Heinrich Himmler was born in Munic on October 7, 1900. His father was Gebhard Himmler, his father was a teacher. His mother was Anna Maria Himmler. Himmler had two brothers that went by the name of Gebhard Ludwig and Ernst Hermann. He had done very well in his school work and was a very bright child, but he had struggled with his athletics, because he had very poor health. Himmler had started to keep a diary and he started around the age of 10, in his diary it showed that he had started to show a keen interest in current event, dueling and the serious discussion of religion and sex.