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Heinrich Himmler
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 Reichsführer-SS |
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| In office 6 January 1929 – 29 April 1945 |
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| Leader | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Erhard Heiden |
| Succeeded by | Karl Hanke |
| Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior | |
| In office 17 June 1936 – 29 April 1945 |
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| Leader | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Karl Hanke |
| Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of German Nationhood | |
| In office 7 October 1939 – 29 April 1945 |
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| Leader | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Director of the Reich Main Security Office (acting) | |
| In office 4 June 1942 – 30 January 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Reinhard Heydrich |
| Succeeded by | Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
| Reich Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 24 August 1943 – 29 April 1945 |
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| Chancellor | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Wilhelm Frick |
| Succeeded by | Wilhelm Stuckart |
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Heinrich Luitpold Himmler
7 October 1900 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | 23 May 1945 (aged 44) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Margarete Bode |
| Children | Gudrun, Helge, Nanette Dorotha |
| Alma mater | Technical University Munich |
| Profession | Agronomist |
| Cabinet | Hitler Cabinet |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Branch/service | Heer |
| Years of service | 1917–1918 |
| Rank | Fahnenjunker |
| Unit | 11th Bavarian Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (1900 - 1945) was a German Nazi politician and leader of the SS.
Himmler and the Holocaust
Himmler's SS (theTotenkopfverbände) organized and administered Germany’s regime of concentration camps and, after 1941, the holocaust in Poland. The SS, through its Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, or SD), hunted down Jews, Gypsies, communists and any persons who the Nazis believed to be either Untermensch (sub-human) or against the regime. They were brought to concentration camps. Himmler opened the first of these camps at Dachau on 22 March 1933.
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