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Heinrich Müller was a German police official under both the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. He became chief of the Gestapo, the political secret state police of Nazi Germany, and was involved in the planning and execution of the Holocaust. He was known as "Gestapo Müller" to distinguish him from another SS general also named Heinrich Müller. He was last seen in the Führerbunker in Berlin on 1 May 1945 and remains the most senior figure of the Nazi regime who was never captured or confirmed to have died.

✵ 28. April 1900 – 1. May 1945
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Famous Heinrich Müller Quotes

“Soup is never eaten as hot as it is cooked.”

Heinrich Müller

Quoted in "The SS, Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945" - Page 33 - by Gerald Reitlinger - History - 1989

“If we had fifty Eichmann's, we would have won the war.”

Heinrich Müller

About Adolf Eichmann's devotion. Quoted in "And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight" - Page 37 - by Jacob Robinson - Jews - 1965

“We know the Russian methods exactly. I haven't the faintest intention of being taken prisoner by the Russians.”

Heinrich Müller

April 29, 1945. Quoted in "U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis" - Page 150 - by Richard Breitman, Norman J. W. Goda, Timothy Naftali, Robert Wolfe - History - 2005

“One should herd the entire intelligentsia into a mine and then blow it sky-high.”

Heinrich Müller

Quoted in The Third Reich: A New History (2001) - Page 191

“You are in the hands of the Gestapo. Don't imagine that we shall show you the slightest consideration. The Fuhrer has already shown the world that he is invincible and soon he will come and liberate the people of England from the Jews and Plutocrats such as you. It is war and Germany is fighting for her existence. You are in the greatest danger and if you want to live another day must be very careful.”

Heinrich Müller

To Captain Best, quoted in "Heinrich Müller: Gestapo Chief" - Page 59 - by Mark Beyer - 2001

“You are a very interesting case, General. Do you know what fat file of evidence we have against you here?”

Heinrich Müller

To General Walter Dornberger, 1944. Quoted in "Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny" - by Edward Crankshaw

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