biography
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Heydrich, Reinhard
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nickname the Hangman
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pronunciation:
[hiydrikh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1904–42)
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| biography:
| Nazi politician and deputy-chief of the Gestapo, born in Halle, EC Germany. He joined the violent anti-Weimar ‘Free Corps’ (1918), and served in the navy (1922–31), quitting to join the Nazi Party. He rose to be second-in-command of the secret police (Gestapo), and was charged with subduing Hitler's war-occupied countries, which he did by ordering mass executions. In 1941 he was made deputy-protector of Bohemia and Moravia, but next year was assassinated by Czech nationalists. In the murderous reprisals, the villages of Lidice and Ležáky were razed and every man put to death. There followed one of the most extreme reigns of terror of World War 2, as widespread executions took place. |
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