The visit of Reichfürher Himmler (1940)

On 19 October 1940, after the Civil War, Himmler travelled to Burgos to visit the “Capital of the Crusade”, the place from which Franco led the war. He also wanted to contact the German information services operating in the Miranda de Ebro concentration camp. He visited the Cathedral and the Charterhouse. His visit ended at the Palacio de la Isla.