Heinrich Himmler was a military commander and a leading member of the Nazi Party. He joined the Nazi Party in August of 1923. After the SS commander, Erhard Heiden, gave up his position, Himmler took this position as an SS officer with Hitler's approval. In 1933 he set up his first own concentration camp at Dachau.
He was in charge of the Final Solution, the plan of to kill all Jews. He was known as the second most powerful man in Germany at this time. He was given the responsibility of the security of the Nazi empire. During his time with the Nazi Party he was head of the SS and was also Hitler's bodyguard. When he got appointed to the head of the SS, there was 300 men in 1929; by 1933 he had 33,000 men. He was named chief of German police in June of 1933.
Questions:
1. When did he join the Nazi party?
2. What was the name of his first concentration camp?
3. What was he in charge of?
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