#587 REINHARD HEYDRICH: THE IDEAL NATIONAL SOCIALIST. Translated from THREE original Schutzstaffel publications. It includes articles and speeches by Heydrich himself, articles about Heydrich, eulogies to Heydrich by Hitler, Himmler, Daluege and Bormann. 40pp. Softcover. $10.00. Add this item to shopping cart.

Reinhard Heydrich: The Ideal National Socialist is translated from THREE original SS publications.

The first publication, Reinhard Heydrich: Ein Leben der Tat (literally "A Life of the Deed"), was commissioned by the German State Minister for Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer K. H. Frank as a token of gratitude to the man who, in a serious hour in the most recent history of Bohemia and Moravia, promptly crushed the plot against the Reich from this region with all the means at his disposal, thereby establishing the groundwork for a positive development in all spheres. The occasion was what would have been Heydrich’s fortieth birthday on March 7, 1944. It includes both articles about Heydrich AND three speeches by Heydrich.

The second publication, The Changes in Our Struggle, was written by Heydrich himself.

The third publication, entitled simply Reinhard Heydrich, is a compilation of eulogies by Bormann, Daluege, Himmler and Hitler. It also includes some quotes from Heydrich.

Finally, a short sketch of Heydrich’s life, written after the war, fills in the gaps.

Here is an excerpt:

We must work on ourselves. Through ceaseless self-discipline, we must anchor and secure in ourselves the eternal principles of the worldview given us by the Führer. We must first standardize ourselves spiritually, so each thinks the same about the opponent, equally rejects him without making personally egocentric and sympathetic exceptions. In order to preserve our folk, we must be very hard toward the opponent, even at the risk of sometimes hurting an individual opponent as a human or appearing to many certainly well meaning people to be undisciplined brutes. If we do not fulfill our historical task as National Socialists, because we are too objective and humane, one will nonetheless not grant us moderating circumstances. It will only be said: They did not fulfill their task before history. If somebody is our conscious opponent, he must be defeated subjectively and without exception. If for example every German out of pity excludes even just "one decent" Jew or Freemason from the fight, that would mean 60 million exceptions. - Reinhard Heydrich