who was heinrich himmler?
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) was the Reich Leader (ReichsfÃ¼hrer) of the dreaded SS of the Nazi party from 1929 until 1945. Himmler presided over a vast ideological and bureaucratic empire that defined him for manyâboth inside and outside the Third Reichâas the second most powerful man in Germany during World War II.