Born in Berlin in 1926, Höhne was educated there until he was called to fight during the last months of the Second World War.
[1] There are a number of references to Höhne's work on the SS by other historians who have written on Nazi Germany.
More recently, Adrian Weale's work, Army of Evil: A History of the SS frequently cites Höhne's The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS, although challenging some of the assertions found therein.
[2] Another work from Höhne is Krieg im Dunkeln (1985), which examines the centuries-old relationship between Russian and German intelligence.
After his retirement, Höhne worked on a history of the Third Reich, the first volume of which, Gebt mir vier Jahre Zeit, appeared in 1996.