Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (/ ˈ h aɪ d r ɪ k / HY-drik; German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈtʁɪstan ˈʔɔʏɡn̩ ˈhaɪdʁɪç] ⓘ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust.

  2. May 31, 2024 · Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German official who was Heinrich Himmlers 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.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Reinhard Heydrich, the commander of the German Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), the acting governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and a principal architect of the Holocaust, was assassinated during the Second World War in a coordinated operation by the Czechoslovak resistance.

    • Family History. Reinhard Heydrich was born on March 7, 1904, in Halle an der Saale, 20 miles northwest of Leipzig, in the German state of Saxony. He was baptized a Roman Catholic.
    • Creating a Nazi Party Intelligence Service. Heydrich was introduced to SS chief Heinrich Himmler in Munich by a family friend. At that time, Himmler was seeking to create an internal intelligence service for the Nazi Party.
    • Formation of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) When Himmler was appointed commander of the Bavarian political police detective force on April 1, 1933, he appointed Heydrich his deputy.
    • Suppressing Internal and External Enemies of the State. Under Heydrich, the Security Police and the SD was the primary agency responsible for intelligence analysis and executive measures in suppressing numerous internal and external enemies of the Nazi state.
  4. Dec 16, 2019 · Berlin police are trying to find out who opened the unmarked grave of SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, a top Nazi killed by Czechoslovak agents in 1942. An employee at the Invalids' Cemetery in...

  5. Learn about the life and death of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi leader who oversaw the Holocaust in Prague. Find out how he was assassinated by Czech agents trained in Britain in 1942.

  6. People also ask

  7. Learn about the life and career of Reinhard Heydrich, the second in command of the SS and the mastermind of the Final Solution. Discover how he rose from a naval cadet to a ruthless intelligence chief and a target of assassination.

  1. People also search for