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Himmler

American

[him-ler, him-luhr] / ˈhɪm lər, ˈhɪm lər /

noun

Heinrich 1900–45, German Nazi leader and chief of the secret police.

Himmler British

/ ˈhɪmlər /

noun

Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1900–45, German Nazi leader, head of the SS and the Gestapo (1936–45); committed suicide

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"Yet we shall never speak of this in public," Himmler cautioned.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2022

And every other dish the Germans order sounds to him like Heinrich Himmler or Joseph Goebbels.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2021

Thirteen years later, another prominent Nazi, Heinrich Himmler, addressed a particularly unexpected group of Nazi “victims.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2021

In 1938, Heinrich Himmler, a leading member of Germany's Nazi party and a key architect of the Holocaust, sent a five-member team to Tibet to search for the origins of the supposed Aryan race.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2021

I never mentioned the man who could not have been Himmler.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

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