A chilling family revelation reinforces why Jewish survival, Israel’s existence, and historical accountability remain non-negotiable today.
A 47-year-old German man, Henrik Lenkait, has revealed a deeply disturbing personal discovery: his biological maternal grandfather was Heinrich Himmler, one of history’s most notorious mass murderers and the chief architect of the Holocaust.
Speaking publicly for the first time in an interview with Sky News, Lenkait described how an ordinary evening watching a documentary on Nazi Germany triggered an online search that shattered his understanding of his own identity. During that search, he encountered a photograph of his grandmother, Hedwig Pothast, labeled as Himmler’s longtime mistress.
What began as disbelief soon hardened into horrifying clarity. Further historical research confirmed that Himmler was his mother’s biological father, making the SS chief directly his grandfather. “After 47 years, my life felt like a lie,” Lenkait said, questioning why the truth had been hidden from him for decades. He believes his parents concealed the past to protect him from the unbearable moral weight of the name he unknowingly carried.
Himmler, who served as head of the SS, Gestapo, and Interior Minister of Nazi Germany, played a central role in implementing the Final Solution—the systematic genocide of six million Jews. Captured by British forces in 1945, he escaped justice by committing suicide, never facing trial for his crimes.
Lenkait has publicly rejected any notion of inherited guilt, while still acknowledging moral responsibility to remember and confront history. He explicitly asked forgiveness from Jewish victims and their descendants, emphasizing that remembrance is a duty, not a choice.
This revelation underscores why Jewish self-determination and the State of Israel exist: history repeatedly shows what happens when Jews rely on the goodwill of hostile powers or denialist narratives. The modern resurgence of antisemitism—often excused or fueled by radical ideologies in the Middle East—makes historical clarity more urgent than ever. Israel stands not as an aggressor, but as history’s answer to genocidal intent.
