History Characters / Conspiracy2001

The SS Chief of Reich Security (Main Office) and Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. He has ultimate oversight over all matters relating to the Jewish question, and is the immediate subordinate to Heinrich Himmler. A ruthless and intelligent man, he spends much of the film threatening, flattering and cajoling to bring the ministries into line. He was killed by British-trained Czech commandos with an anti-tank grenade which destroyed his car in 1942.

* ArmchairMilitary: Luther says he'd be perfectly willing to serve in an SS death squad, entirely missing the point that the reason why they're industrialising the process of mass murder is that personally executing masses of civilians is proving to be bad for the German soldiers' morale. He seems to be unable to understand why anyone could possibly get sick of shooting defenceless civilians over and over again.

* HarsherInHindsight: At one point, Heydrich boasts that "the secret of life is to live dangerously". This habit comes to bite him in the backside big time, as his habit of driving through Prague in an open and unarmoured car greatly helps in his assassination.

* TheDreaded: Everyone, even other high ranking officials, are frightened of Heydrich as they know he will have no issue whatsoever having them eliminated if they stand in his way. Even the arrogant and vain Klopfer, who himself is a very powerful man who can ruin everyone else in the roon with one phone call, dares not repeat his insults to Heydrich's face. The only exceptions are Eichmann and Mueller, his direct associates.

* TheDreaded: Everyone, even other high ranking officials, are frightened of Heydrich as they know he will have no issue whatsoever having them eliminated if they stand in his way. Even the arrogant and vain Klopfer, who himself is a very powerful man who can ruin everyone else in the ruin with one phone call, dares not repeat his insults to Heydrich's face. The only exceptions are Eichmann and Mueller, his direct associates.

* TheDreaded: Everyone, even other high ranking officials, are frightened of Heydrich as they know he will have no issue whatsoever having them eliminated if they stand in his way. The only exceptions are Eichmann and Mueller, his direct associates.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He has no relation to the Protestant reformer. Ironically, the original Luther became a staunch anti-semite himself in his later years.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Whilst the real Gerhard Klopfer was just as evil and racist as the one portrayed in the film, he was neither a glutton nor lecherous. Informations are rather sparse, but he seemed to be a rather polite and calm person in real life, as well. He is intended to represent the Party side of the government and the political bureaucrats who are reaping the benefits without getting their own hands in dirty like the soldiers or even doing anything useful for the nation on a day to day basis like the State side of the government.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Whilst the real Gerhard Klopfer was just as evil and racist as the one portrayed in the film, he was neither a glutton nor lecherous. Informations are rather sparse, but he seemed to be a rather polite and calm person in real life, as well.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Klopfer is very clearly under the impression that he is the most important man at the conference, and behaves as such, to everyone else's annoyance. Played with in that while the other attendees do respect his position, they regard Klopfer as -- in Heydrich's words -- as a "strutting, imbecilic, porcine prick." At the same time, Heydrich knows it's unwise to confront Klopfer openly when the latter warns the SS not to usurp power from the Nazi Party, immediately asserting that "everyone's opinion will be considered".

Director of the Office of the Four Year Plan, Neumann is subordinate to Hermann Göring. His only concern whatsoever seemed to be severe shortage of labor force, hence his appeals to spare Jews who were working on vital industrial objects. He was interned by the Allies in 1945, but released in 1948 on the grounds of poor health. He died in 1951.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Schöngarth was convicted of murdering a captured airman and executed.

* SmugSnake: Starts of seemingly affable, but whenever anybody tries to interrupt or disagree with him he replies in a smarmy, patronizing tone that makes it clear he doesn't give a toss about taking anyone else there seriously.