Reinhard Heydrich Biography

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NAME: Reinhard Heydrich
OCCUPATION: Mass Murderer, Military Leader
BIRTH DATE: March 07, 1904
DEATH DATE: June 04, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH: Halle an der Saale, Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Prague-Libe?, Czech Republic
Nickname: The Hangman
Nickname: The Butcher of Prague
Nickname: Himmler's Evil Genius

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Reinhard Heydrich was a high-ranking German Nazi official best known for being one of the main architects of the Holocaust during the early years of the war.

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Reinhard Heydrich was a high-ranking German Nazi official and one of the main architects of the Holocaust. In 1939 he ordered the arrest of thousands of Jews by the Gestapo and their imprisonment in concentration camps. He was attacked in 1942 by agents who had been sent to assassinate him. He escaped but died soon after from the injuries.