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Reinhard Heydrich

1904 - 1942

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Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( HY-drik, [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈtʁɪstan ˈʔɔʏɡn̩ ˈhaɪdʁɪç] ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a German high-ranking SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. He held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei. Many historians regard Heydrich as one of the darkest figures within the Nazi regime. Adolf Hitler described him as "the man with the iron heart." Heydrich was chief of the Reich Security Main Office (including the Gestapo, Kripo, and SD). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Heydrich is the 280th most popular politician (down from 230th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Germany (down from 60th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Politician.

Reinhard Heydrich was the chief of the SS and one of the main architects of the Holocaust.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Reinhard Heydrich ranks 280 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward the Martyr, Lucius Verus, Slobodan Milošević, Pratibha Patil, Augusto Pinochet, and Louis Philippe I. After him are Charles I of Austria, Darius III, Demosthenes, Louis XII of France, Wu Zetian, and Henry II of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Reinhard Heydrich ranks 5. Before him are J. Robert Oppenheimer, Salvador Dalí, Deng Xiaoping, and Pablo Neruda. After him are Dr. Seuss, Umberto II of Italy, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Cary Grant, Jean Gabin, Wendell Meredith Stanley, and B. F. Skinner. Among people deceased in 1942, Reinhard Heydrich ranks 2. Before him is Stefan Zweig. After him are Janusz Korczak, Richard Willstätter, Edith Stein, José Raúl Capablanca, Jean Baptiste Perrin, William Henry Bragg, Bronisław Malinowski, Robert Musil, Walther von Reichenau, and Anton Drexler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Heydrich ranks 69 out of 7,253. Before him are Eva Braun (1912), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Heinrich Heine (1797), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Konrad Adenauer (1876), and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886). After him are Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Erich Fromm (1900), Ambrose (340), Albertus Magnus (1206), and Karl Lagerfeld (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Reinhard Heydrich ranks 16. Before him are Heinrich Himmler (1900), Hermann Göring (1893), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), William I, German Emperor (1797), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), and Konrad Adenauer (1876). After him are Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Helmut Kohl (1930), Martin Bormann (1900), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Clara Zetkin (1857), and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955).

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