Heinrich Himmler
Architect of the Holocaust and Reichsführer-SS
According to his school records, Himmler performed poorly in sports and experienced ongoing stomach issues and other health problems throughout his life.[1]
Quick Facts
- Office
- 4th de, Reichsführer-SS
- Deputy
- Reinhard Heydrich (de facto)
- Took office
- 6 January 1929
- Left office
- 29 April 1945
- Predecessor
- Erhard Heiden
- Successor
- Karl Hanke
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He studied agriculture at the Technische Hochschule München from 1919 to 1922 after a brief farm apprenticeship.[2] As the principal enforcer of the Nazis' racial policies, Himmler was responsible for operating concentration and extermination camps.[3] Himmler commissioned the drafting of Generalplan Ost, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 14 million people in Eastern Europe.[3] He set up the first official concentration camp at Dachau in March 1933.[4]
Himmler was named Chief of German Police on 17 June 1936.[5] During his younger years, Himmler engaged in daily weight training and physical exercise to increase his strength.[6] Himmler became a member of the Nazi Party on 1 August 1923 and took part in the Beer Hall Putsch, an unsuccessful Nazi attempt to take over Munich.[7]
What the cited sources add
The pamphlet was titled "The SS as an Anti-Bolshevist Fighting Organisation".[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Longerich 2012, p. 12–15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Padfield 1990, p. 36–37, 49–50, 57, 67; Breitman 2004, p. 9; Longerich 2012, p. 12–15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Evans 2008, p. 318 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Evans 2003, p. 22–25 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Williams 2001, p. 61 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Manvell Fraenkel 2007, p. 13 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gellately 2020, p. 54; Manvell Fraenkel 2007, p. 13; Biondi 2000, p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Heinrich Himmler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Himmler 1936; Evans 2005, p. 84 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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