| Heinrich Himmler | |
|---|---|
| Birth | October 7 1900 (Munich, Germany) |
| Death | (Uelzener Straße 31a Lüneburg, Germany) |
| Party | National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) |
| Political positions | *Reichsführer-SS (RF-SS: “Reichs leader of the SS”) in the NSDAP (1929–1945) *Reichs- und Preussischer Minister des Innern (Reichs & Prussian minister of the interior) of Germany (August 1943–1945) *Chef der Deutschen Polizei (ChdDtP: “chief of German police”) (June 1936–1945) *Chef der Heeresrüstung und Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres (Ch H Rüst u.BdE: “chief of army equipment and commander of the replacement army”) of Germany (July 1944–1945) *Reichskommissar für die Festigung des Deutschen Volkstums (RKFDV: "Reich commissar for the strengthening of Germanism") in the NSDAP (October 1939–1945) *Verein Lebensborn e.V. ("president of the ‘Fountain of Life’ society") of the NSDAP (September 1936–1945) *Verein Das Ahnenerbe Forschungs- und Lehrgemeinschaft (“president of the ancestral heritage research & teaching society") of the NSDAP *Beauftragter der NSDAP für alle Volkstumsfragen (“Nazi Party commissioner for all racial matters”) *Generalbevollmächtigter für die Verwaltung (“plenipotentiary for administration”) of Germany (August 1943–1945). |
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German high-ranking Nazi politician. He headed the Schutzstaffel (SS). By the end of the war he was the second-most powerful man in Nazi Germany, having displaced Hermann Göring. As Reichsführer-SS he oversaw all police and security forces including the Gestapo.
As overseer of the concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen (death squads), Himmler coordinated and implemented the killing of approximately six million Jews, three million gypsies (or Roma) and millions of Soviet prisoners of war, communists or other groups whom the Nazis deemed unworthy to live, including homosexuals, short people, and people with physical and mental disabilities. Shortly before the end of the war, he offered to surrender to the Allies if he was spared from prosecution. He was arrested by British forces and committed suicide before he could be questioned.
