Essay On Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s right-hand man. The both of them exterminated 6 million Jewish men, women, and even children together. These two men were the most powerful men in Germany during this time period. Although many see Hitler as the protruding figure of Nazism, Himmler is where is all started. When the Nazis came to power, it was just a party like any other, but the country needed someone who could make them stronger. That’s exactly what Himmler had intended to do. He couldn’t do it alone though, he had the help of Hitler. Hitler had taken all the ideas that Himmler had given to him and basically preached them to all the German people willing to listen to him. Although Himmler didn’t have the voice to get his point across, he was the brains of the operation. Himmler was the one with the most power during this time. Anna Maria Himmler, his mother, gave birth to Heinrich Himmler on October 7, 1900, in Munich, Germany. She had also had 2 other children, Gebhard Ludwig Himmler and Ernst Hermann Himmler. Gebhard was older than Heinrich, and Ernst was younger than him. His mother did not have a job at the time, for she was taking good care of her three children. Anna was a devout Roman Catholic. “His father was Joseph Gebhard Himmler, a secondary-school teacher and principal”(H.E.A.R.T). Himmler did go through all the years of schooling that was necessary. He even went to college. In 1922, …show more content…
Himmler began his rising power around the time the Nazis had seized their power in January of 1933. “Himmler built an unassailable position for the SS by taking control of the German police forces. On March 9, 1933, he was appointed provisional president of police in Munich” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). In March of 1933 Hitler had asked Himmler to set up a centralized concentration camp system. In between the times of 1933-34 Himmler begins to take all control of the political police departments. “June 17,