Q 01/05

Which poison did Heinrich Himmler bite into as a doctor tried to examine his mouth in Allied custody?

A) Arsenic

B) Strychnine

C) Cyanide

D) Morphine

Answer · why

C) Cyanide

Cyanide from a pill hidden in his mouth killed him within about 15 minutes, despite efforts to save him. He had been detained two days earlier while t...

Q 02/05

Which legendary relic did Heinrich Himmler ask about on a 1940 visit to Spain's Montserrat Abbey?

A) The Holy Grail

B) The Ark of the Covenant

C) The Spear of Destiny

D) The True Cross

Answer · why

A) The Holy Grail

The Holy Grail had gripped Nazi occultists through the books of Otto Rahn. Himmler sponsored Rahn's own search for the relic, which came to nothing.

Q 03/05

Which first official Nazi concentration camp did Heinrich Himmler set up near Munich in March 1933?

A) Buchenwald

B) Dachau

C) Flossenbürg

D) Ravensbrück

Answer · why

B) Dachau

Dachau opened less than three months after the Nazis took power and at first held political opponents. Its regime of roll calls, work details and brut...

Q 04/05

Which secret police force did Hermann Göring hand over to Heinrich Himmler in April 1934?

A) Abwehr

B) Stasi

C) Freikorps

D) Gestapo

Answer · why

D) Gestapo

The Gestapo had been founded in Prussia only the year before. Göring gave it up because he wanted someone ruthless enough to turn it against the rival...

Q 05/05

Which German clothing company, later a luxury fashion house, made black uniforms for Heinrich Himmler's SS?

A) Hugo Boss

B) Adidas

C) Escada

D) Jil Sander

Answer · why

A) Hugo Boss

Hugo Boss was one of many firms licensed to supply Nazi uniforms, but it did not design them. The black SS uniform was the work of two SS members, Kar...