The objective of this thesis is to trace the shocking career of an individual, who during his lifetime affected the lives of countless millions of people. In the role he achieved and was appointed to by Adolph Hitler, his name and activities will long be remembered and discussed in the annals of recorded history.Such an individual warrants a study of his motives and objectives. Recorded history has generally put its stamp of strong disapproval upon this man. Was he really sincere in his basic convictions or was he trying to foster his own person, or were his energies challenged to make progress for the concepts in which he truly believed? Was this man insane with power and contempt for his enemies, or was his insanity, if indeed he were insane, directed towards meeting some higher and final objective?This thesis will attempt to answer these basic questions and delve into other areas concerning this man's career and his contributions, if any, to the composition and makeup of the society and to the world of the twentieth century.The seeds of Nazism have not completely been eliminated from the world scene. In West Germany, the National Democrat Party still retains many of the operating philosophies of Hitler's Nazism. Recent elections in Bavaria have increased their influence in West German legislative affairs. Heinrich Himmler would have felt completely at home with many of the National Democrats.Here in the United States, the American Nazi Party, headed by George Lincoln Rockwell, operates out of party headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Heinrich Himmler would have felt a close kinship to this controversial group.Indiana in the 1930's also had its contribution to Fascism with the self-styled Nazi organization called the Silver Shirts headed by Dudley Pellet' of Noblesville, Indiana. The Silver Shirts along wit11 the German-American Bund and Fritz Kuhn, cooperated with Nazi Germany prior to the United States entry into World War II.The life and career of Heinrich Himmler of Nazi Germany needs to be carefully studied and evaluated because of the impact he had on so many people in a multitude of ways.

German industrialization in the nineteenth century had brought forward a variety of conflicting ideas when it came to the agrarian community. One of them was the agrarian romantic movement led by Adam Műller, who feared the loss of the traditional German peasant. Műller influenced Reichdeutsche Richard Walther Darré, who argued that large cities were the downfall of the German people and that only a healthy peasant stock would be able to ‘save' Germany. Under Darré's definition, “Geopolitik” was the defense of the land, the defense with Pflug und Schwert (plow and sword) by Wehrbauern, an ‘Űberbauer-fusion' of soldier and peasant. In order to accomplish these goals, new settlements had to be established while moving from west to east. The specific focus of this study is on the original Hegewald resettlement ideas of Richard Walther Darré and how his philosophy was taken over by Himmler and fit into his personal needs and creed after 1941. It will shed some light on the interaction of Darré and Himmler and the notorious internal fights and power struggles between the various governmental agencies involved. The Ministry for Food and Agriculture under the leadership of Darré was systematically pushed into the background and all previous, often publicly announced re-settlement policies were altered; Darré was pushed aside once the eastern living space was actually occupied.