PORTRAIT DISLIKED

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4955, 13 February 1937, Page 6

PORTRAIT DISLIKED

NAZI CHIEF OF POLICE. Berlin, January 27. The Nazi Chief of Police, Herr Heinrich Himmler, has banned in Germany the book entitled “Inside Europe,” which was written by John Gunther and first published in January, 1936. The book is strongly critical of the Nazis, and, incidentally, describes Himmler himself as “one of the most sinister personalities in the new Germany.” “Heinrich Himmler wears pince-nez and looks like a schoolmaster,’’ writes Gunther. “He is one of the most sinister personalities in the New Germany. He is two things: first, Reich commander of the SS (Black Shirts); second, supreme head of the Gestapo, or secret state police. “He has informally told the world that in the event of an attempt on Hitler’s life, even if it is unsuccessful, there will be chaos in Germany and ‘a great pogrom.’ “This man, holding in his person the double job of policeman and SS ruler, fulfils a double function. The Gestapo

and SS between them are invincible. “The police arrest people. The SS guard them in concentration camps. “Himmler is all-powerful at both ends. Besides, he is a convenient instrument for the civil side of the party in that he can obey secret orders and fulfil them, while the Government officially disclaims ‘knowledge’ of what he does.”