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Heinrich Müller

German SS police official SS-General and head of the Gestapo from 1939-1945 (1900–1945)

  • Fame59.4
  • Momentum1.3
  • Germany rank#218
Source-basedStable
  • Fame59.4
  • Momentum1.3
  • Germany rank#218
  • Politicians rank#125
  • Wikipedia61.1K
Lived 1900–1945, aged 45Germany
Germany flagGermanyPoliticiansPolitician
  • Wikipedia
    41 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Germany
    #218
    Politicians
  • Era
    1900–1945
    Aged 45
  • Awards
    8
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

Chief of the Gestapo through most of the Second World War, Müller ran the apparatus of Nazi state terror and helped plan the Final Solution at Wannsee. He vanished in Berlin in May 1945 and was never found — the highest-ranking Nazi whose fate remains unknown.

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Politician
Category
Politicians
Country
Germany
Country rank
#218
Category rank
#125
Last updated
2026-06-08
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Heinrich Müller was born on 28 April 1900 and rose through German police ranks to become a high-ranking SS official. He took command of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret state police, and held that position for most of the war in Europe. In January 1942 he attended the Wannsee Conference, where the deportation and systematic murder of Europe's Jews — the Final Solution — was formalised. Known as "Gestapo Müller" to distinguish him from another SS general of the same name, he was last seen at the Reich Chancellery on 1 May 1945, as Berlin fell. His body was never identified, his fate never con…

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Heinrich Müller
said · 29 Apr 1945
We know the Russian methods exactly. I haven't the faintest intention of being taken prisoner by the Russians.
— April 29, 1945. Quoted in "U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis" - Page 150 - by Richard Breitman, Norman J. W. Goda, Timothy Naftali, Robert
Heinrich Müller
said · 1944
You are a very interesting case, General. Do you know what fat file of evidence we have against you here?
— To General Walter Dornberger, 1944. Quoted in "Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny" - by Edward Crankshaw
Heinrich Müller
said · 1922
Soup is never eaten as hot as it is cooked.
— Quoted in "The SS, Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945" - Page 33 - by Gerald Reitlinger - History - 1989
Heinrich Müller
said · undated
If we had fifty Eichmann's, we would have won the war.
— About Adolf Eichmann's devotion. Quoted in "And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight" - Page 37 - by Jacob Robinson - Jews - 1965
Heinrich Müller
said · undated
You are in the hands of the Gestapo. Don't imagine that we shall show you the slightest consideration.
— To Captain Best, quoted in "Heinrich Müller: Gestapo Chief" - Page 59 - by Mark Beyer - 2001
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Historical26.0
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Category
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Profile type
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Status
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Born
April 28, 1900
Died
May 1, 1945
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