one of the most infamous nazis that rose to prominence during adolf hitler's third reich was reinhard heydrich heydrich was referred to as the blonde beast or the hangman and even the butcher of prague such was his brutality he's often associated with heinrich himmler and he rose to the position as the chief of the right security main office which oversaw the gestapo sd and crippo he also was the right protector of bohemian moravia and it was with this role that he ruled over these states with such brutality he was often referred to by hitler as a man with the iron heart and he helped to inflict much suffering onto people for example he helped to organize chris downe act the orchestrated attacks on jews and their property on the NUMBER_TOKENth and NUMBER_TOKENth of november NUMBER_TOKEN. he also tried to eliminate all opposition to their nazis and was responsible for the iron sats gripen the death squads that murdered more than NUMBER_TOKEN million people during world war ii he was a truly horrific man however the hangman eventually met his maker today we look at the vengeful assassination of reinhard heydrich and remember to support our channel please make sure to subscribe reinhard heydrich initially rose to prominence in the german navy and rose throughout many different positions and promotions he was discharged from the navy after having a number of affairs but the following day he joined the nazi party and then joined the ss himmler began to set up a counterintelligence service within the ss and he needed someone to oversee it and after interviewing heydrich he was so impressed he hired him straight away very quickly his salary rose as did his reputation the sd became a feared organization that brought terror and intimidation to germany and later heydrich was involved in reducing the power of the sa during the night of the long knives in which a savage purge was instigated by hitler to reduce the power of the brown shirts he continued his role in the sd to analyze the public and then use the gestapo to carry out many arrests and searches he was an incredibly brutal man who in september NUMBER_TOKEN was appointed the deputy raj protector of bohemia and moravia the part of czechoslovakia that was absorbed into the german empire in march NUMBER_TOKEN the right protector at this time constantine von neurath was the head of state however he was sent away as heydrich and himmler along with hitler believed he was too soft heydrich stated that we were germanized to check vermin and he arrived in prague to enforce his terrible rule in the nazi regime he was tasked with ending resistance and also organizing production so that the czech factories helped the german war effort he looked negatively upon the checks and he began to terrorize the people there he claimed martial law and five days after he arrived he executed over NUMBER_TOKEN people in brutal reprisals these people were members of the resistance and their story was told all over the nation and from this heydrich continued to terrorize arresting around NUMBER_TOKEN people and further executing another NUMBER_TOKEN people those who were not killed were sent to mount housing concentration camp where only four percent of czech
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