From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Heinz Hitler
Heinz Hitler
References
Notes
• [1]Adolf Hitler: Legende, Mythos, Wirklichkeit Von
Werner Maser, 1971, p.60, p.447
• [2] One hour Discovery Channel special on Adolf
Hitler’s relatives
Bibliography
• "De jeugd van Adolf Hitler 1889-1985 en zijn familie
en voorouders" by Marc Vermeeren. Soesterberg,
2007, 420 blz. Uitgeverij Aspekt, ISBN 90-5911-606-2
• Oliver Halmburger und Thomas Staehler: Familie
Hitler. Im Schatten des Diktators. Dokumentarfilm.
Unter Mitarbeit von Timothy Ryback u. Florian
Beierl. München: Oliver Halmburger Loopfilm GmBH
u. Mainz: ZDF-History 2005.
External links
• (3.0) The German Invasion Of Russia at
www.vectorsite.net
• PHOENIX at www.phoenix.de
• Stammbaum des Adolf Hitler at www.adel-
genealogie.de
Heinz Hitler Persondata
Name Hitler, Heinz
Heinrich Hitler (nickname Heinz) (born March 14,
1920 – February 21, 1942) was the son of Alois Hitler, Jr. Alternative names
and his second wife Hedwig Heidemann and the nephew Short description
of German dictator Adolf Hitler. When World War II be-
Date of birth March 14, 1920
gan, he joined the Wehrmacht and served on the eastern
front, where he was captured and died in prison in 1942. Place of birth
Unlike his half-brother William Patrick Hitler, Heinz Date of death March 13, 1942
was a Nazi. He attended an elite Nazi military academy, Place of death
the National Political Institutes of Education (Napola) in
Ballenstedt/Saxony-Anhalt[1]. Aspiring to be an officer,
Heinz joined the Wehrmacht as a signals NCO with the
23rd Potsdamer Artillery Regiment in 1941, and he par-
ticipated in the invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation
Barbarossa. On January 10, 1942, he was captured by Sovi-
et forces and sent to the Moscow military prison Butyrka,
where he died, aged 21, after several days of interroga-
tion and torture. [2]
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• German people who died in prison custody
• Prisoners who died in Soviet detention
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