History Characters / TheManInTheHighCastleSeriesGreaterNaziReich

* AdaptationalHeroism: ''The Man in the High Castle'' may be the only form of media ever to portray Hitler as [[ALighterShadeOfBlack the lesser of two evils]]. (By comparison, in the original novel, he was locked in lunatic asylum by his own allies).
* AntiVillain: It tells you a lot about the world of ''The Man in the High Castle'' that Adolf Hitler qualifies as an Anti-Villain. Hitler is the only thing stopping the Nazis from going out and bombing the Japanese.

* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Just like in real life, Hitler's greatest weapon was his oratory powers. He shows his skill with this in the finale as he manages to stop Rudolph Wegener from assassinating him through a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.]]

* EvilVirtues: He may still be a genocidal warlord in this setting, but [[spoiler:he respects the Japanese enough to oppose a nuclear war that would in all likelihood destroy the planet.]] Plus, he's completely unshaken even while being held at gunpoint, and unwilling to let his apparently deteriorating health affect his actions in any way.

* OlderAndWiser: A twisted and darker example of this trope. [[spoiler: Thanks to the ''The Grasshopper Lies Heavy'' movies, this Hitler seems aware of his fate and the Third Reich's fate in other realities, and here he is trying to preserve his legacy by trying to prevent a nuclear war between Germany and Japan.]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: In an ironic twist, at the end of season 2 he makes a big speech about [[spoiler:Heusmann]]'s betrayal of Hitler being an abominable act. The historical Himmler tried to make a deal with the Allies behind Hitler's back at the end of the war in a pathetic attempt to save his own skin.

** BigBadEnsemble: Alongside Yamori in Season 4

* {{Hypocrite}}: Has Nicole arrested and sent to a [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace "re-education facility"]] for her bisexual lifestyle, specifically calling it "perversion." Himmler is suspected to have been bisexual himself, though unlike his archenemy Ernst Röhm, he seems to have kept quiet about it. Such hypocrisy would not be unusual for the nazi leadership.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In Season 4, he is still alive from the assassination attempt a year on, but experiences coughing fits due to unspecified injuries to his lungs which requires him to get fresh oxygen from a gas tank to stop it. [[spoiler:Downplayed since it doesn't kill him however, since Smith exploits a coughing episode by switching up the immediately-available air canister with ''[[DeadlyGas Zyklon]]''.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate following [[spoiler:the purge of Himmler and the rest of the Nazi leadership at Smith and Goertzmann's hands is never brought up.]]

* TheDragon: Turns out he didn't plan on becoming Führer himself but was acting on under the orders of [[spoiler:Heusmann.]]

-->'''Helen''': Heydrich scares me, John. H-He says it's for the glory of the Reich, but he enjoys the things that he does.

* OutGambitted: [[spoiler:Heydrich's attempted coup to overthrow Hitler gets undone by Hitler himself, who already knew the coup was coming thanks to the film reels.]]

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: Seemingly appeared as the BigBad at the end of Season 2, after assassinating Hitler, however, at the beginning of Season 3, he is executed by his own son]].

* TheChessmaster: In actuality he has been [[spoiler: playing a long gambit to put himself in charge and destroy Japan, the sole remaining rival to absolute Nazi [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]].]]

* TheStarscream: He was the mastermind and benefitiary of [[spoiler:Heydrich's plot to overthrow Hitler.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He aims to end conflict from Earth by [[spoiler:committing genocide against the Japanese so only the "Master Race" remains and may live in peace.]]

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Is provided one first by Heydrich (kill Hitler or lose everything you love), and then much more effectively by Hitler (kill Hitler and get solace for previous genocides he had participated in, or kill himself and keep solace in the fact that he is not causing an even worse genocide of the Japanese).]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's last seen [[spoiler:showing John Smith his "map of the multiverse"]]. He's not shown during [[spoiler:the Resistance attack on Die Nebenwelt, though it is likely he was KilledOffscreen during the raid.]]

