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Born: 7 October 1900 · Died: 23 May 1945 · Age at death: 44
Heinrich Himmler died aged 44. He was born on 7 October 1900 and died on 23 May 1945.
Head of the Nazi SS and Gestapo who was a chief architect of the Holocaust and killed himself after capture in 1945
Did you know?He once worked as a chicken farmer before becoming one of the most powerful and feared figures in the Third Reich.
Heinrich Himmler was one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. As head of the SS he built a vast system of police and terror. He oversaw the concentration and extermination camps. He controlled the Gestapo. He ordered the killing of millions of Jews and others. In 1945 he tried to negotiate with the Allies behind Hitler's back. Captured by British troops, he killed himself.
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (German:; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician, police administrator, and military leader. He was the fourth and longest-serving Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), serving from 1929 to 1945.
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Nazi leader, 1900–1945
Heinrich Himmler was born in Munich on 7 October 1900.
He became head of the SS in 1929.
He controlled the German police from 1936.
He died in British custody on 23 May 1945.
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Did you know?He planned to turn Wewelsburg Castle into a mystical centre for the SS.
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