In the Past Toys War Criminals Of The 20th Century Heinrich Himmler Figure NRFB

Heinrich Himmler 1900-1945) German Nazi leader who was head of the dreaded SS (Schutzstaffel also called the Blackshirts) Although he was pedantic dogmatic and dull, Himmler emerged under Hitler as second in actual power. His strength lay in a combination of unusual shrewdness, burning ambition and servile loyalty to Hitler Himmler was born at Munich on Oct 7 1900 The son of a teacher. After brief military service in 1918 he tried to establish himself as an agronomist joined a nationalist paramilitary unit and participated in Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch of Nov. 8-9, 1923 inferenced by Nazism and by the Artamans an obscure sect advocating a Teutonic rural life, he turned to racism and romantic Teutonism In 1929 Hitler appointed him leader of the SS, which was then still a small elite organization. After Hitler's accession to power, Himmler began to expand the SS into a vast empire within the Nazi state. In 1933-1934 he took over the political police converting it into a totalitarian secret police known as the Gestapo He was also a leader in the subjugation of the SA (Sturm Abteilung), his major competitors within the Nazi party in June 1934 Simultaneously, he started to build a system of concentration camps and created the nucleus of a military SS (Waffen SS). His appointment as chief of the entire German police system followed in June 1936 During World War II, Himmler's activities accelerated with the attempt to convert Europe into a "Nordic empire with the Jewish extermination program and with the vast expansion of the military SS In 1943 he became interior minister and, after the unsuccessful putsch against Hitler in July 1944 chief of the army's home organization But Himmler's empire was already crumbling from within and under attack from without As he indulged in pseudoscientific experiments and later failed as a military commander, disrespect and independence grew among the top SS leaders. Felix Kersten, a masseur who gave Himmler temporary relief from a severe psychosomatic illness, won some influence over him Weakened on all fronts, he was attacked after 1943 by Martin Bormann, who tried to revitalize the party organization as a rival of the SS. Bormann emerged victorious in April 1945, when Hitler ordered Himmler's arrest because he had tried to propose peace to the Allies Caught by British troops while trying to flee. Himmler escaped trial by poisoning himself at Luneburg on May 23, 1945

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