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Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Follow Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich through 77 dated historical records for Germany.

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1939

Sicherheitspolizei

Head of SD · Government / NSDAP Government

With the founding of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA), the Sicherheitspolizei as a functioning state agency ceased to exist as the department was merged into the RSHA. Also the RSHA obtained overall command of the Einsatzgruppen

Role range: 1933-1945

SS

Head of SS · Warfare / Military

Appointed Head of the SS

Massacre

Head of SS · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Orders the, "Polish Ruling Class is to be put out of harms way as far as possible"

Role range: 1939-1945

SS

Head of SS · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Head of the SS

Role range: 1939-1945

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Head of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)

Role range: 1933-1945

Gestapo

Head of SD · Government / NSDAP Government

The SD, the Gestapo, and the Criminal Police are unified under one office, the Reich Central Security Office RSHA, which is placed under Heydrichs control

Role range: 1933-1945

Reich Central Security Office

Head of SD · Government / NSDAP Government

The SD, the Gestapo, and the Criminal Police are unified under one office, the Reich Central Security Office RSHA, which is placed under Heydrichs control

Role range: 1933-1945

Sicherdienst (SD)

Head of SD · Government / NSDAP Government

The SD, the Gestapo, and the Criminal Police are unified under one office, the Reich Central Security Office RSHA, which is placed under Heydrichs control

Role range: 1933-1945

Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff Security · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff for Security by Himmler in Poland

Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff Security · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Chief of Staff for Security by Himmler in Poland

Role range: 1939-1945

1941

Death of Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Death of Reinhard Heydrich

Role range: 1939-1945

Obergruppenfuhrer

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Polizei

Role range: 1939-1945

Reich Central Security Office

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Polizei

Role range: 1939-1945

Sicherheitspolizei

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Polizei

Role range: 1939-1945

Protector

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Bohemia · Warfare / Military

Appointed "protector" of Bohemia & Moravia

Protector

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Bohemia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed acting Reichsprotektor in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (the part of Czechoslovakia incorporated into the Reich on 15 March 1939)

Role range: 1939-1945

Rule of Bohemia

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Bohemia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed acting Reichsprotektor in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (the part of Czechoslovakia incorporated into the Reich on 15 March 1939)

Role range: 1939-1945

Rule of Czech

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

As the governor of Bohemia and Moravia, Heydrich applies "carrot-and-stick" methods, the black market is suppressed, food rations and pensions are increased, and unemployment insurance is established for the first time

Role range: 1939-1945

Rule of Czech

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Heydrich becomes, for all intents and purposes, military dictator of Bohemia and Moravia, changes to the Governments structure leaves President Emil Hacha and his cabinet virtually powerless.

Role range: 1939-1945

Rule of Czech

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Those associated with the resistance movement or the black market are tortured or executed, under Heydrich, conditions in Prague and the rest of the Czech lands are relatively peaceful and industrial output goes up.

Role range: 1939-1945

Rule of Moravia

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed acting Reichsprotektor in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (the part of Czechoslovakia incorporated into the Reich on 15 March 1939)

Role range: 1939-1945

Final Solution

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Between 1941 and 1945 the Einsatzgruppen and related auxiliary troops killed more than two million people, including 1.3 million Jews

Role range: 1939-1945

Final Solution

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

In it's role as the national and NSDAP security service, the RSHA coordinated activities among different agencies that had wide-ranging responsibilities within the Reich. Commanders of Einsatzgruppen and Einsatzkommando sub-units were also desk officers from the main office of the RSHA.

Role range: 1939-1945

Final Solution

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The RSHA oversaw the Einsatzgruppen, death squads formed under the direction of Heydrich and operated by the SS. The operational control of the Einsatzgruppen was taken over by the RSHA.

Role range: 1939-1945

Final Solution

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

When the units were re-formed prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, men of the Einsatzgruppen were recruited from the SD, Gestapo, Kripo, Orpo, and Waffen-SS. The units followed the invasion forces of the Wehrmacht Heer (German Army) into Eastern Europe.

Role range: 1939-1945

Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Between 1941 and 1945 the Einsatzgruppen and related auxiliary troops killed more than two million people, including 1.3 million Jews

Role range: 1939-1945

Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

In it's role as the national and NSDAP security service, the RSHA coordinated activities among different agencies that had wide-ranging responsibilities within the Reich. Commanders of Einsatzgruppen and Einsatzkommando sub-units were also desk officers from the main office of the RSHA.

Role range: 1939-1945

Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The RSHA oversaw the Einsatzgruppen, death squads formed under the direction of Heydrich and operated by the SS. The operational control of the Einsatzgruppen was taken over by the RSHA.

Role range: 1939-1945

Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)

Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) · Warfare / World War, 2nd

When the units were re-formed prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, men of the Einsatzgruppen were recruited from the SD, Gestapo, Kripo, Orpo, and Waffen-SS. The units followed the invasion forces of the Wehrmacht Heer (German Army) into Eastern Europe.

Role range: 1939-1945

Night and Fog Decree

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The SD was given the responsibility of carrying out the Night and Fog Decree, designed to crush resistance in occupied Europe

Role range: 1939-1945

Sicherdienst (SD)

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The SD was given the responsibility of carrying out the Night and Fog Decree, designed to crush resistance in occupied Europe

Role range: 1939-1945

1942

Conference of Wansee

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Wansee · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Chairs the Conference which sets in motion the "Final Solution of the Jewish question"

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Reinhard

Wansee · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Named in memory of Reinhard Heydrich, coordinator of the Endlosung der Judenfrage (Final Solution of the Jewish Question), extermination of the Jews living in the European countries occupied by the German 3rd Reich

Role range: 1939-1945

Assassination of Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich

Prague · Warfare / World War, 2nd

After the plans for the Final Solution are laid down at the Wannsee conference, Heydrich is attacked by members of the Czech underground resistance

Role range: 1939-1945

Assassination of Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Prague · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Dies after an attack by the Czech resistence, 3 Czech parachutists with British support in an open car

Role range: 1939-1945

Death of Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Czech resistence assassinates Heydrich, "the Protector of Bohemia"

Role range: 1939-1945

Massacre

Protector-Bohemia & Moravia · Lidice · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The NAZIs respond to Heydrichs assassination by massacaring the population of Lidice

Role range: 1939-1945

Records, sources and methodology

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