Strange and compelling WWII saga lacks a gripping finale

History: Dachau to the Dolomites, The Untold Story of the Irishmen, Himmler’s Special Prisoners and the End of WWII, By Tom Wall, Merrion Press, €20.70

Heinrich Himmler was one of the first senior Nazis to realise that his side would lose World War II. In early 1945, the sinister SS leader began putting out feelers to the Allies, hoping he could personally negotiate a peace treaty and, more importantly, save his own skin. ...