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    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,…

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    and criminals that had to face the wrath of Heinrich Himmler. Heinrich grew up in a Roman-Catholic conservative family, where he experienced difficulties in life, and eventually became a political activist. He grew up to become one of the most notorious high-ranking officials in Nazi history. Heinrich’s life and role influenced the outcome of Nazi Germany and history. Heinrich Himmler was born in Munich, Germany on October 7th, 1900 into a conservative middle-class Roman Catholic family…

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    passion and remorse that can result in positive change and preventative action. Heinrich Himmler played a big role in this tragic event, and his actions perfectly illustrate these lessons. For one, it was made clearly evident that a group of few people can make a difference, negative or positive. Ultimately, all it took was Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and a select group of comrades to influence a nation to hate an innocent race in entirety. Additionally, the Holocaust sheds light on the fact…

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    genocide – the intentional killing of a large group of people who belong to a particular national, racial, cultural, or political group 1. Why was Heinrich Himmler a key to the implementation of Hitler’s New Order? Heinrich Himmler was the leader of the SS and a fervent supporter of the Nazi racial ideology in which he would obediently carry out Hitler’s New Order. In Hitler’s New Order, Hitler strongly believed that that only the Germans were capable of organizing Europe. Therefore, as Germany…

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    Heinrich Himmler Thesis

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    Heinrich Himmler “Cruelty commands respect, men may hate us but we do not ask for their love, only their fear”-Heinrich Himmler. Who was this man, how did he influence history, as well what was his life like outside of the war? Born on October 7th, 1900 in Munich, Germany, Heinrich Himmler was doomed to become one of the most feared individuals of the war. In 1920 he participated in the beer hall with Adolf Hitler, Heinrich three years later joined Nazi party. 1929 he became a…

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    Heinrich Himmler Thesis

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    The Research Report On Heinrich Himmler "Now it is just this world we like the best, the Germanic world, the world of Nordic life."(Brainyquote). Heinrich Himmler always stood with his country. He never doubted that they would win WWII. Although in the end they did have some trouble. Himmler never did anything nice and killed many people, never looking back on his actions. Heinrich Himmler was born into a catholic family. He started his life very sick, he was so sick he couldn't go out and play…

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    military groups in all of Germany. The first SS consisted of only eight people who Hitler fully trusted. The SS went through three leaders before getting to the infamous leader Heinrich Himmler. Himmler became the leader of the SS and was influential in the expansion of this organization. He became leader in 1929 after being the Nazi party for six years. Himmler evolved the SS into a paramilitary unit. The organization grew to over a thousand members by 1932 and 50,00 by 1933. Also in 1933,…

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    The Germans had to end up resorting to conscription. This brought a million and a half young men. Nevertheless, this recruitment still did not satisfy German requirements. The western workers had to be paid, fed and housed, and the charge on the German war economy grew. Out of the 5,160,000 Soviet soldiers captured during the war, 3,300,000 died by neglect or murder at German hands. In May of 1944 only 875,000 were recorded as ‘working’. Most worked in slave conditions, as well as the 2.8…

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    Heinrich Himmler was the third most powerful person in the third reich. He is also known to be the mastermind behind the Holocaust.He combined a strong like for philosophy with a cold blooded, fanatical adherence to Nazi racistism.More than any individual, he was the one responsible for the creation of a network of state terror. By which the Third Reich suppressed its opposition, eliminated its internal enemies, and compelled obedience from the German citizens. In short he was an absolute…

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    Heinrich Himmler was born on October 7, 1900 and had graduated high school in 1922. Heinrich joined the Nazis in 1929 and became the leader of the SS in the next six years. (Historyonthenet) In the year 1933 Heinrich opened up the first concentration camp in Dachau and a year later in 1934 he destroyed the paramilitary SA making the SS the most powerful military in Germany. In 1941he told Rudolf Hoess that he had a message for him. Rudolf was a SS Commandant of the infamous concentration camp…

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