The Reich Security Main Office orchestrated the worst crimes of Nazi Germany. The RSHA was in charge of the Gestapo, the concentration camp system, security in occupied Europe, the murderous Einsatzgruppen, and the Holocaust. But who was in charge of the RSHA? Who was Reinhard Heydrich? How did he come to power? What did the man who oversaw the Holocaust believe? This week Chris and Ryan present the first installment of a new series of political biographies about leading Nazis. Join us for episode one in two-part discussion about the life and crimes of the Chief of the Security Police and Security Service, Leader of the RSHA, Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, and architect of the Final Solution, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.