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Description: Very Rare Personal Letter Written by Reinhard Heydrich to Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler Regarding Polish Resistance Operations, the letter is on Heydrich’s official office headed paper, “Der Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD” and is dated 12.Marz 1941. The five paragraphed typed letter is regarding the investigation carried out by the German secret police into the sabotage actions of Polish resistance groups, the document also mentions the good work carried out by SS-Brigadefuhrer Muller, he goes on to tell Himmler that it will not be long before they break the Polish resistance group. The bottom of the letter has an original ink signature of Reinhard Heydrich and also a stamp with a annotated signature indicating that the letter had been read by Himmler. It is very rare to find original correspondence from Reinhard Heydrich, so to find one that was written to the head of the SS is even more rare. Punch holes to the document and various stamps. A extremely rare and historical document. SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich is considered to be one of the most evil men of the Nazi system. He was given various nicknames over the years including “the man with the iron heart” by Adolf Hitler, “butcherer of Prague” and “the hangman”. Heydrich served in the German Reichsmarine before being dismissed due to “Conduct unbecoming to an officer and gentleman". He joined the SS on 14th July 1931. Himmler wanted to set up an intelligence agency within the SS and Heydrich was soon appointed in this role. Heydrich and his unit were responsible for many of the early persecutions carried out by the Nazi’s. When war broke out, he was very anti-Polish, and was keen to make sure that Poland suffered. In 1941 he was appointed Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia). Heydrich terrified the Czech nationals, with 142 Czech’s executed within 5 days of his arrival in Prague. Heydrich is considered to be the main architect of the Holocaust. He was one of the main organisers of the Kristallnacht programme. In the meeting by the RSHA in Prague, in 1941, where the “Final Solution” was discussed and masterminded, Heydrich was the highest ranking officer. Heydrich was placed in charge of the “Final Solution of the Jewish question”. As well as serving with the SS, Reinhard Heydrich also served with the Luftwaffe, flying nearly 100 combat missions, it was on a mission over the Eastern Front that his plane was hit by Soviet Anti-Aircraft fire and he had to make a emergency landing behind enemy lines. He managed to escape capture and Hitler ordered he come back to Berlin and continue service with the SS. He was awarded the Luftwaffe pilots badge, bronze and silver operational flying clasps. In London, the Czechoslovak government-in-exile decided that Heydrich had to be assassinated. Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gab?ík headed the team chosen for the operation, trained by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). They returned to the Protectorate, parachuting from a Handley Page Halifax on 28 December 1941, where they lived in hiding, preparing for the mission. On 27 May 1942, Heydrich planned to meet Hitler in Berlin. Heydrich would have to pass a section where the Dresden-Prague road merges with a road to the Troja Bridge. The junction in the Prague suburb of Libe? was well suited for the attack because motorists have to slow for a hairpin bend. As Heydrich's car slowed, Gab?ík took aim with a Sten submachine gun, but it jammed and failed to fire. Heydrich ordered his driver Klein to halt and attempted to confront the attackers, rather than having his driver speed away. Kubiš then threw a converted anti-tank mine at the rear of the car as it stopped. The explosion wounded both Heydrich and Kubiš. Heydrich ordered Klein to chase Gab?ík on foot, and Gab?ík shot Klein in the leg. Kubiš and Gab?ík managed to escape the scene. A Czech woman went to Heydrich's aid and flagged down a delivery van. He was placed on his stomach in