In the end, The Himmler Brothers raises more questions about its subject than it is capable of answering, but that doesn't lessen in the slightest my admiration of Katrin Himmler for having written it.

This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. I wanted to give my son as much information as possible, so that when he starts asking questions about my family, at least I can answer him. Katrin Himmler's cool but meticulous examination of the Himmler story reveals - in all its dark complexity - the gulf between the 'normality' of bourgeois family life and the horrors perpetrated by one member and a more nuanced portrait of Heinrich himself emerges - not a lone evil executioner, but a middle-class family man, loved and fully supported by his respectable German family.

You are the grandniece of Heinrich Himmler, the second most powerful Nazi and one of the biggest war criminals ever. It also offers a unique account of one women’s courageous attempt to deal with her chilling inheritance.

What was surprising was the intense nationalism and militarism which permeated German culture as well as the intense pride Germans held for their past. Although most of us do not have war criminals in our family tree we all have one or two relatives that we neither wish to brag about or discuss. This edition of private Himmler documents found in Israel was made in close cooperation with the filmmaker Vanessa Lapa.

This young woman had to endure the embarrassment of being asked such a question in her history class as a 15 year old; she cannot be blamed for what has happened - that's an accident of birth.