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Essay / The Beliefs and Life of Heinrich Himmler - 615
-The vast power of Nazi Germany had spread across Europe, Africa, and eastern Russia. There has never been such a large empire since Roman times, ruled by a single ruler and his companions. Hitler was responsible for everything, with his fellow leaders at his side; Hermann Göring, Dr. Joseph Geobbels, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Heinrich Himmler. Quoting longtime Nazi Party leader Emil Klein: “We felt like we were ruling the world. Hitler promised us so much and kept every single one of those promises. Yes, the war was still going on, but we had absorbed so much territory and the productive capacity of so many countries that it was only a matter of time before we could fight the Allies to a stalemate. . . We thought then that they would ultimately have no choice but to accept an armistice. p.1-Himmler possessed a large amount of Nazi power. He controlled various empires across Europe. He was the Reichführer-SS, head of the Schutzstaffel - the SS - and the Waffen-SS, of the Sicherheitsdienst - the SD - the intelligence services of the SS, and he was also...