Heinrich Himmler : A Life (134 page)

127
. Ibid. no. 62, read 26–30 September 1920, and no. 72, read 14/15 December 1920.

128
. Ibid. no. 53,
Kampf und Tod Karls XII.
(Munich, 1917), read 16 August 1920.

129
. Ibid. no. 90, read 23–6 May 1921.

130
. Ibid. no. 67, read 1–12 December 1920.

131
. Ibid. no. 92, read 20 June–5 July 1921.

132
. Ibid. no. 75, Heinrich Schierbaum,
Reden der Nationalversammlung zu Frankfurt a. Main
(Leipzig, 1914).

133
. Ibid. no. 58, Christian Meyer,
Zur Erhebung Deutschlands 1813 bis 1814
(Munich, 1915), read 24–30 August 1920.

134
. Ibid. no. 57, Julius Haupt,
Die deutsche Insel. Ein Gedenkbuch kriegsgefangener Offiziere
(Munich, 1920), read 25–8 August 1920.

135
. Ibid. no. 77,
Wider Kaiser und Reich
(Munich, 1909), read 15–23 January 1921.

136
. Ibid. no. 78,
Bankrott. Historischer Roman
(Munich, 1908), read 9–11 February 1921.

137
. Ibid. no. 70,
Der Teufel in der Schule. Volkserzählung
(Munich, 1908), read 20–1 December 1920, and no. 71,
Die Sünde wider den Heiligen Geist
(Munich, 1908), read 22–3 December 1920.

138
. The change of location can be gathered from his correspondence with his parents (BAK, NL 1126/12); in NL 1126/1 there is a copy of the reference given him by the agricultural machinery factory, Vereinigte Fabriken; cf. also Smith,
Himmler
, 148.

1
. BAK, NL 1126/3, the address is clear from the various documents in the same file (among other things the membership card of the veterans’ association of the Munich Technical University (Technische Hochschule)); Smith,
Himmler
, 149.

2
. Ibid. 149 f.

3
. TB, e.g. 12, 15, and 20 January, 13 February, 3 March, 30 May, 20 and 27 June 1922.

4
. BAK, NL 1126/12, e.g. 21 November and 9 December 1921, and 20 January, 3 and 13 February, and 3 March 1922.

5
. TB, 16 January 1922.

6
. BAK, NL 1126/12, e.g. 2 November 1921 and 1 February 1922.

7
. Ibid. 2 November 1921, and 20 January, 21 February 1922.

8
. TB, e.g. 1, 6, and 20 November 1921, and 22 January, 5, 12 February, 26 March, 28 May, 15 and 29 June 1922.

9
. TB, among others 1, 2, 4, 5, 18, 27, and 30 November 1921, and 12, 14 January and 26 March 1922; such examples are also mentioned in letters to his parents, e.g. in BAK, NL 1126/12, 2 November 1921 and 20 January 1922.

10
. TB, 9 November 1921.

11
. TB, 17, 18, and 21 November and 6 December 1921, and 13, 14, and 30 January, 28 February, 16 and 17 June 1922; Smith,
Himmler
, 151 f.

12
. TB, among others 26 November 1921, and 11, 16, 18, 22, and 23 February, 1 and 28 June, and 4 July 1922. On his involvement in the relationship during his second stay in Munich see also Smith,
Himmler
, 152.

13
. TB, 15 and 22 January, 11 and 26 February 1922.

14
. TB, 19 and 26 November 1921, and 20 February and 17 June 1922.

15
. Thus on a trip to a meeting of the fraternity in Nuremberg he stayed with a fellow member and accepted medical assistance from another (TB, 21 June 1922).

16
. TB, 11 November 1921.

17
. TB, 2 February 1922.

18
. TB, 24 February 1922.

19
. TB, 4 July 1922.

20
. In 1922 he was registered as a member of the war veterans’ organization of the Munich Technical University, of the German Touring Club, as well as of the German Agricultural Society (BAK, NL 1126/3); he took part in a meeting of the Alpine Club on 30 January 1922 (TB), he was admitted into the Officers’ Association on 10 February 1922 (ibid.). On his membership of associations see also Smith,
Himmler
, 151.

21
. 21 TB, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, and 28 November, 2 and 7 December 1921, and 30 January, 13 and 18 February, and 29 May 1922. On the dances see TB, 8, 9, and 11 November 1921, and 31 January, 5, 17, 18, 27, and 28 February 1922; Smith,
Himmler
, 151 f.

22
. TB, 14 February and 6 June 1922.

23
. Thus on 1 July 1922, ‘chatted the time away’ with Alphons. On further lengthy conversations with friends and acquaintances see TB, 4 and 9 November 1921, and 22 February, 4 and 25 March 1922; Smith,
Himmler
, 150 f.

24
. TB, 11 and 17 February 1922. There are similar descriptions in the entries for 26 January, 10 and 27 February 1922.

