Heydrich Was a Genius

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was a genius. Period. Dark, evil, diabolical genius, sure – but a genius nevertheless. Because only an evil genius could have conceived, structured, planned and executes such a gargantuan diabolical project as Shoah.

Unlike Eichmann, G;ring (and possibly even Himmler), Heydrich was a true believer. He deeply, passionately, sincerely (and erroneously) believed that it was absolutely necessary to kill all Jews under German control. And he utilized all his talents, all his capabilities, all his resources and all his genius to making it happen… and was very close to success.

Reinhard Heydrich was highly driven, very determined, inhumanly disciplined, incredibly daring and totally committed to both of his highly patriotic (in his mind) fundamental objectives.

His first objective was to build a highly efficient – the best in the world – security service capable of protecting his beloved Germany from all domestic enemies. This objective was achieved on September 27, 1939 when RSHA was born.

It merged domestic and foreign intelligence (SD), political police (Gestapo), criminal police (Kripo) and paramilitary death squads (Einsatzgruppen) into a highly efficient security system. Heydrich achieved this almost impossible objective when he was just 35 years old…

Another – incomparably more challenging and grandiose – objective of his was the “Holocaust Project”. The “final solution to the Jewish question”. Physical extermination of all Jews under German control (in this, thanks God, he was not completely successful).

In addition, he was a highly successful Reich Protector (ruler) of Bohemia and Moravia… so successful, in fact that it became one of the reasons for his assassination by British commandos.

Young Heydrich trained seriously as a violinist, developing expert skill and a lifelong passion for the violin. He was a gifted musician – some of those who heard him playing, were sure that, had he chosen music as his occupation, he would have become one of the best violin players in the world. Too bad he didn’t.

Heydrich was a very accomplished all-round fencer. A talented athlete, he became an expert swimmer as well. He was very good at running and horse-riding… oh, and he was an accomplished fighter pilot with over 100 combat missions.

In short, the evil genius par excellence… and a serial mass-murderer.