Heydrich by Mario R Dederichs
This meticulously researched biography creates a complete and balanced picture of Reinhard Heydrich. A leading figure within the Nazi Party, he was responsible more than Himmler for the planning and execution of the Holocaust. Having joined the Nazi Party in 1931, Heydrich rose quickly through the ranks of the SS. By the age of twenty-nine he had become an SS Brigadier General, and his ruthless ambition led many senior Nazis to believe that he was the natural successor to Hitler. It was Heydrich's initiative to create the Einsatzgruppen, paramilitary units which were established before Operation Barbarossa to murder Jews and political operatives of the Communist party. In 1941, Heydrich was made Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Supremely confident of his authority within the province, he would often drive alone in an open-top car. British-trained Czech partisans took advantage of this gesture, and in 1942 carried out a daring assassination attempt. Heydrich was mortally wounded in the ambush and died a week later in hospital. The reprisals that followed were brutal: more than 15,000 Czechs were murdered and the town of Lidice was razed to the ground. This book examines Heydrich's meteoric rise to power, his complex personality, and the aftermath of his death: Hitler's vengeance and the postwar fortunes of Heydrich's widow and descendants.
"'An impressive mix of psychological analysis, biography and historical reporting..Dederichs descends into Heydrich's personal abyss and describes it in a captivating and intelligible manner while not rejecting the scientific approach.' - Die Rheinische"
Mario Dederichs was Washington, Moscow and Bonn correspondent for Stern magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781853676864 |
| ISBN 10 | 1853676861 |
| Title | Heydrich |
| Author | Mario R Dederichs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Greenhill Books |
| Year published | 2006-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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