The Killing of Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Free Press, The, 1989. Book contains 239 pages with b&w illustrations. Never been read - so very clean and tight. In the darkest months of 1941, as Hitler and his generals consolidated their grip on Western Europe and rolled swiftly into the Soviet Union, the world despaired at the seeming invincibility of Nazi power. Determined to smash all remnants of resistance, Hitler appointed Reinhard Heydrich, the most feared figure in occupied Europe and symbol of the hated Nazi SS elite, as Reichsprotektor of Czachoslovakia. Heydrich, who had organized the infamous Wannsee Conference to plan the Final Solution, terrorized the Czechs in an orgy of torture and murder in order to establish his model SS State on their torture and murder in order to establish his model SS State on their soil.. First Printing. Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.