Reinhard Heydrich was chief of the Reich Security Main Office and one of the main architects of the "Final Solution."
![SS General Reinhard Heydrich in his office during his tenure as Bavarian police chief. [LCID: 82550]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/970062be-e588-487d-aa78-1cad635e8cb0.jpg "SS General Reinhard Heydrich in his office during his tenure as Bavarian police chief. [LCID: 82550]")
SS General Reinhard Heydrich in his office during his tenure as Bavarian police chief. Munich, Germany, April 11, 1934.
Item View![Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the SD (Security Service) and Nazi governor of Bohemia and Moravia. [LCID: 91199]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/bcadb828-8352-4ddb-9350-f28080c6a055.jpg "Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the SD (Security Service) and Nazi governor of Bohemia and Moravia. [LCID: 91199]")
Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the SD (Security Service) and Nazi governor of Bohemia and Moravia. Place uncertain, 1942.
Item View![Reinhard Heydrich (right) and his deputy, Karl Hermann Frank (center), stand at attention during Heydrich's inauguration as governor ... [LCID: 64053]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c1a62263-d835-4ca3-9f08-aa76e0de34b2.jpg "Reinhard Heydrich (right) and his deputy, Karl Hermann Frank (center), stand at attention during Heydrich's inauguration as governor ... [LCID: 64053]")
Reinhard Heydrich (right) and his deputy, Karl Hermann Frank (center), stand at attention during Heydrich's inauguration as governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Prague, September 1941.
Item View![The damaged car of SS General Reinhard Heydrich after an attack by Czech agents working for the British. [LCID: 77944]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/caa6baed-d9b8-400f-96be-2a8db22c1141.jpg "The damaged car of SS General Reinhard Heydrich after an attack by Czech agents working for the British. [LCID: 77944]")
The damaged car of SS General Reinhard Heydrich after an attack by Czech agents working for the British. Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 27, 1942.
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