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His orders set in motion the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938 and he was the lead planner of the Final Solution, which led to the murder of millions of Jews across Nazi-occupied Europe.  Hitler called him 'the man with the iron heart'.  This incredible biography explores who Reinhard Heydrich was, how he came to be and what led him to do what he did.  Using in-depth research, Nancy Dougherty (and, following her death, Christopher Lehman-Haupt), paint a detailed picture of Heydrich as never seen before. Through extensive interviews with those who knew him best, including his wife Lina von Osten Heinrich, we hear about his rarefied musical family origins and ugly-duckling childhood, his failed Naval career and struggles to find employment, and finally his meteoric rise through the Nazi high command and his time within the Third Reich.  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He was the head of the SS, and the Gestapo, second in command to Heinrich Himmler. His orders set in motion the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938 and, as the lead planner of Hitler's Final Solution, he chaired the Wannsee Conference, at which details of the murder of millions of Jews across Nazi-occupied Europe were toasted with cognac. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Hangman and His Wife, \u003c\/i\u003e Nancy Dougherty, and, following her death, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, masterfully explore who Heydrich was and how he came to be, and how he came to do what he did. 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And we follow Heydrich's meteoric rise through the Nazi high command--from SS major, to colonel to brigadier general, before he was thirty, deputy to Heinrich Himmler, expanding the SS, the Gestapo, and developing the Reich's plans for the Jewish solution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd throughout, we hear the voice of Lina Heydrich, who was by his side until his death at the age of thirty-eight, living inside the Nazi inner circles as she waltzed with Rudolf Hess, feuded with Hermann G ring, and drank vintage wine with Albert Speer.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49791136071953,"sku":"CIN0394543416G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50094757937425,"sku":"CIN0394543416A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0394543416.jpg?v=1750814040"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-nancy-dougherty.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}