These two brave men – the Czech Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš the Slovak – did not survive the ensuing hunt for the culprits … The reason his loathsome name is not as well-known as others in that loathsome regime is because he was killed, in 1942, in broad daylight in the city streets of Prague, by Czechoslovak paratroopers who had fled to Britain and were recruited by the Secret Service to kill him. He was the brains behind Himmler and was considered by some to be the likely successor to and possibly supplanter of Hitler. It refers to Reinhard Heydrich – the most dangerous man in Hitler’s cabinet, and also known as ‘the Butcher of Prague’. What can I possibly write about this brilliant book that hasn’t been said already? HHhH by Laurent Binet has been reviewed both to great acclaim and to biting criticism all around the world and no wonder, it’s one of the most interesting books I’ve read in a long time.įirstly, the title: it stands for ‘Himmler’s Hirn heiβt Heydrich’ which means ‘Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich’.
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