Heinrich Himmler was the Reich Leader of the SS of the Nazi party from 1929 until 1945. Himmler controlled a huge ideological and bureaucratic empire that made him distinct for many, both inside and outside the Third Reich, as the second most influential man in Germany behind Hitler himself, during World War II. Given overall responsibility for the security of the Nazi empire, Himmler was the senior Nazi official responsible for conceiving and overseeing execution of the Final Solution, the Nazi plan to rid Europe of Jews. Himmler was born into a middle-class, Catholic family in Munich, Germany, on October 7, 1900. His father, taught at Ludwig high school gymnasium in Munich. In 1913, Himmler's family relocated to Landshut, a town located about 40 miles northeast of Munich, after Himmler’s father took the job of assistant principal of the Gymnasium in Landshut. An intelligent man with good capacity for organization, young Himmler was passionately patriotic. During World War I, he fantasized of service on the front as an officer, left high school to begin training as an officer. On November 11, 1918, however, before Himmler's training was through, Germany signed the armistice that would end World War I. Crushing Himmler’s dream of serving. Himmler graduated in July 1919. He majored in agriculture at the Technical University in Munich. This is where he combined a German-nationalist student group and began to read intensely in the racist-nationalist literature popular on the essential right of the interwar German political field. By the time he received his university degree in August 1922, Himmler was a nationalist and a political activist. Forced to take a job in a manure-processing factory near Munich, Himmler made contact with t... ... middle of paper ... ...shed in this role of maintaining “racial purity” in the SS would, decide whether someone was “German” or not. At a minimum, a optimistic determination meant a job and better rations in German-occupied territory during World War II; at a maximum, the decision on background could be a decision on life and death. In spite of having constantly guaranteed his SS officers and men that he in the end would take responsibility for all of the actions, the end of the war found Himmler dressed in Secret Field Police uniform with papers in the name of Heinrich Hitzinger. Seized by Russian militias on May 20, 1945, he was turned over to the British, to whom he eventually admitted his true identity. On May 23, 1945, while going through a body search, Himmler exterminated himself by biting down on a cyanide capsule hidden in his mouth for the purpose if they were to be captured.
In Hitler's early years, Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. His birthplace was in an inn in Braunau, Austria near the German border(“Zapotary, jr. 264). The reason for this paper was to understand more about why he was doing what he was doing and how it affected the people in Germany and everywhere else. Why he became the person he was, and why he did that.
Griffin spends a good portion of “Our Secret” writing about Himmler’s childhood. It is through his family’s history and child-rearing practices that she hopes to find answers. When Himmler is just ten years old he is told by his father that “his childhood is over now” (236). Himmler has to take himself seriously now and obey his father’s watchful eye. Everything Heinrich does from that point on is directly meant to influence his future and who he will become. This is a choice the society he is born into makes for him, he has no choice. Gebhard, Himmler’s father, is extremely overbearing and controlling of Himmler. Like many Germans of the time, he follows the advice of German child-rearing experts: “Crush the will. . .Establish dominance. Permit no disobedience. Suppress everything in the child” (237). German parents are taught that children “should be permeated by the impossibility from lock...
Rudolf Hess, or Rudolf Walter Richard Heß, was a German Nazi Deputy Fuhrer, the title of the head of the Nazi Power, appointed by Adolf Hitler (Google). Most people saw him as a shy, odd, and distant man. He was not only an odd, distant deputy, but he was also a prominent politician in Nazi Germany. During the Second World War Hess was on the Axis powers, specifically the German Nazi party. His effect in World War II was that he was the reason so many Jews had to meet their deaths, and he was the man who flew a ME110 to Scotland, to try to negotiate a peace treaty with Britain, only until 1941. During that time, he was the Nazi Deputy who chose if the Jews lived or died. Hess was very close to Hitler, so close that they were friends with each other. Some people even say that he was Hitler’s most loyal follower.
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria-Hungary on April 20, 1889, to mother, Klara Hitler, and father, Alois Hitler; a German by blood.
The 1940’s was a time of great conflict between the United States and Europe. This led to World War II, which began on June 14th, 1940 when German troops were sent to France to occupy Paris (Nash 500). Before the United States entered World War II many conflicts erupted throughout Europe such as the advancement of German troops into various countries (Nash 501-502). The main source of these conflicts was a man by the name of Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a power hungry man who had the drive to become a political leader (Nash 492). But, the ways by which he obtained leadership were repulsive. He struck fear into the eyes of those in which opposed his teaching and killed whoever stood in his way (Nash 493). Germany faced troubling times after World War I. Hitler looked at this as the perfect opportunity to rise to power. He turned a party that consisted of a small amount of workers into the National Socialist German Workers’ party, which later became known as the Nazi party. During the 1920s, Hitler performed many speeches in order to make the Nazi party better known. In his speeches he talked about eliminating the differences between the rich and poor in order to prevent divided social classes. This made his party strong, attractive, and it quickly gained many supporters (Nash 494). By August 1934, Hitler became the Dictator of Germany and began mass takeover of Europe and World War II began (Nash 495). It was at this point when he began mass takeover of Europe and World War II began (Nash 500). He sent Nazi troops to take over nearby land, which made neighboring countries nervous. One of these countries, Russia, made a non-aggression pact with Hitler as a way to try to protect their country. Even though H...
