Hugh Thomas (3) (1935–)

On 22 May 1945, in the immediate aftermath of World War Il, the Allies celebrated the capture of the most important member of the Nazi hierarchy, Reichsfiihrer Heinrich Himmler. The SS leader was arrested and interrogated but committed suicide in Allied custody by taking poison from a capsule concealed in his mouth. Then he was buried at a secret site on Liineberg Heath. But Himmler did not rest in peace, if Himmler it was who was buried there. Months later the British disinterred, re-examined and cremated his body. Yet in 1946 MI6's most talented, if treacherous, agent, Kim Philby, was stili not convinced that the story of Himmler's death made any sense at all. Philby realised that a man of Himmler's organisational genius, a plotter of great intricacy and sophistication who recognised Germany's inevitable defeat as early as 1943, was unlikely to have just blundered into the arms of the Allies. What had happened? Hugh Thomas set out to answer Philby's question and has uncovered a maze of corruption, high finance, political gambles and international intrigue. SSl unearths not just
Himmler's grave, but reveals secrets that have long remained buried and shadowy figures who would rather they
had stayed that way.… (más)