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Nazi Leadership: Heinrich Himmler
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/himmler_heinrich.shtml (BBC History)

Heinrich Himmler was a part of the Nazi leadership from 1920-1945. He was born on 7th October 1900, in Munich- meaning he spent more than half his life as a Nazi. He was seen as “one of the most powerful leaders in Nazi Germany”, which tells us that he may have made many important decisions through his leadership and it tells us that he had a high status, leading him to achieve what he believes in.
His role in the Nazi leadership changed throughout his life, achieving a higher status with each one. He became involved with the Nazi party in the 1920s, and after 6 years Hitler appointed him propaganda leader. In 1929 …show more content…

In 1933, Himmler set up the first Nazi concentration camp, Dachau- which tells us that he believed in the Nazi takeover so strongly that he helped to begin a genocide. He controlled the concentration camp system, supervising many executions. The outbreak of WW2 came in great ‘success’ for Himmler as he could “pursue the elimination of Jews and other so-called ‘sub-humans’”. He went on to invade Poland, ending in one million Poles and 300,000 Jews forced out of Poland to be replaced with German settlers. Himmler began to take control of the annexed (occupied) areas of …show more content…

Some techniques used in his films were said to be to the standards of “modern complexities of organisation”- which shows that he was a smart and methodical person as his work shared the same qualities of work in the 21st Century. For the most parts of WW2 it was easy for Goebbels to handle the propaganda as Germany had no major failures. However the Battle of Stalingrad came in great difficulties for Goebbels, although he handle the situation for Germany extremely well- coming up with a story about the lack of commitment shown from the Generals, encouraging people to put their faith into the Nazis. This led Hitler to appoint Goebbels as the Reich Commissioner of Total Mobilisation in

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