Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Reinhard Heydrich: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  EncyclopĂŚdia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Der Henker • The Hangman • Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich
Born March 7, 1904 • Halle • Germany
Died June 4, 1942 (aged 38) • Prague • Czech Republic
Political Affiliation Nazi Party
Role In final solution • Holocaust • Kristallnacht • Wannsee Conference • World War II

Photos

Reinhard Heydrich
Wannsee Conference
See All Images →
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Hermann GĂśring
Hermann GĂśring
German political leader and convicted war criminal
default image
Klaus Barbie
Nazi leader
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian Nazi
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Paul Hausser, German Waffen-SS commander, World War II.
Paul Hausser
German military officer
Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny
Nazi SS officer
Portrait of German diplomat Joachim von Ribbentrop in formal attire, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
default image
Walther Model
German military officer
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
Albert Speer
Albert Speer
German architect and Nazi official
Nazi official Walther Funk seated and looking to the side during the Nuremberg trials, November 24, 1945.
Walther Funk
German economist
Frick, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Frick
German politician
default image
Hans Fritzsche
German journalist
default image
Fritz Sauckel
German Nazi politician
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Franz Halder, 1938.
Franz Halder
German general

Related Quizzes

U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
World War II Quiz
Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II
Adolf Hitler participating in a Nazi parade in Munich, Germany, circa 1930s.
Nazi Germany Quiz