Reinhard Heydrich facts for kids

Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
	as SS-Gruppenführer in 1940
Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
	In office; 29 September 1941 – 4 June 1942
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Konstantin von Neurath; (Protector until 24 August 1943)
Succeeded by	Kurt Daluege; (Acting Protector)
Director of the Reich Main Security Office
	In office; 27 September 1939 – 4 June 1942
Appointed by	Heinrich Himmler
Preceded by	Post created
Succeeded by	Heinrich Himmler (acting)
President of the; International Criminal Police Commission
	In office; 24 August 1940 – 4 June 1942
Preceded by	Otto Steinhäusl
Succeeded by	Arthur Nebe
Director of the Gestapo
	In office; 22 April 1934 – 27 September 1939
Appointed by	Heinrich Himmler
Preceded by	Rudolf Diels
Succeeded by	Heinrich Müller
Personal details
Born	Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ; 7 March 1904; Halle an der Saale, Prussia, German Empire
Died	4 June 1942 (aged 38); Prague-Libeň, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; (now Prague, Czech Republic)
Political party	National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)
Spouse(s)	Lina von Osten (m. 1931)
Children	4
Parents	Richard Bruno Heydrich (father); Elisabeth Anna Maria Amalia Krantz (mother);
Relatives	Heinz Heydrich (brother)
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Military service
Nickname(s)	The Hangman; The Butcher of Prague; The Blond Beast; Himmler's Evil Genius; Young Evil God of Death; The Man with the Iron Heart;
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (until 1931); Nazi Germany;
Branch/service	Reichsmarine; Schutzstaffel; Nazi Germany Air Force;
Years of service	1922–1942
Rank	Oberleutnant zur See (Reichsmarine); Major of the Reserve (Luftwaffe); SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei;
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	See service record section

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (7 March 1904, Halle – 4 June 1942, Prague) was a high-ranking Nazi officer in World War II.

Heydrich was German SS-Obergruppenführer (General) of the Sicherheitsdienst. He was the head of the RSHA, which included the police and the Gestapo. He was one of those responsible for the Holocaust.

In 1941 Hermann Göring gave Heydrich the order to arrange the "Final Solution". Heydrich was attacked in Prague on 27 May 1942 by two Czech and Slovak soldiers trained by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). They had been sent (with a small support team) by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile. Heydrich died a week later in hospital from sepsis caused by the injuries he sustained.

Images for kids

Heydrich as Reichsmarine cadet in 1922
Gestapo headquarters on Prinz-Albrecht-Straße in Berlin, 1933
SS-Brigadeführer Heydrich, head of the Bavarian police and SD, in Munich, 1934
Heydrich (left) with Karl Hermann Frank at Prague Castle in 1941
The open-top Mercedes 320 Convertible B in which Heydrich was mortally wounded
Bullet-scarred window in the Church of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Prague, where Kubiš and his compatriots were cornered