Reinhard Heydrich

German Nazi SS and Gestapo police official and main architect of the Holocaust Genocide (1904-1942)

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Lived 1904–1942, aged 38

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1904–1942
Aged 38

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Updated 2026-05-29

High-ranking Nazi official and architect of the Holocaust who drew Hitler's "iron heart" description. Heydrich's visibility stems entirely from his role orchestrating genocide and terror apparatus during WWII.

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Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was a high-ranking SS and police official in Nazi Germany as well as one of the principal architects of the Holocaust. He held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei. Many historians regard Heydrich as one of the most sinister figures within the Nazi regime. Adolf Hitler described him as "the man with the iron heart."

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