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Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈluːɪtpɔlt ˈhɪmlɐ] ⓘ; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German politician who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, primarily known for being a main ...
Heinrich Statement on Independence Day. WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement to mark the celebration of Independence Day on the Fourth of July: “Independence Day gives us a chance to come together with family and friends to celebrate our country while also recommitting to the work of protecting ...
Heinrich ( German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç] ⓘ) is a German given name of ancient Germanic origin and cognate of Henry. Female forms are Henrike and Henriette. The most famous patron saint is Henry (died 1024), as the German Emperor Henry II .
May 19, 2024 · Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi politician, police administrator, and military commander who became the second most powerful man in the Third Reich. He was the head of the SS (Schutzstaffel; ‘Protective Echelon’), the ‘political soldiers’ of the Nazi Party.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) was the Reich Leader (Reichsführer) of the dreaded SS of the Nazi Party from 1929 until 1945. Himmler presided over a vast ideological and bureaucratic empire that defined him for many—both inside and outside the Third Reich —as the second most powerful man after Adolf Hitler in Germany during World War II .
In 1945, one of history’s most notorious figures committed suicide by ingesting cyanide. Heinrich Himmler, known for his role in the implementation of the “Final Solution,” is remembered today for his heinous acts across Europe during World War II.
May 31, 2024 · Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German official who was Heinrich Himmler’s chief lieutenant in the Schutzstaffel, the paramilitary corps commonly known as the SS. He played a key role in organizing the Holocaust during the opening years of World War II.
Heinrich Himmler joined the Nazi Party in 1925 and became one of Adolf Hitler's earliest followers, alongside Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring.
As Reichsführer (National Leader) of the SS, Heinrich Himmler was by the end of World War II the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany. He was responsible for conceiving and directing the implementation of the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question”.
On October 4, 1943, Himmler addressed a gathering of SS-Gruppenführer, high-ranking officials of that elite National Socialist organization, at a hotel in the city of Posen (since 1945 Poznań, Poland). There he revealed and confirmed in some horrifying detail the genocide of European Jews.