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Eichmann was an SS officer during the war, playing a huge part in the organization of the Holocaust alongside Heydrich. After the war he fled to South America, until he was captured by Mossad agents and tried and executed for war crimes in Israel.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Actor Timothy Murphy's German accent is ... off, to say the least.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:By the end of the series, Goertzmann has murdered all his rivals and has placed himself as head of the Third Reich. With no signs of any division or collapse.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: From his intimidating height to his selfishness and fanatism. He appears to be a stand-in for Ernst Kaltenbrunner. The most senior surviving SS general officer who attempted to lie his way out of the Nuremberg trials, but was convicted and hanged by the Allies in 1946.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: At the end of the series, Goertzmann is now leader of the third Reich with no signs his reign is collapsing.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: While he's initially hinted to be gunning for John Smith, he later strikes a deal with Smith to take part in his coup against the Reich leadership, then ruling jointly from both Berlin and New York.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[EvenEvilHasStandards Other Nazis don't like him very much]], and he gets humiliatingly deposed and exiled to Cuba by Smith, who follows up by [[spoiler: having him assassinated a few weeks later]]. Possibly an AllohistoricalAllusion, as the real Rockwell was killed by one of his own followers after a falling out over ideology.

* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Smith sends his regards via a large knife through his torso while Rockwell is watching a live sex show]].

* BigBrotherIsWatching: Due to the rise in Americanism following the [[spoiler:Japanese withdrawal from the West Coast, he proposes 24-hour surveillance on every single person in the American Reich through wiretapping and cameras on all private and public facilities.]]

* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Smith notes that Hoover will side with whoever has more power [[spoiler:after Smith gets evidence of Hoover's own sordid secrets that would surely get him executed, he joins Smith to bring down Rockwell.]] However, later on [[spoiler:when Smith's loyalty to Himmler becomes suspect due to Helen's actions, he begins to compile evidence against him once again, this time bugging the Smith penthouse.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: For much of season 3, he's scheming with George Lincoln Rockwell to have Smith removed from power. However, Smith [[spoiler:blackmails Hoover with his own sordid private life that would get him in hot water with the Reich, so he helps Smith frame Rockwell instead. From that point onwards, Hoover becomes a loyal servant of Smith.]]

* IHaveYourWife: The Resistance [[spoiler:kidnaps Lucy to blackmail Henry into collaborating with them. He refuses, however, until Dixon tells him she's pregnant.]]

* PropagandaMachine: He runs ande devises the propaganda initiatives for the American Reich. In his first scene, many of his drafts for fascist propaganda are seen.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He has contacts with the New York Police, which he uses to [[spoiler:get Thelma out of prison after she's arrested on a raid at a lesbian bar.]]

* {{Irony}}: He shares his name with Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the head of the ''Kriegsmarine'' at the beginning of WWII. ''Grossadmiral'' Raeder [[TeethClenchedTeamwork openly despised the Nazi Party]], [[OnlySaneMan opposed going to war in the first place]], [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight often defiedHitler]], [[AFatherToHisMen and tried to protect Jewish sailors from the Gestapo]]. He was sacked in 1942 and replaced with the much-more-manageable Admiral Karl Dönitz. This Raeder, on the other hand, has none of the Grand Admiral's redeeming qualities.

An SS Oberführer stationed at the GNR embassy in San Francisco

* UndyingLoyalty: To John. When he discovers [[spoiler:that Hoover is collecting evidence against John, he brings the news to the him and proposes he takes over the American Reich using the nuclear arsenal as a deterrent against Berlin. When John refuses, Bill assures him he'll follow John no matter what and is entrusted with the safety of the Smith family should John be killed in Berlin.]]

* TheAllAmericanBoy: In keeping with his parent's portrayal as the typical 1950s-style married couple with a fascist twist, Thomas is a polite and dutiful son who loves sports and outdoor activities, who just happens to believe wholeheartedly in Nazi ideas about politics and racial hygiene.
* DrivenToSuicide: After watching his father being [[spoiler:honored by the Nazi leadership for bringing down Heusmann, he delivers himself to the authorities to be euthanized for suffering an incurable genetic disorder.]] Also a situation of HonorBeforeReason, [[spoiler:as Thomas appears to do it as his responsibility to his family and the Nazi laws that they and their society follow]].

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Averted - while the other characters ''think'' she is this, with Amy rolling her eyes and dismissively saying "teenagers" when Jennifer refuses to eat breakfast with the family, Jennifer's supposed bratty behavior is actually her reaction to finding out what her father being a high-ranking Nazi ''actually means''.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After seeing the BCR broadcast, she lays into Helen about the death camps and [[spoiler: Thomas's death]], and says tearfully that she never wants to be like Helen.

