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Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was Reichsführer of the SS, a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. As Chief of the German Police and later the Minister of the Interior, Himmler oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo (Secret State Police). Serving as Reichsführer and later as Commander of the Replacement (Home) Army and General Plenipotentiary for the entire Reich's administration (Generalbevollmächtigter für die Verwaltung), Himmler rose to become one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany as well as one of the persons most directly responsible for the Holocaust. As overseer of the concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen (literally: task forces, often used as killing squads), Himmler coordinated the killing of some six million Jews, between 200,000 and 500,000 Roma, many prisoners of war, and possibly another three to four million Poles, communists, or other groups whom the Nazis deemed unworthy to live or simply "in the way", including homosexuals, people with physical and mental disabilities, Jehovah's Witnesses and members of the Confessing Church. Shortly before the end of the war, he offered to surrender both Germany and himself to the Western Allies if he were spared prosecution. After being arrested by British forces, he committed suicide before he could be questioned.

As actor

Ghosts of Alderney: Hitler's Island Slaves

Ghosts of Alderney: Hitler's Island Slaves

Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate

Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate

The March on Rome

The March on Rome

Belgique nazie

Belgique nazie

Stolen Children

Stolen Children

Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Hitler's Evil Science

Hitler's Evil Science

Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals

Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals

All Against All

All Against All

Dawn of the Nazis

Dawn of the Nazis

Hitler and the Apostles of Evil

Hitler and the Apostles of Evil

Himmlerin kanteleensoittaja

Himmlerin kanteleensoittaja

The Decent One

The Decent One

The Nazi Gospels

The Nazi Gospels

Heinrich Himmler: Portrait of a Mass Murderer

Heinrich Himmler: Portrait of a Mass Murderer

In Love with Adolf Hitler

In Love with Adolf Hitler

The Private Voice of Hitler

The Private Voice of Hitler

Wie konnte es geschehen? - Teil 1: "Deutschland erwache..." (1914 - 1938)

Wie konnte es geschehen? - Teil 1: "Deutschland erwache..." (1914 - 1938)

The Goebbels Experiment

The Goebbels Experiment

Saddam and the Third Reich

Saddam and the Third Reich

I 600 giorni di Salò

I 600 giorni di Salò

Opus pro smrtihlava

Opus pro smrtihlava

Hitler: A Career

Hitler: A Career

Wizards

Wizards

Swastika

Swastika

Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert

Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert

Triumph Over Violence

Triumph Over Violence

The Battle of France

The Battle of France

Secrets of the Nazi Criminals

Secrets of the Nazi Criminals

To Arms, We Are Fascists!

To Arms, We Are Fascists!