W.A. Hayes
1 min readAug 5, 2021

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I strongly disagree with your assessment that Heydrich was forgotten. Though unbeknownst to perhaps young minds who are merely interested in WW2, Heydrich has been a sensational topic of World War II and the Holocaust from the day he was assassinated. Films were made about him in America and the UK such as Hangmen Also Die (1943) and Hitler's Madman (also 1943). Because of his status within the Nazi hierarchy, his role as supreme author of the Holocaust, and his assassination Heydrich has been a very popular figure. I do think I understand where you are coming from though, as the first people to think of being responsible for the Holocaust by most is Hitler, Goering, and first and foremost, Himmler. Quite frankly, I find it odd how Himmler had a basic sense of humanity (based on that incident in Belarus ((or Ukraine)) where he witnessed an execution, blood got on his uniform, he vomited, and commanded that the victims be shot quickly). Heydrich on the other hand had no such humanity but what is worse is that I have read here and there on the internet that Heydrich wasn't really a Nazi--he was above all, a virulently ambitious careerist and sociopathic opportunist. Before joining the SS, he did not care a thing at all for Hitler or the Nazis. It was only upon his wife getting him to join the SS did he start to play the role of the enthusiastic string-puller.

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W.A. Hayes
W.A. Hayes

Written by W.A. Hayes

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