The Main Accomplishments Of Heinrich Himmler (SS)

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The Reichsfuhrer-SS head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, minster of the interior from 1943 to 1945 and organizer of the mass murder of the Jews in The Third Reich, Heinrich Himmler is born in Munich, Germany. Himmler graduates from high school in Landshut. Himmler receives his degree in agriculture from the Technical University in Munich. Himmler joins the Nazi Party. Himmler marches in the Beer Hall Putsch against the German government. Himmler marries Margarete Boden. Adolf Hitler appointed Himmler Reichsfuhrer SS. Himmler creates the Security Service of the Nazi Party.
Himmler establishes the SS Race and Settlement Office, which determines eligibility for entry into the SS and establishes the SS as so-called racial elite. The Nazis obtain control of the German state with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. Himmler is appointed provisional president of police in Munich. Himmler obtains command of all state political police departments in Germany and centralizes them within the Secret State Police the Gestapo. Himmler is now commander of all German police. Germany invades Poland, …show more content…

Russian soldiers capture Himmler and turn him over to the British. Himmler commits suicide on May 23, 1945. Also, Himmler was captured by British forces and admitted his identity. When a doctor was ordered to search him to ensure he did not have poison secreted on his person, he bit down on a cyanide capsule hidden in his mouth and was dead in a few minutes. Like Hitler, he chose suicide as his way to exit the world. Himmler built the Dachav concentration camp. Concentration camp system became a Massive SS empire with pain and suffering on Jews, Gypies, Homosexuals, social outsiders and others. The majority of concentration camp victims were political prisoners and other German who had made critical remarks about Hitler. Himmler was ruthless, clever, powerful, and a seeker who was devoted to Hitler until the final week of World War

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