1945 Death Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 1945 Event German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured 1944 Event Himmler orders destruction of Auschwitz and Birkenau crematoriums 1943 Event Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution" 1943 Event Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos 1943 Event Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Polish ghettos 1943 Event Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw 1942 Event Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbruck Camp 1942 Event Reichsfuhrer Himmler arrives in Prague 1941 Event Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp 1941 Event Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp 1940 Event Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1940 Event Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice 1939 Event SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews 1934 Event SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps 1934 Event Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police 1933 Event Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany 1932 Event Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws 1931 Event Reinhard Heydrichs 1st meeting with Himmler 1900 Birthday Heinrich Himmler, head of Gestapo, war criminal
