staff.
August 3, 1944. Poznan (Posen), Poland. Speech to Reichs- and
Gauleiter. (Incomplete Audio Recording) Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, Tb 52-8928 »Petelers Audio-Lehrhilfen« TDR J-1, Seite 16
August 7, 1944. Königsberg, Germany. Speech to the Officer
Corps?
August 13, 1944. Dorn, Germany. Speech to the Officers of Two
Volksgrenadier Divisions.
August
25, 1944. Jägerhöhe, Germany. Speech to National Socialist
Leadership Officers.
August 29, 1944. Location unknown. Speech to Officers of a
Volksgrenadier Division.
September 5, 1944. Wiesbaden, Germany.
Speech to
National Socialist Leadership Officers.
September 21, 1944. Jägerhöhe, Germany. Speech to Army
District Commanders and Commanders of Military Training Schools.
(Text,
no annotations)
NARA,
RG 242,
T-84,
Roll
75, Frames 4164-4185
October 10, 1944. East Prussia, Germany. Speech to Members of
the Volkssturm.
November 3,
1944. Klein Berkel,
Germany. Speech to Representatives of the Party, Armed Forces, and
Industry.
November 5,
1944. Poznan (Posen), Poland. Speech for the Fifth Anniversary
of the Incorporation of the Warthegau.
November 8,
1944. Location unknown.
Hitler's
Proclamation to the Volkssturm (read by
Himmler)
December 25,
1944. Gebweiler, Germany. Speech to SS Commanders of
Heeresgruppe Oberrhein? (Kommandeurbesprechung Heeresgruppe Oberrhein?)
January 3,
1945. Sassbachwalden, Germany. Speech to SS Commanders of
Heeresgruppe Oberrhein (Kommandeure Heeresgruppe Oberrhein?)
Speech Comemorating the Opening
of the Exhibition
"Der Lebensraum im
germanischen
Brauchtum" |