Signed April 5, 1946 by Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess and presented as evidence on April 15, 1946 before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg as Document 3868PS, vol. 33,27579, his affidavit is a primary source that begins by stating that he is 46 years old and since 1922 has been a member of the Nazi Party. In 1934, he became a member of the SS (Protection Squadron or later renamed Schutz-Staffel), the most powerful organization in the Third Reich. Under Heinrich Himmler's command, the SS was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II from 1939 through 1945.
of the SA and then by the SD, Gestapo and SS. Many German people would
Greed, covetousness, avarice, cupidity; these are what killed Heinrich Himmler, the second most powerful man in Germany to Adolf Hitler during World War II. As the second most feared man in the Nazi regime, (Smith) he could not handle just being the second most; he had to be the most powerful. Himmler was in charge of the SS, SA, SD, Gestapo, and eventually provisional president of the police of Munich. The Holocaust began in Germany in the early 1920s and ended in 1945. The Holocaust caused the death of 6 million Jewish people and 5 million non-Jewish people. At least 1.1 million of that 11 million were children. The SS (Schutzstaffel) was the secret police of the Nazis, Hitler’s bodyguard. By the end of the Holocaust, two thirds of the Jews from Europe were killed by these men. The SA, a force similar to the SS but much less authoritative, was originally led by Ernst Roehm, but Himmler persuaded Hitler to kill him. (Encyclopedia of World Biography) When Roehm was dead, Himmler took authority over his division. The Gestapo was the police force that was in charge of all of the camps. They worked in camps and took the lives of millions of prisoners in the camps that Himmler designed. Even though Himmler had so much power, he constantly wanted more and more, worrying that he would lose supremacy over these divisions, and relentlessly doing anything possible to become the number one most powerful man in this era.
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria. Actually, his real name is Adolphus Heidler. While in his childhood it was very noticeable that he was a leader. He was also very pampered by his mother Klara. He loved her dearly and was very devastated about her lose to breast cancer in 1903. His father on the other hand was disliked and respected by his son. When his death occurred in 1907, Hitler wasn't nearly as disappointed in his death than as his mothers. Adolf had a total of 7 brothers and sisters. Hitler's religion was German Catholic but later in his life he would become anti-Jew.
Discrimination against non-Christians had been somewhat eliminated in 1871, but anti-Semitism continued to exist in Germany and other parts of Europe. Himmler was anti-Semitic by the time he went to Technical University Munich, where he avoided his Jewish class...
On April 26, 1894 Rudolf Hess was born in Alexandria, Egypt. Hess was the son of a prosperous wholesaler and exporter. He was the eldest of all 4 of the siblings in the Hess House. Hess didn’t move to Germany until he was 14 years old even though he was one of the big nazi leaders. In 1914 he volunteered in World War 1 for the German Army because of the outbreak. He fought at the western border of the war. While he was in the war he was wounded twice. After the war he joined the “Freikorps right-wing organization of ex- soldiers for hire, involved in violently putting down communist in Germany.”(www.historyplace.com) He went to college at Munich University in Germany. He studied political science and came under the influence of the Thule
Before Skorzeny was one of Hitler’s most trusted leaders, he was a student. Before the war, Skorzeny attended University in Vienna studying to become an engineer like his father and brother. In 1931, Skorzeny graduated with a degree in engineering and quickly found a job. Skorzeny’s background in engineering would prove to be a turning
“Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany in 1933” and using this power, which only was able to achieve by being in the Second World War, Hitler was able to set up his Concentration camps in strategically, adding to his “final solution”. Therefore, Hitler’s involvement and experience in The First World War helped Hitler gain experience and strategy that he would have otherwise not had, leading him to the creation of the concentration camps and adding to his “final
General Himmler did show nay remorse after closing mine comrades and me behind the door. The vent did sitteth ominously in the side of the cubiculo. Hours, we waited, for they did want to torture us 'ere we croaked. My eyes were closing, as I did tire from the hurlyburly just days 'ere, but this wast nay time to rest. We did need to findeth a way to escape this blasted lodging. The efforts did seem like nay did lie-to, for our deaths were imminent once the gas did start to flow through those vents. 't did seem like tension was only building. We did knoweth we wast going to kicketh the bucket hither, yet we were still nervous. Yond’s at which hour the bombs did start to rain from the sky. We did hear the relieving sound of the aircrafts flying above.
Adolf Hitler unveiled himself to the German civilians in a time of need. The impact of World War One was greater than just destructive damage. With no respect in regards to their government, the citizens of Germany wanted someone to turn towards, someone they could put confidence in, an individual they could respect. Adolf Hitler began his political career in 1919 as an army political agent. By 1920 he was heading up the German Worker’s Party’s propaganda which soon became the National-sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; better known as the Nazi Party.