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Heinrich Himmler: Key Dates - Photographs

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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 visiting Auschwitz

Heinrich Himmler in full uniform leading a group of other men down a path. Some men are in uniform, others are in suits. All men in the photo appear to have light skin tone and dark short hair.

SS chief Heinrich Himmler (right) during a two-day visit to the Auschwitz camp complex in German-occupied Poland. This photo was taken during Himmler’s tour of the I. G. Farben factory construction site in the Polish village of Monowice on July 18, 1942. The day before, Himmler had witnessed the gassing of more than 400 Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The victims had been deported to Auschwitz from the Westerbork transit camp in the German-occupied Netherlands.

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Heinrich Himmler and Mauthausen commandant Franz Ziereis inspect the Mauthausen camp

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 the Wiener Graben quarry during an official tour of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Austria, April 27, 1941.

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Heinrich Himmler reviews a unit of SS-police in Krakow

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.

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SS chief Heinrich Himmler addresses a regiment of the Waffen-SS

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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