Heinrich Himmler was Reich Leader of the SS and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. He was instrumental to coordinating the "Final Solution," the plan to annihilate the Jews of Europe.
![SS chief Heinrich Himmler (right) during a visit to the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 50742]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/876bf59a-ccaf-4be4-a190-1ef087a18452.jpg "SS chief Heinrich Himmler (right) during a visit to the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 50742]")
SS chief Heinrich Himmler (right) during a visit to the Auschwitz camp. Poland, July 18, 1942.
Item View![SS chief Heinrich Himmler (front row, left) and Mauthausen commandant Franz Ziereis (second from left) inspect the Mauthausen concentration ... [LCID: 83476]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9276e97e-020d-4a6c-beca-6e556ae12e92.jpg "SS chief Heinrich Himmler (front row, left) and Mauthausen commandant Franz Ziereis (second from left) inspect the Mauthausen concentration ... [LCID: 83476]")
SS chief Heinrich Himmler (front row, left) and Mauthausen commandant Franz Ziereis (second from left) inspect inspect the Wiener Graben quarry during an official tour of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, April 27, 1941.
Item View![SS chief Heinrich Himmler reviews a unit of SS-police in Krakow, Poland, March 13, 1942. [LCID: 60389]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/42e135c0-7512-47b7-8e10-65ea9d3534f0.jpg "SS chief Heinrich Himmler reviews a unit of SS-police in Krakow, Poland, March 13, 1942. [LCID: 60389]")
SS chief Heinrich Himmler reviews a unit of SS-police in Krakow, Poland, March 13, 1942.
Item View![SS chief Heinrich Himmler addresses a group of soldiers in a cavalry regiment of the Waffen SS in the eastern territories. [LCID: 60468]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d420ce9e-a350-4951-82e7-7baa42ec0e85.jpg "SS chief Heinrich Himmler addresses a group of soldiers in a cavalry regiment of the Waffen SS in the eastern territories. [LCID: 60468]")
SS chief Heinrich Himmler addresses a group of soldiers in a cavalry regiment of the Waffen SS in the eastern territories. 1942.
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