Himm·ler

(hĭm′lər), 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.

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Himmler

(German ˈhɪmlər)

(Biography) Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1900–45, German Nazi leader, head of the SS and the Gestapo (1936–45); committed suicide

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Himm•ler

(ˈhɪm lər)

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Heinrich, 1900–45, German Nazi leader.

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