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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

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

Heinrich Himmler was 22 when he joined the Nazi Party; Joseph Goebbels was in his 20s, too.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021

I saw Himmler’s car stop and Himmler himself get out and march right up to me and snap his heels together and salute me and say, “Hanukkah!”

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

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