* AffectionateNickname: His friends call him "Gerry"

* HoistByHisOwnPetard:[[spoiler:He's killed by the same poison that he gave to John to euthanize his son]].
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade:[[spoiler:John kills him to prevent Dr Adler from revealing his son's medical condition to the GNR authority]].
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: While he understands most parents hate euthanizing their children, he still does it since it's the law of the GNR. [[spoiler:Unfortunately his decisions to stick to the law by not keeping Thomas medical condition a secret and almost revealing the boy's condition to the authorities if John doesn't euthanize his son first ends up getting him killed by John to keep it a secret]].

* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:Helen accidentally kills her while confronting her to stop spreading "rumors" about Gerry's death. John later breaks into her home to stage a robbery and make it seem like she was killed by a burglar]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:She almost had an investigator examine her husband's body since she correctly believed he was poisoned and not dead from a heart attack, thereby revealing the truth about his death. To prevent that, John orders that Dr. Adler's body be "accidentally" cremated]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:The more suspicious she is about the mysterious circumstances of her husband's death, the more antagonistic she is towards the Smiths for their involvement in Season 3]].

* FunctionalAddict: She consumes a number of drugs - all prescribed by Dr. Adler - Pervitin for fatigue (methamphetamine), Obetrol for weight control (amphetamine), eukodal (Oxycodone, an opioid) and cocaine for the sinuses.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate after [[spoiler:being kidnapped by the Resistance is not touched upon. With Henry killed after revealing the truth about Hitler, and knowing of the Resistance attitude towards Nazis, even civilians, she very well may have fallen to YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness]] Her fate is ultimately revealed in Season 3 as it was confirmed that she is still alive.

A journalist

* TheBeard: She's and her husband, Wayne Harris, are one for the other.
* {{Paparazzi}}: She's one, collecting the dirty secrets of figures such as [[spoiler:Hoover.]]

* TheBadGuyWins:[[spoiler: As noted above, Goertzmann has murdered all his rivals and has placed himself as head of the Third Reich. With no signs of any division or collapse.]]

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:While he's initially hinted to be gunning for John Smith, he later strikes a deal with Smith to take part in his coup against the Reich leadership, then ruling jointly from both Berlin and New York.]]

* RankUp: Heydrich was a ''Obergruppenführer'' during World War II. At some point it seems that he was promoted one tier, although the rank of ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'' wasn't introduced until after his death in 1942.

* AdaptationDyeJob: The real Heydrich was notorious for being the only person in Nazi High Command that actually matched the blue-eyed blond Aryan ideal. He's played by the brown-haired (though now mostly bald and grey) and brown-eyed Ray Proscia.

* AdaptationDyeJob: The real Heydrich was notorious for being the only person in Nazi High Command that actually matched the blue-eyed blond Aryan ideal. He's played by the brown-haired (though now mostly bald and grey) and brown eyed Ray Proscia.

!!Dr. Josef Mengele

* AssholeVictim: [[EvenEvilHasStandards Other Nazis don't like him very much]], and he gets humiliatingly deposed and exiled to Cuba by Smith, who follows up by [[spoiler: having him assassinated a few weeks later]]. [[{{YMMV}} Possibly]] an AllohistoricalAllusion, the real Rockwell was killed by one of his own followers after a falling out over ideology.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Josef Mengele was an SS "doctor" (in the loosest sense of the word) who conducted horrifying medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz.

* AssholeVictim: [[EvenEvilHasStandards Other Nazis don't like him very much]], and he gets humiliatingly deposed and exiled to Cuba by Smith, who follows up by [[spoiler: having him assassinated a few weeks later]].

* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:Slipping into a coma from poison administered on behalf of Martin Heusmann, Hitler dies in his sleep in Season 2's end.]]

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He's possibly a stand-in for Albert Speer, Hitler's chief architect (and self-claimed "only friend"), as Speer's fate in this alternate history is not elaborated upon anywhere so far, or else Heusmann was Speer's successor.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Slipping into a coma from poison administered on behalf of Martin Heusmann, Hitler dies in his sleep in Season 2's end.]]

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Raised and educated within Nazi ideology, she's the first to stand up and give the Nazi salute during Thomas' memorial in which he's praised for turning himself in for eugenic euthanasia.

->'''Played By:''' