'He was a force for evil in the world'

In 1945, a striking letter reached Washington

Richard Helms to Dennis Helms, 1945. More Letters of Note.

In June of 1945, a striking letter arrived at the home of three-year-old Dennis Helms in Washington, written on a sheet of Adolf Hitler’s letterhead. It had been penned by Dennis’ father, Lt. Richard Helms, an intelligence operative with the Office of Strategic Services who, following Germany’s s…