Reinhard Heydrich
An image from Night and Fog, one of the productions that also features Reinhard Heydrich.
Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Heydrich

March 7, 1904 — Halle an der Saale, Germany

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich, also known as The Hangman, was a high-ranking German Nazi official. He was SS Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, chief of the Reich Main Security Office and Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia. In August 1940, he was appointed and served as President of Interpol. Heydrich chaired the 1942 Wannsee Conference, which discussed plans for the deportation and extermination of all Jews in German-occupied territory. In Operation Anthropoid, he was attacked in Prague on May 27, 1942, by British-trained Slovak and Czech agents. He died approximately one week later due to his injuries.

Night and Fog

Night and Fog

1959

Hitler's bodyguard

Hitler's bodyguard

2010

Adolf Hitler - Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer: Dokumente der Zeitgeschichte

1953

The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police

The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police

1991

Opus pro smrtihlava

Opus pro smrtihlava

1984

Dawn of the Nazis

Dawn of the Nazis

2017

Death in Focus

Death in Focus

1989