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Encyclopedia > Heinrich Müller

Heinrich Müller (May 28, 1900-1945?) was the head of Nazi Germany's RSHA's Amt IV and led the Gestapo from 1939 until his mysterious disappearance at the close of the World War II on the 29th of April 1945. Heinrich Muller File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... RSHA, or the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, was a subsidiary organization of the S.S. created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst, the Gestapo and the Kriminalpolizei. ... Gestapo is a portmanteau contraction of the name of the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, Geheime Staatspolizei, (German for secret state police). During the reign of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo was the central intelligence agency of Germany, under the overall administration of the SS. It was administrated by... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...


A protege of Reinhard Heydrich, Müller's rise in the ranks of the SS only took off after the Night of the Long Knives on June 30, 1934. As head of the Gestapo, Müller answered only to Heydrich himself and, after Heydrich's death, to Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Reinhardt, March 7, 1904 - June 4, 1942) was an Obergruppenführer in the Nazi German paramilitary corps - the SS led by Heinrich Himmler. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... The Night of the Long Knives (German, Nacht der langen Messer), also known as Reichsmordwoche or the Blood Purge, was a purge ordered by Adolf Hitler of potential political rivals (who have been said to want more socialism and less nationalism in the party)in the Sturmabteilung, or S.A... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... General Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner (October 4, 1903 - October 16, 1946) was a Nazi official. ...


Heinrich Müller was an active participant in most of the very worst crimes committed by the Nazi regime and was in fact in attendance at the Wannsee Conference. One of his direct subordinates was Adolf Eichmann, who was one of the main organizers of the Holocaust. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... The Wannsee conference was the discussion by a group of Nazi officials about the Final Solution of the Jewish Question (Endlösung der Judenfrage). ... Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann ( March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany, and served as an Obersturmbannführer in the S.S.. He was largely responsible for the logistics of the extermination of millions of people during the Holocaust, in particular Jews, which was called... This article deals with the Nazi Holocaust. ...


Müller had been assumed dead in 1945, but in 1963 his tomb was opened and found empty. There have been many conspiracy theories about his post-war life and career. 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ... A conspiracy theory is a theory that defies common historical or current understanding of events, under the claim that those events are the result of manipulations by two or more individuals or various secretive powers or conspiracies. ...


External links

  • Wiesenthal Centre - Heinrich Müller (http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/text/x16/xm1675.html)
  • Declassified CIA file on Heinrich Müller (http://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified_records/rg_263_cia_records/rg_263_mueller.html)


 

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