25
. TB, 18 February 1922.

26
. TB, 21 June 1922.

27
. TB, 15 and 17 January, 14 and 28 February 1922.

28
. TB, 5 February 1922.

29
. TB, 1 March 1922.

30
. TB, 28 June, also 30 June and 1 July 1922.

31
. TB, 6 March 1922.

32
. TB, 1 July 1922.

33
. TB, 22 January 1922.

34
. TB, 6 June 1922.

35
. TB, 19 February 1922.

36
. TB, 25 February 1922.

37
. TB, 7 November 1922.

38
. TB, 26 May 1922.

39
. TB, 27 May 1922.

40
. TB, 4 March 1922.

41
. Leseliste, no. 115.

42
. Klaus Theweleit,
Männerphantasien
(Munich and Zurich, 2000) (1st edn, 2 vols., Frankfurt a. M, 1977–8), 59.

43
. Ibid. 131.

44
. TB, 15 January 1922.

45
. TB, 19 November 1921. There are also general references to emigration plans in the entry for 14 January 1922.

46
. TB, 22 November 1922.

47
. TB, 23 November 1922.

48
. TB, 25 January 1922.

49
. TB, 27 March 1922.

50
. TB, 1 December 1921.

51
. TB, 26 January 1922.

52
. TB, 4 February 1922.

53
. TB, 21 February 1922. Similar self-criticism can be found in the entries for 13 and 18 November, as well as for 4 December 1921; see also Smith,
Himmler
, 158.

54
. TB, 27 February 1922.

55
. TB, 18 November 1921.

56
. TB, 27 November 1921.

57
. TB, 5 February 1922.

58
. TB, 17 February 1922.

59
. TB, 27 May 1922.

60
. TB, 4 and 18 February 1922 concerning stomach problems. On 2 March 1922 he writes: ‘Had to drink a whole glass of beer in one go. Hugo, the new Senior, did not know that I had been given permission not to drink beer.’ On the following day he noted: ‘terrible stomach ache.’

61
. TB, 28 January 1922.

62
. TB, 8 June 1922.

63
. Ibid.

64
. TB, 24 November 1921.

65
. TB, 7 December 1921. On the quarrel with Käthe see also the entries for 10 November and 7 December 1921, as well as for 16, 17, and 18 January and 22 February 1922.

66
. TB, 5 March 1922.

67
. TB, 30 June 1922.

68
. TB, 7 June 1922.

69
. TB, 8 and 25 June, and 5 July 1922.

70
. TB, 6 June 1922. Meister was quoting here from Emmanuel Geibel’s ‘Fahnentreu’, written in 1850; see Smith,
Himmler
, 167.

71
. TB, 21 February 1922.

72
. TB, 18 January 1922.

73
. TB, 21 February 1922.

74
. TB, 23 February 1922.

75
. BAK, NL 1126/1, letter to the examination board of the Department of Agriculture of the Munich Technical University and the board’s positive reply dated 3 June 1921. See also NL 1126/12, letters to his parents concerning exams that he was taking during his practical training in Munich (e.g. 6 February and 7 March 1921).

76
. TB, 13 June 1922.

77
. TB, 23 March 1922, as well as the following days. There are no diary entries for the period between 28 March and 26 May 1922.

78
. TB, 30 May, 8, 14, and 30 June, as well as 2 July 1922.

79
. TB, 15 June 1922: ‘Father: Afterwards 10 o’clock in the Augustinerkeller. Talked politics. About women, love, life, particularly nowadays, about esoteric knowledge, about patriotic activities, talked to Gebhard and Paula etc. till 12 o’clock, enjoyed ourselves very much. Home again.’

80
. TB, 4 Feb, 1922. Hugo Stinnes (1870–1924), who was not in fact a Jew, was one of the most influential businessmen during the post-war period.

81
. TB, 4 March 1922. On the anti-Semitic entries in the diary see also Smith,
Himmler
, 165.

82
. Leseliste no. 106, read 25 December 1921–5 January 1922. ‘A book that really makes one scared and that, by providing evidence, once again clearly shows what one suspects is going on but is always forgetting about. A marvellous collection of material.’

83
. Ibid. no. 107, read 11 February 1922.

84
. TB, 22 June 1922.

85
. TB, 3 July 1922.

86
. TB, 12 January 1922.

87
. TB, 9 June 1922.

88
. On the conflict between Bavaria and the Reich see Ernst Rudolf Huber,
Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichteseit 1789
, vol. 7:
Ausbau, Schutz und Untergang der Weimarer Republik
(Stuttgart, etc., 1984), 249 ff.

89
.
Münchner Neueste Nachrichten
, 16 June 1922.

90
. TB, 24 June 1922.

91
. TB, 26 June 1922.

92
. TB, 28 June 1922.