![]() ![]() The narrative both fascinates and disgusts Heydrich’s career in the Third Reich was overwhelmingly “successful.” Once he joined the SS as a foot soldier, he rose startlingly quickly through the ranks, and went on to hold many powerful office positions where his actions greatly enhanced the control and reach of the Nazi government. An impressive debut, HHhH was awarded the distinguished Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman Prize. ![]() Laurent Binet’s HHhH- Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich (Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich)-is at once an exhaustive historical novel on the rise and fall of a fundamental figure of the Nazi Party during the Holocaust and a reflection on the efforts involved in writing such a compelling and significant historical tale. Reinhard Heydrich was known as the Blond Beast, the Butcher of Prague, and Heinrich Himmler’s right-hand Nazi. ![]()
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