Heinrich Himmler : A Life (204 page)

Rademacher, Franz 508–10

Rahn, Otto 223, 239–40, 323

Rainer, Friedrich 349, 351

Rangell, Johan Wilhelm 618

Rasch, Otto 413

Rath, Ernst vom 408, 409

Rathenau, Walther 60, 62

Rauschmayer, Maria 31, 75–7, 766n29

Rauter, Hanns Albin 318, 493–4, 655, 656, 705

Ravensbrück concentration camp 242, 569, 731

Rediess, Wilhelm 134–5, 305, 332, 438, 491, 544

Reeder, Eggert 496

Reemtsma, Hermann 325

Rehrl, Alois 44, 380, 586, 759n113

Reich Association of the Jews in Germany 411, 477

Reichenau, Walter von 334, 554

Reich Labour Service, recruitment into Waffen-SS 672–3

Reichsbanner 150

Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) 394

deportation of Jews 440, 444

expansion throughout Europe 618–20, 624–5

dispute over control of 469

domestic repression 661–2

establishment of 225, 469, 470

fragmentation of responsibilities 472

Madagascar project 509–10

organizational structure 470–2

settlement policy 578

Wannsee conference 555–6, 561

see also
Gestapo; Kripo; SD (Security Service); Sipo

Reichsflagge 66

Reichskriegsflagge 67, 69

Reichstag, elections (1924, Dec) 81, 82

Reichswehr:

Gestapo, relations between 189

opposition to SA 171, 172

Röhm’s threat to 171

SS, relationship with 181, 182

Reich War Flag 67

Reinhardt, Fritz 97, 115

Reinhardt, Operation 350, 571, 583

Reischle, Hermann 413–14, 417

Renan, Ernst 78

Reschny, Hermann 177, 178–9

resistance movements 544–5

counter-terror 656–7

repression of 654–7, 705

Rhineland:

French reoccupation 66

military occupation of 180

Ribbentrop, Joachim von 144, 590

appointed Foreign Minister 393, 399

claims right to approve Himmler’s foreign trips 507

ethnic policy 388

relationship with Himmler 392

end of friendship 506

resists Himmler’s infiltration of diplomatic service 394

seeks permission to contact enemy powers 719–20

suspicion of Himmler’s diplomatic activities 505

Richter, Gustav 619

Riegner, Gerhart 573

Riga ghetto, mass murder of Jews 549–50

Rintelen, Anton 177

rocket programme 687–9, 703–4

Rodenbach, Georges 41

Rodenbücher, Alfred 134

Röhm, Ernst 63, 739

appointed head of SA 118–19

arrested 173

defines relationship between SA and SS 120–1

different views from Hitler 119

establishes Reichskriegsflagge 67

Himmler authorizes murder of 174

Himmler’s first meeting with 54

Himmler’s relationship with 119–20

Himmler visits in prison 70

Hitler putsch (1923) 69

homosexuality 120

orders SA on leave 172

threat to Reichswehr 171

views on role of SA 119

Romania:

deportation of Jews 618–19

stalling over 625

German ethnic policy 391

Germany demands control over Jews 619

legionnaires’ putsch 505–6

mass murder of Jews 618

Waffen-SS recruitment in 502, 615, 673

Roques, Karl von 531

Rosenberg, Alfred 271, 274, 440

appointed Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories 527

Christian persecution 221

deportation of central European Jews 542

disagreements with Himmler 629–30

elimination of Jews 551

ethnic policy 388

negotiations with Himmler over role in east 516, 538–9

Rösener, Erwin 330, 626

background of 320

Himmler’s intervention in marriage of 367–8

indebtedness 325

Rössner, Hans 799n27

Rost van Tonningen, Meinoud 495, 607

Rothenberger, Curt Ferdinand 636

Röver, Carl 160

Ryti, Risto 618

SA (Storm Troops - Sturmabteilung):

arrest of leaders of 173

assumes quasi-police role 148

calls for ‘second revolution’ 171

conflict with party leadership:

