At the end of World War II, it was assumed that the letters of Heinrich Himmler were lost following his suicide. Yet 60 years later the correspondence mysteriously turned up in Tel Aviv, providing a unique if jarring glimpse into the family life of one of Hitler's top lieutenants, who spent his days organizing the mass extermination of Europe's Jews. Arranged and placed in context by Himmler's niece Katrin and Third Reich specialist Michael Wildt, Himmler's letters reveal how his obsession with a rather banal and conventional family life coexisted with his brutally inhumane detachment, while also portraying a highly unusual marriage founded upon delusion.