experience embittered by her alleged mistreatment and remained devoted to her father's memory. Assessment Peter Longerich notes that Margarete Himmler probably did not know about the official secrets or planned projects of her husband during the Nazi era. She said after the war she did not have any knowledge of Nazi crimes, but she remained a committed National Socialist and was certainly anti-Semitic. Jürgen Matthäus described her as a typical Nazi who wanted the Jews gone, and observed that despite any efforts contrariwise to isolate herself from the regime and its crimes, she profited from them. See also List of Nazi Party leaders and officials Women in Nazi Germany References Bibliography Himmler, Katrin (2014). Michael Wildt (Hrsg.): Himmler privat. Briefe eines Massenmörders. Piper, München. . (not revised) Matthäus, Jürgen: „Es war sehr nett“. Auszüge aus dem Tagebuch der Margarete Himmler, 1937–1945 (pdf; 7,92 MB). In: Werkstatt Geschichte 25 (2000), p. 75–93. Wittler, Christina. Leben im Verborgenen. Die Witwe des „Reichsführers SS“ Heinrich Himmler Margarete Himmler (1893–1967) In: Bärbel Sunderbrink (Hrsg.): Frauen in der Bielefelder Geschichte. Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 2010, , p. 193–205. Himmler, Katrin & Michael Wildt (Hrsg.). Himmler privat. Briefe eines Massenmörders. Piper, München. 2014, . (nicht ausgewertet) Himmler, Katrin. Die Brüder Himmler. Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte. S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 2005, . Longerich, Peter. Heinrich Himmler. Biographie, Siedler, München 2008, . 1893 births 1967 deaths People from Bydgoszcz County People from the Province of Posen Margarete Nazi Party members German Red Cross personnel Women in Nazi Germany German women nurses German nurses