Himmler, Heinrich
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Himmler, Heinrich (b. 7 Oct. 1900, d. 23 May 1945). Leader of the SS Born in Munich, he studied agriculture and took part in the
Hitler Putsch of 1923. He joined the
SS in 1925, and headed it from 1929. After the
Nazis took power in 1933, he managed to submit the German police to SS control and create a security network which cancelled out most of the German opposition and murdered millions of Jews, Eastern Europeans, and other groups that did not conform to his fanatic image of a ‘pure, Aryan’ German race. During the last months of World War II he sought to negotiate a peace with the Western
Allies so as to be able to continue fighting the Soviet Union. After Germany's capitulation he dressed up as a policeman, and was imprisoned by the British. He committed suicide when he was recognized.
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Financing the SS.(Nazi industry, and plunder of Jewish assets, led by Heinrich Himmler)
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Milton Goldin explores Himmler's ambitions to establish...agreed that Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler successfully manoeuvred...this, the new Freundeskreis Heinrich Himmler `Circle of Friends of Heinrich Himmler', began meeting on...
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REICH AND WRONG INTERVIEW INTERVIEW Descended from the infamous head of the SS, Katrin Himmler has spent her life wrestling with the ghost of her great uncle Heinrich
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 7/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...father was the son of Heinrich's brother, Ernst...Harry Potter. In The Himmler Brothers, her account...Like most Nazis, the Himmlers benefited materially...the younger brother of Heinrich Himmler, "a technologist...brother Gebhard, and Heinrich. It makes for a grimly...
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The denial of homosexuality: same-sex incidents in Himmler's SS and police.(Heinrich Himmler)
Magazine article from: Journal of the History of Sexuality; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; IN PUBLIC, Heinrich Himmler minimized the existence of same-sex...about eight to ten cases per year," Himmler announced to his senior SS generals...would serve as a dire warning. (1) Himmler's estimate of the prevalence of homosexuality...
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SS 1: The Unlikely Death of Heinrich Himmler.(Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 6/1/2001; 491 words
; SS 1: The Unlikely Death of Heinrich Himmler. Hugh Thomas. Fourth Estate...pages. ISBN 1-84115-306-0. Himmler is remembered as the head of Hitler...challenges this and argues that Himmler did not commit suicide and that...
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Documents claiming Britain assassinated Heinrich Himmler are fake, Daily Telegraph says
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/2/2005; ; 628 words
; ...Britain assassinated Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler are fakes, The Daily Telegraph...public attention in the book "Himmler's Secret War" by Martin Allen...chief of German police forces, Himmler directed the eradication of Jews...
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Memo to Himmler discovered; supports author's revelation of pseudo-scientific sting operation in WW II concentration camps. (Heinrich Himmler, Henry Orenstein)
PR Newswire; 12/14/1987; 700+ words
; MEMO TO HIMMLER DISCOVERED; SUPPORTS AUTHOR'S REVELATION...confidential memorandum to Nazi chief Heinrich Himmler that discusses the fate of the "Chemiker...produce atomic weapons. The memo to Himmler from Willem Koppe, a police leader...
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British Spy in Longbow Plot to Kill Heinrich Himmler.
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 9/11/2008; 599 words
; ...armed with a bow and arrows to kill Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. He planned...without either knowing.=94 Himmler was due to visit Copenhagen in...her that he did not want to kill Himmler in a way that would hurt her...
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Survivors of a forgotten holocaust Heinrich Himmler set out to rid Germany of the homosexual `plague' by mass extermination. Peter Tatchell (left) hears the testimony of the gay men and women who survived Nazi death camps but whose stories were never told after the war
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/12/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...With these chilling words, the head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, set out the Nazi master plan for the sexual cleansing...Combating Abortion and Homosexuality. According to Heinrich Himmler: "Those who practise homosex
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Amazon Halts Sale of 'I Love Heinrich Himmler' T-Shirts.
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 1/24/2008; 332 words
; By IsraelNationalNews.com Amazon said it is halting the sale of I Love Heinrich Himmler T-Shirts on= its website. The shirt features a red heart to express admiration for the = former senior Nazi officer. Amazon...
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Himmler did escape - to fantasyland.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 2/18/2001; 700+ words
; ...The Unlikely DeathOf Heinrich Himmler by Hugh Thomas FourthEstate...world has believed that Heinrich Himmler, the monster...claim outright that Himmler survived the end of...smalltime policeman called Heinrich Hitzinger who bore a...
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Heinrich Himmler
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Heinrich Himmler The German National Socialist politician Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) commanded the SS, Hitler...himself. Born in Munich, Bavaria, on Oct. 7, 1900, Heinrich Himmler was the son of the former tutor of one of the...
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Himmler, Heinrich
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Himmler, Heinrich (1900–45).Son of a Catholic...from 1943 to 1945. Born in Munich, Himmler trained as an officer cadet at the end...Using his position as head of the SS, Himmler now began to build a state within the...
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RSHA
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
RSHA. Created by a decree of Heinrich Himmler on 27 September 1939 (with effect...performed by Bruno Streckenbach, until Himmler appointed Ernst Kaltenbrunner as...IV Political Police (Gestapo) Heinrich Müller V Criminal Police...
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Reinhard Heydrich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...extremely damaging. Adolf Hitler, the Nazi chancellor of Germany, and Heinrich Himmler, his right-hand man, heard the rumors, and Heydrich was almost...the Nazis took control of Germany in January 1933, Heydrich and Himmler were plac
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SS
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...dissolution of the THIRD REICH in 1945 the SS was headed by Heinrich HIMMLER , who divided it mainly into two groups: the Allgemeine...CONCENTRATION CAMPS . After the fall of the Third Reich, Himmler committed suicide and the whole corps was condemned...
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