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Himmler

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Himm·ler  (hmlr), Heinrich 1900-1945.
German Nazi leader. Second in power to Hitler, he directed the Nazi elite forces, the SS (1929-1945); commanded the Third Reich's police and secret police, the Gestapo (1936-1945); and coordinated the operation of the concentration and extermination camps (1941-1945). Captured by the British, he killed himself.
Himmler (German) [ˈhɪmlər]
n
(Biographies / Himmler, Heinrich (1900-1945) M, German, POLITICS: Nazi leader) Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1900-45, German Nazi leader, head of the SS and the Gestapo (1936-45); committed suicide
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Noun1.HimmlerHimmler - German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945)
Heinrich Himmler


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