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The 33 pages that link to Heinrich Himmler, each with the reason it gives.

• Nazi GermanyRelated: He directed institutions central to racial persecution and mass murder.

• Adolf HitlerRelated: Himmler commanded institutions central to repression and the Holocaust.

• Nazi PartyRelated: He built institutions central to Nazi terror and racial persecution.

• GestapoRelated: Himmler took control of the Gestapo and incorporated it into his security empire.

• Joseph GoebbelsRelated: Himmler’s security apparatus enacted terror that Goebbels’s propaganda helped legitimize.

• Nazi racial policyRelated: He directed institutions central to racial persecution and genocide.

• Generalplan OstRelated: He commissioned and promoted SS plans for demographic transformation in occupied Eastern Europe.

• German occupation of PolandRelated: The SS under his authority carried out major occupation and mass-murder policies in Poland.

• Adolf EichmannRelated: Eichmann served within the SS system Himmler directed.

• SchutzstaffelRelated: His leadership transformed a small organization into a principal instrument of Nazi rule.

• Reinhard HeydrichRelated: Himmler was Heydrich’s superior and appointed him to lead the security apparatus.

• Final SolutionRelated: He directed the SS apparatus responsible for major parts of the genocide.

• Ernst RöhmRelated: Himmler’s SS helped eliminate Röhm and other SA leaders in 1934.

• National SocialismRelated: His control of the SS and police helped organize persecution and mass murder.

• Nazi racial ideologyRelated: He directed institutions that enforced racial selection, deportation, and mass murder.

• PorajmosRelated: His orders advanced the deportation of Roma to Auschwitz.

• Reich Security Main OfficeRelated: As chief of German police and head of the SS, he oversaw the RSHA’s creation.

• Waffen-SSRelated: As Reichsführer-SS, he drove the armed branch’s growth and ideological control.

• Hans FrankRelated: The SS under Himmler controlled much of the terror and killing in Frank’s territory.

• Rudolf HössRelated: Himmler appointed Höss to command Auschwitz and directed the SS system he served.

• Dachau concentration campRelated: As Bavarian police chief, Himmler announced Dachau’s creation in March 1933.

• Ernst KaltenbrunnerRelated: Kaltenbrunner served within Himmler’s SS hierarchy.

• Gregor StrasserRelated: Himmler’s SS helped carry out the purge that killed Strasser.

• Odilo GlobocnikRelated: Himmler appointed Globocnik to lead the SS and police apparatus in Lublin.

• Erich von dem Bach-ZelewskiRelated: As his superior, Himmler appointed Bach-Zelewski to command anti-partisan operations and the Warsaw assault.

• Martin BormannRelated: Bormann competed with Himmler for influence over Hitler and Nazi policy.

• Frits PhilipsRelated: His authority shaped the occupation system under which Philips workers were imprisoned.

• Romani HolocaustRelated: His 1942 order directed the deportation of Roma to Auschwitz.

• Werner MöldersRelated: Himmler’s 1941 letter about Mölders became a pretext for a state investigation into religious dissent.

• ExternsteineRelated: Himmler's interests helped bring Externsteine into Nazi-era heritage politics.

• Oskar DirlewangerRelated: Himmler’s leadership shaped the SS system in which Dirlewanger’s unit received backing.

• Sepp DietrichRelated: Himmler directed the organization in which Dietrich built his military career.