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Question: Who was more powerful!.!. Himmler, Heydrich or Goering!? and why!?
I know Himmler had created his own 'empire' by 1936, but wasn't Heydrich actually administrating most of it!? eg!. Heydrich was at the Wannsee conference & not Himmler!. also, how much power did Goering actually exert- was he just minister of economics or did he have other roles!? thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Heydrich was subordinate to Himmler!.But Hitler considered Heydrich to be the ideal Nazi and wanted Heydrich to eventually succeed him as Fuhrer!.Had he not been killed by British agents in 1942,Heydrich would have been the most powerful of the three!.Goering was commander of the Luftwaffe and was Hitler's second in command!.He lost influence as the war continued!.In practice,Himmler was probably more powerful than Goering!.His operations took place throughout Europe and were much more essential to the Reich than anything Goering did!.The man closest to and most trusted by Hitler was Albert Speer,the minister of armaments!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah i agree with above Himmler was more organized than the other 2 goering had feel from favour by the end of the war but was still influential during the Nuremberg trials among the other criminals in charge!.!.!.Himmler controlled the ss who basically controlled Germany and the fuhrer so Himmler was certainly the most powerfulWww@QuestionHome@Com

Goering has the least power since Hitler was disappointed of the negative results for invading UK
Heydrich subordinate f Himmler was killed by Czech resistance so I suppose that Himmler was more powerfulWww@QuestionHome@Com