Heinrich Müller
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German SS police official SS-General and head of the Gestapo from 1939-1945 (1900–1945)
Key facts
- Appointed by
- Heinrich Himmler
- Preceded by
- Reinhard Heydrich
- Succeeded by
- Office abolished
- Born
- ( 1900-04-28 ) 28 April 1900, Munich , Kingdom of Bavaria , German Empire
- Died
- May 1945 (aged 45), Berlin , Germany (assumed)
- Party
- Nazi Party (1939–1945) Bavarian People's Party (until 1933)
- Civilian awards
- Golden Party Badge
- Nickname
- Gestapo Müller
- Allegiance
- German Empire , Nazi Germany
- Service
- Imperial German Army 1917–18, Munich Police 1919–33, Gestapo 1933–45
- Years of service
- 1917–18 (military), 1933–45 ( SS )
- Rank
- SS- Gruppenführer
- Battles wars
- World War I
- Military awards
- Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords , Iron Cross 1st Class with 1939 Clasp , Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords , Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kirk
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Munich
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Employer
- Gestapo
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Sudetenland Medal
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Reich Main Security Office
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Heinrich Müller.jpg
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- Commons category
- Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)
- date of birth
- 1900-04-28
- date of death
- 1945-05-02
- member of
- Schutzstaffel
- name in native language
- Heinrich Müller
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Heinrich Müller (28 April 1900; date of death unknown, but evidence points to May 1945) was a high-ranking German Schutzstaffel (SS) and police official during the Nazi era. For most of World War II in Europe, he was the chief of the Gestapo, the secret state police of Nazi Germany. Müller was central in the planning and execution of the Holocaust and attended the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, which formalised plans for the deportation and genocide of all Jews in German-occupied Europe—otherwise known as the "Final Solution to the Jewish question". He was referenced as "Gestapo Müller" to distinguish him from another SS general named Heinrich Müller.
He was last seen at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin on 1 May 1945 and remains the most senior figure of the Nazi regime who was never captured or confirmed to have died.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heinrich Müller” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.