heinrich himmler was a high-ranking german nazi official and the head of the ss (schutzstaffel), the paramilitary organization that was responsible for many of the crimes of the nazi regime. himmler was born in munich, germany on october 7, 1900. he joined the nazi party in 1923 and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming the head of the ss in 1929. under himmler's leadership, the ss expanded greatly, and it became a key component of the nazi regime's apparatus of terror and repression.
himmler was instrumental in the implementation of the "final solution," the plan to exterminate the jews of europe. he oversaw the construction and operation of the concentration and exte…
