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Reinhard Heydrich (Perpetrator) Reinhard Heydrich was a Nazi perpetrator. He was the one who had the idea of how to succeed in the Final Solution. He was the leader of many side groups of the Nazi party while being a favorite of Hitler’s. Heydrich was the head of Nazi Security Police, Security Service, Reich Security Main Office and The Gestapo. He also lead The Night of the Long Knives where dozens of SA leaders were killed on Hitler’s command because Hitler thought the SA were threatening to overpower him but they weren’t. Heydrich originated the idea of concentration camps. Hitler wanted a plan to systematically destroy the 11,000,000 Jews in Europe. Heydrich is the one who gave Hitler this plan. Heydrich is the chief architect of the Holocaust. Heydrich’s hatred of the Jews was a displacement of the rage he experienced as child when he was made fun of because of his high voice and small built. Later when he became a Nazi his rivals in the Nazi party found out and spread rumors that he had Jewish ancestry (which he did) but Hitler said Heydrich was too dangerous and smart to let him go so Hitler kept Heydrich as one of his Chief Officers. Feared and hated for his cruelty, Heydrich was assassinated by Czech agents in 1942.

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