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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 ...
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History and role of the SS in Nazi Germany
Learn about the role of the SS, headed by Heinrich Himmler, in Adolf Hitler's reign of terror.
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•History and role of the SS in Nazi Germany
•Night of Broken Glass: Nazi persecution of Jews
•Forced labor in Nazi Germany during World War II
NARRATOR: The SS and its leader Heinrich Himmler, blindly following Hitler’s will, executing his commands - the organisation with the runic insignia represents the elite of the Nazi regime, sworn to fight and destroy every declared enemy.
PATER GEREON GOLDMANN: "We are the race that must dominate the world. That is what we have been told. And all others must bow to the Nordic race, for they are only slaves. We are the masters of the world."
NARRATOR: Members of the SS can go far. Belonging to a select fellowship, fulfilling a select mission, is elevated to a veritable cult.
HANS MÜNCH: "It was their religion. Thus, we are the chosen. We are permitted to do that which must be done, albeit hard. We are saving the German people."
NARRATOR: More than any other, those wearing the uniform of the SS have the power over life and death.
KAREL STOJKA: "It was not Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler, or whatever the others were called, who had me dragged away and beaten. No, it was the cobbler, the neighbor, the old man, the milkman, the postman, those without form suddenly given armbands and a cap on their heads and then they were the master race."
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Heinrich Himmler and the SS, a paramilitary group made up of fanatical Nazis, saw themselves as Hitler’s most loyal soldiers.
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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. Learn more about Himmler in this article.
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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.
Dec 22, 2019 · A wave of suicides would follow—high-ranking Nazi officials such as Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Philipp Bouhler, and Martin Bormann killed themselves before being captured by Allied...
May 23, 2020 · A document vital to the capture of top Nazi Heinrich Himmler has been unearthed in the UK 75 years after his death. The items belonging to the SS leader, found in the possessions of a judge,...
