Heydrich was on the verge of exposing Admiral Canaris, head of the Abwehr (military intelligence) at that time. Canaris was actively involved in passing intelligence to the Allies. Once the British got wind of this, they arranged to have Heydrich wacked.
Admiral Canaris was hanged next to Dietrich Bonhoeffer just before the Allies reached the Flossenberg concentration camp.
Canaris was a good man.
I wonder how ordinary Germans view him...as a Patriot, or as a traitor?
Heydrich was an assh*le of the first magnitude. I always get a particular satisfaction reading the events of his final moments.
There’s something satisfying when a murdering b*stard thug gets whacked - to me, it’s even more gratifying than having them put on trial. Felt the same way when Ceacescu of Romania was shot.
Daresay I’d feel that way if some Cuban exPat finally got to Castro and did some ballistic cranial surgey on him.