SURRENDER OFFER BY HEINRICH HIMMLER

 


Heinrich Himmler (in SS uniform), the leading Nazi Reichsführer (chief) of the SS (Schutzstaffel) -protection squad) a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler. On 22nd April 1945, Himmler secretly met with Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, asking him to act as an intermediary for a surrender offer to the Western Allies, which didn't take the offer seriously. 

Himmler, the Nazi SS chief, met secretly in Stockholm on 22.4.1945, with Swedish Jew Norbert Masur, a representative of the World Jewish Congress. As Germany's defeat loomed, Himmler sought to negotiate the release of thousands of Jews from concentration camps, hoping to curry favor with the Allies amid his delusional plans to position himself as a postwar leader. The clandestine talks were facilitated by Himmler's masseur, Felix Kersten, and Jewish intermediaries like Hillel Storch. Masur pressed Himmler to halt further killings and allow Jewish evacuations to Sweden, securing promises for 6,000 women from Ravensbrück and other camps. Himmler agreed to limited releases as a PR gesture but rejected broader peace terms. These talks aligned with Himmler's frantic late-war diplomacy in Sweden, including prior secret feelers to Britain and the US via intermediaries like Count Folke Bernadotte, aiming for a separate peace while continuing against the Soviets. Outcomes included the "White Buses" rescues of Scandinavians and Jews. Himmler's betrayal enraged Hitler, who stripped him of power days later.

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