![]() ![]() In this capacity, Himmler directed the killing of some six million Jews, between 200,000 and 500,000 Romanis, and other victims. ![]() He also the principal overseer of Nazi Germany's genocidal programs, forming the Einsatzgruppen and administering extermination camps. Himmler's interest in occultism and Völkisch topics influenced the development the racial policy of Nazi Germany he also incorporated esoteric symbolism and rituals into the SS. He also controlled the Waffen-SS, the military branch of the SS. From 1943 onwards, he was both Chief of the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police) and Minister of the Interior, overseeing all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo (Secret State Police). He was known for good organisational skills and for selecting highly competent subordinates, such as Reinhard Heydrich in 1931. Over the next sixteen years, Himmler developed the SS from a 290-man battalion into a million-strong paramilitary group. Having joined the Nazi Party in 1923 and the SS in 1925, he was appointed Reichsführer-SS by Adolf Hitler in 1929. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( German: ( listen) 7 October 1900 – ) was the Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, primarily known for being a main architect of the Holocaust.Īs a member of a reserve battalion during the First World War, Himmler did not see active service or combat. ![]()
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