Heinrich+Himmler

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 * Heinrich Himmler **

**Heinrich Luitpold Himmler** (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a SS military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi party. Himmler eventually became known as one of the most powerful people in Nazi Germany and also the most responsible for the whole Holocaust. He was the one that came up with the whole crucial idea of concentration camps and eventually the invention of the gas chambers, him and Hitler were blamed for the killing of the six million Jews it was more Himmler's doing's than Hitler’s though. He also were the cause of killing the four million poles, communists and other groups that him and Hitler deemed unworthy to live, They also thought that homosexuals and people with medical issues were not worthy to live also. Shortly after the war ended he offered to surrender both the Germans and himself to the Western Allies if he was spared prosecution. After he was arrested by the British forces on May 22nd 1945, he committed suicide the day after before he could be questioned by the police.

Heinrich Himmler was born in Munich to a Roman Catholic middle class family, his fathers name was Joseph Gebhard Himmler and his mothers name was Anna Maria Himmler. He had two brothers one older and one younger his older brother’s name was Gebhard Ludwig Himmler and his younger brother’s name was Ernst Hermann Himmler. Himmler was not an athletic person in his younger years he mainly focused on his schoolwork and studies more then sports but when he started to train for the army he struggled because of the fact that he was not athletic in his younger years. Himmler also kept a diary dated from 1914-1918 which showed he was extremely interested in war news also written in his diary he stated that he "would never turn away from the Roman Catholic Church" and that if Germany didn't go to war soon he would go to another county to seek battle (He was obsessed with the idea of becoming a solider). Himmler met his wife Margarete Bode in a hotel lobby in 1926 they eventually had 3 kids over a course of time with being divorced two times, which when they got back together for the second time Himmler became an unsuccessful chicken farmer. Their kid’s names were Gudrun, Helge, Nanette Dorotha
 * Early Life **

Himmler joined the SS in 1925 he started out as a lower person but by the end of his time in the SS he was the highest man in the SS other then Adolf Hitler. On January 6th 1929 Himmler was appointed by Adolf Hitler to be Reichsführer SS (Head of the SS) and during this time he mainly served as Adolf Hitler's body guard. The SS had about 280 men approximately at this time. By the time the Nazi's had gained full power in January 1933 they had 52,000 men also during this time Himmler had gained full control of the German police forces which gained him more control over Germany.
 * Himmler & the SS **

Heinrich Himmler was the main part of the Holocaust he opened the first concentration camp on March 22nd 1933 in Dachau he was considered the architect of the Holocaust. Himmler did not only want to kill the Jewish peoples he also had plans to demolish the poles and other ethic groups that were also "not worthy to live", Hitler and Himmler basically thought that the Germans where the only ones that were worthy enough to live out of all the groups and cultures out there. Himmler's appointment book dated December 18th 1941 clearly stated that he had met with Hitler the question that was being asked was "What to do with the Jews of Russia?" and the answer stated was "// als Partisanen auszurotten //" Translation to English: "Exterminate them as partisans". Himmler inspected concentration camps as a result of these inspections the Nazi's searched for a new and more painful way to kill which resulted in the invention of the gas chambers
 * Himmler & the Holocaust **


 * World War II **

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Himmler’s main job when he went to war was to "eliminate the unwanted" when World War II broke out he was claimed to be one of the most feared people in Nazi Germany. As being the head of the SS he had the ultimate power and responsibility for security in Nazi Germany. The SS followed the German Army into the Soviet Union where they had the responsibility of murdering Jews, gypsies, communists and partisans. When the SS first started out in 1923 it was a very small group but by the time they were in the Soviet Union the group was said to have 800,000 members by then. Himmler never stayed in a certain position or job for the SS Hitler was constantly changed his jobs not only during the World War II but during the Holocaust. He did jobs or positions that consist of being Adolf Hitler's personal body guard, being in charge of all the concentration camps (Minister of Interior) and even leading the German army at one point, he slowly worked his way up in the SS by the time he died by committing suicide he was the second most powerful man in Germany. =====


 * Capture & Death **

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Himmler was arrested on May 22nd and eventually committed suicide on April 29th 1945 (Before he could be questioned) he committed suicide by swallowing a pill by the name of Potassium Cyanide that he had hidden in one of his teeth. He then passed away in Luneberg his last words were "//Ich bin Heinrich Himmler!" Translation English:// "I am Heinrich Himmler!". He then was buried in Luneberg Heath but the exact location of Himmler’s grave still is to be unknown. =====

// Facts: Adolf Hitler committed suicide a day after Heinrich Himmler April 30th 1945 (Also before he could be questioned) //


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-Phaedra Myer