Nazi Personnel
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler was born in 1900 and died in 1945. Heinrich Himmler was one of the most feared men in Nazi Germany and in Europe once WWII started. Himmler was head of the SS, he had ultimate responsibility of internal security in Nazi Germany. Himmler was associated with helping to organise the Final Solution though Reinhard Heydrich and had a major input into the organisation of the Holocaust.
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Hermann Goering
Hermann Goering was born in Germany in 1893. Hermann was one of the leaders of the Nazi Party. Hermann played a prominent role in organizing the Nazi police state in Germany, and established concentration camps for the "corrective treatment" of individuals. The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg in 1946, Hermann was condemned to hang as a war criminal, but he took cyanide the night he was to be executed.
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Joseph Goebbels
In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, Hitler named Joseph Goebbels to the key post of minister for public enlightenment and propaganda. Goebbels was charged with presenting Hitler to the public in the most favorable light, regulating the content of all German media and fomenting anti-Semitism. Goebbels forced Jewish artists, musicians, actors, directors and newspaper and magazine editors into unemployment. Goebbels had staged a public burning of books that were considered ”un-German.” He also spearheaded the production of Nazi propaganda films and other projects. Goebbels remained in this post and was loyal to Hitler until the end of WWII.
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Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess was born on April 26, 1894. His real name was Walter Richard Rudolf Hess . Rudolf died on August 17, 1987. Rudolf was a German National Socialist who was Adolf Hitler’s deputy as party leader. He created an international sensation when in 1941, he secretly flew to Great Britain on an abortive self-styled mission to negotiate a peace between Britain and Germany.
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Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann was born on March 19, 1906. He was born in Solingen, Germany. Adolf Eichmann joined the Nazi party in 1932, he rose quickly through the ranks of the Nazi SS as he traveled through Nazi-controlled territory in search of Jewish populations. During his trial, Eichmann held firmly that he was following orders he was given. Adolf was executed by the state of Israel in 1962, for his role as coordinator of logistics for "the final solution to the Jewish question."
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Last Updated: May 14, 2015