Heinrich Himmler Research Paper
Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler was the Reich Leader of the SS and Gestapo of the Nazi Party from 1929 up until 1945. Himmler was essentially Adolf Hitler’s right hand man throughout World War II and was the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany. He was the man that was in charge of the Holocaust, and the man who over saw the mass killing of the Jews (Heinrich Himmler). Although Adolf Hitler is credited with the full responsibility of exterminating six-million Jews, it is a little known fact that Heinrich Himmler was the mastermind behind the Holocaust who essentially carried out the executions and created the plans of the mass killing of six-million Jews; known as the Final Solution. Heinrich Himmler was born into a conservative,
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Although Hitler only permitted four divisions in the Waffen SS, Himmler built it into over 20 divisions consisting of over 500,000 soldiers to rival the German army. In February 1944, Himmler and his men took control of the German Armed Forces Intelligence Service, and later that year he was appointed to Commander-in-chief of the Upper Rhine in southwestern Germany before they were defeated (Heinrich Himmler). During the winter of 1944-1945, Himmler decided to try to negotiate a peace with the allied powers while still fighting the Soviet Union. In April of 1945, he offered surrender to the commander-in-chief of the Allied powers, Dwight D. Eisenhower. When Hitler had found out what Himmler had done, he stripped him of all his ranks and ordered his arrest. Himmler ran from his identity by dressing in a Field Police uniform and an eye patch with the name Heinrich Hitzinger. Russian soldiers eventually captured him on May 20, 1945; where he was turned over to the British. On May 23, 1945, while under heavy interrogation by the British intelligence agency he swallowed a cyanide capsule hidden in his mouth, after confessing his identity (Heinrich
Although Hitler only permitted four divisions in the Waffen SS, Himmler built it into over 20 divisions consisting of over 500,000 soldiers to rival the German army. In February 1944, Himmler and his men took control of the German Armed Forces Intelligence Service, and later that year he was appointed to Commander-in-chief of the Upper Rhine in southwestern Germany before they were defeated (Heinrich Himmler). During the winter of 1944-1945, Himmler decided to try to negotiate a peace with the allied powers while still fighting the Soviet Union. In April of 1945, he offered surrender to the commander-in-chief of the Allied powers, Dwight D. Eisenhower. When Hitler had found out what Himmler had done, he stripped him of all his ranks and ordered his arrest. Himmler ran from his identity by dressing in a Field Police uniform and an eye patch with the name Heinrich Hitzinger. Russian soldiers eventually captured him on May 20, 1945; where he was turned over to the British. On May 23, 1945, while under heavy interrogation by the British intelligence agency he swallowed a cyanide capsule hidden in his mouth, after confessing his identity (Heinrich