second Stennes crisis (1931) 121–2

Stennes crisis (1930) 117–18

German Combat League 66

Hitler moves against 173

incorporation of paramilitary organizations 171

lack of discipline in 156, 171

membership 126

growth of 170–1

mobilization of opponents of 172

search for compromising material 172

Night of the Long Knives 173–4

refounding of 112

Röhm appointed head of 118–19

as source of discontent 170

SS:

complains about recruitment methods 121

deterioration of relations between 143

Röhm defines relationship between 120–1

Stennes crisis (1930) 117–18

subordinate status 113, 118, 119

threat to Reichswehr 171

Sachsenburg concentration camp 183, 241

Sachsenhain 297–8

Sachsenhausen concentration camp 242, 246–7, 482, 730, 731

Sack, Karl 698

Salisch, Karl von 718

Samurai 281

Sauberzweig, Karl Gustav 330

Sauckel, Fritz 559, 621, 629

Saur, Karl-Otto 688

Saxony 66

Schacht, Hjalmar 399, 411

Schäfer, Ernst 277, 281, 282, 821n143

Schalburg, Christian Frederik von 606

Scharfe, Paul 488

Schaumburg-Lippe, Himmler takes control of political police 160

Scheel, Gustav 799n27

Scheidt, H W 271

Schellenberg, Walter 469, 470, 726, 727, 729, 734, 799n27, 946n132

Schenk, Ernst Günther 334–5

Schieber, Walter 633

Schimana, Walter 650

Schirach, Baldur von 396

Schleicher, General Kurt von 139–40, 143, 144, 173

Schmauser, Heinrich 132

Schmelt, Albrecht 560–1

Schmelt organization 563, 566

Schmidt, Andreas 502

Schmidt, Eduard 174

Schmidt, Friedrich 101, 102

Schmidt, Maximilian 29

Schmitt, Walter 295, 330

Schmundt, Rudolph
432

Schneider, Gerhard 135–6, 169

Schneider, Hermann 90

Schneidhuber, August 150, 160, 777n8

Scholz, Herbert 392–3

Schöngarth, Eberhard 705

Schreck, Julius 110, 111–12

Schröder, Kurt Freiherr von 259

Schröder, Walter 328

Schroeder, Kurt Freiherr von 144

Schultz, Bruno Kurt 303, 498, 580

Schulz, Erwin 160

Schumburg, Emil 393–4

Schuschnigg, Kurt von 403

Schusnus, Fritz 93–4

Schwarz, Franz Xaver 90, 349

Schwede, Franz 431

Schwerin von Krosigk, Ludwig 727, 733

Scultetus, Hans Robert 277, 279, 280, 450

SD (Security Service - Sicherheitsdienst):

agreement with Foreign Ministry 394

Austria, persecution of Jews 407

becomes Nazi Party’s official intelligence service 165

Christian church, persecution of 221–2

counter-intelligence role 190

Czechoslovakia 387–8

Domestic Affairs Department 188

domestic surveillance 212

focus on ideological enemies 212

establishment of 125

Foreign Department 188

embassy representatives 507

functions of 471

Freemasons 214

functions of 212

Gestapo, links between 188–9

Heydrich appointed head of 125

Home Affairs Office, functions of 471

Jewish policy:

acquires executive powers in 407

development of 217

persecution 216–18

programme for expulsion 410–11

organizational structure 164–5, 187, 212, 258, 471–2

Poland:

frontier violations 425

preparations for war 425

relations with military intelligence 189–90

Romania, legionnaires’ putsch 505–6

search for compromising material on SA 172

secret-police role 188

Soviet Union, planning for role in invasion 517–19

Sudetenland 387–8

see also
Reich Security Main Office (RSHA)

Sebottendorf, Rudolf von 28

Second World War, as opportunity for Himmler 424–5

Security Police,
see
Sipo (Sicherheitspolizei, Security Police)

Seisser, Hans Ritter von 67

Selbstschutz (Ethnic German Self-Defence Force) 491

creation of 429

mass murder of Poles 429, 430

confrontations with Wehrmacht 433

mental patients 431

Seldte, Franz 144

Selvester, Captain Tom 1–2