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‘Nobody Told Me I’m Himmler’s Grandson. My Whole Life Was a Lie’

Henrik Lenkeit, a German priest, learned about his relation to Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler after discovering his grandmother's affair with Himmler during WWII.

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When Henrik Lenkeit looked up Hitler’s right-hand man while idly watching a WWII documentary, he was shocked to see a familiar face. When Henrik Lenkeit was...

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Henrik Lenkeit never realized that he could have links to Heinrich Himmler. A documentary increased his curiosity and defended the truth when he saw a photograph of his grandmother.

·Portugal
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German priest Henrik Lenkeit only came to terms with his Nazi past as an adult. It turned out that his grandfather was Heinrich Himmler, the infamous leader of the SS.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Henrik L. discovered by chance at 49 that he was the grandson of the Nazi dignitary Heinrich Himmler. Since then, this pastor's life has been upset.

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He already found it strange that no one cried at his grandmother's funeral in 1994. By coincidence, the German Henrik only discovered in August 2024 that this grandmother was the mistress of Adolf Hitler's right-hand man, Heinrich Himmler. This lover gave birth to two children, including his mother. After the war, everyone remained silent.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Maariv Online broke the news in Israel on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
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