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Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942) was a lieutenant-general in the Nazi SS organisation, Gestapo chief, and head of Reich security. A favourite of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Heydrich controlled all police activity in the Third Reich and was instrumental...

A 1940 photograph of the leading Nazi Reinhard Heydrich (1904-42) who acted as the Nazi leader in Bohemia and Moravia and headed the Nazi police services across the Third Reich. (German Federal Archives)

A 1934 photograph of the leading Nazi Reinhard Heydrich (1904-42) who headed the various Nazi criminal and secret police services across the Third Reich. (German Federal Archives)

The story of Operation Anthropoid during WW2 unfolds in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, where the Czech resistance planned a daring mission against Reinhard Heydrich, the high-ranking German officer infamously known as the 'Butcher...

The Obsequies of an Egyptian Cat, oil on canvas by John Reinhard Weguelin, 1886. Auckland Art Gallery. A priestess offers gifts of food and milk to the spirit of a cat. On an altar stands the mummy of the deceased, and the tomb is decorated...

A June 1942 photograph showing the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) at the funeral in Berlin of Reinhard Heydrich (1904-42), a senior Nazi and leader in Bohemia and Moravia who was assassinated by the Czech resistance. (Imperial War Museums...

A May 1942 photograph showing the damaged car of Reinhard Heydrich (1904-42), a senior Nazi and leader in Bohemia and Moravia who was assassinated by the Czech resistance who threw a grenade at the vehicle in Prague. (German Federal Archives...

Einsatzgruppen ('deployment groups') were secret Nazi killing units, who systematically sought out and murdered civilians identified as enemies of the Third Reich. Operating without any legal restrictions in territories newly conquered by...

Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) was the head of the Nazi SS (Schutzstaffel) organisation. One of the most powerful individuals in Nazi Germany, Himmler built up the SS from a small paramilitary unit to a vast organisation, which included armoured...

The Gestapo was the secret political police organisation of Nazi Germany. Created in 1933, the Gestapo became one of the most feared instruments of state terror, its members having few or no legal restrictions to their actions. The Gestapo...