Heinrich Himmler was surely one of the most evil and enigmatic of all the Nazi leaders. Those who knew him rightfully feared him even more than Hitler. He served the Nazi cause as supreme leader of the dreaded SS, and, eventually, head of the Gestapo and all German police forces. He was responsible for ordering the deaths of millions—starting with the “blood purge” of 1934 and ending with the systematic murder of Jews, Slavs, Communists, Gypsies, intellectuals, churchmen, etc.—all those who were considered undesirable, racially inferior or dangerous to the Nazi cause.
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