The Executioner: Reinhard Heydrich

Overview

This episode focuses on Reinhard Heydrich. The leader of the Reich Security Main Office and Deputy Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia was a careerist. An orchestrator of mass murder, more than any other Nazi leader, he was responsible for rational planning with cold efficiency, ensuring that the Hitler and Himmler’s extermination plans were put into practice. In disturbing contrast to his function, in private, he played the role of the loving father, displaying average middle class values.