HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination camps. He chose suicide rather than face a hangman's noose at Nuremberg. S.P. 3 1/2"" x 5 1/2"" b/w a deckle-edged postcard photograph by Hoffmann showing Himmler in a three-quarter length pose in uniform arms crossed boldly signed in blue ink. Fine.