The Life Of Heinrich Himmler When one thinks of the most evil and powerful person through history, one often thinks of Adolf Hitler. However, most of the feats accomplished by Hitler would have been impossible without the help of his lesser known right-hand man, Heinrich Himmler. Deemed “the second most powerful man in Germany during World War II” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum), he helped Hitler carry out his brutal genocide of the Jewish religion. Heinrich Himmler played an extremely
Heinrich Himmler was born on October 7th, 1900 in Munich to a middle-class Bavarian family. His father was Joseph Gebhard Himmler, a secondary-school teacher and principal. His mother was Anna Maria Himmler (maiden name Heyder), a devout Catholic and extremely attentive mother. Heinrich had an older brother, Gebhard Ludwig Himmler, and a younger brother, Ernst Hermann Himmler. Heinrich was named after his godparent, Prince Heinrich of Wittelsbach of the royal family of Bavaria, who was tutored
Waffen-SS, such as Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Dietrich, Paul Hausser, Theodor Eicke, Felix Steiner, Kurt Meyer and Joachim Peiper. And I researched the 4 leaders mainly: Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Dietrich, Felix Steiner and Paul Hausser. The first commander I will talk about is Heinrich Himmler. Figure.1 Himmler in early SS uniform Heinrich Himmler was a ceremonial chief of the Waffen-SS, a leading member of the Nazi Party, and Himmler was the one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and one of the
Faith and Reason within the Holocaust One of the greatest horrors of the 20th Century was the extermination of over 6 million Jews and 5 million others during the Holocaust. In the face of this atrocity many have wondered how such a tragedy transcended in a supposed "civilized" European society. What role did religious institutions play in the prevention or lack of prevention of the horrors inflicted by the Nazis? How did the German government create, within a reasoning public, acceptance
Why was Germany most significant influential country during World Wars even after losing World War I and World War II? By: Kinjal Shah 12TH February 2017 University of Massachusetts Lowell Abstract: Germany’s Role in both World War had been pivotal and there are several reasons to why that happened and various facts to support the idea that it had influenced whole of the Europe. Hitler was appointed chancellor by the President of Weimar republic on 30 January 1933. The Nazi Party then
that these three men are Adolf Eichman, Himmler’s right hand during the war and charged with the logistics of the extermination camps after final solution decision, Joseph Mengele, who chose who went to gas chambers in Auschwitz and is known for his experiments with humans and Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the most highly decorated soldier of the German Air force during the war. It is 1950. The scene described previously actually took place frequently after the war. “Nazis in Argentina remained loyal to their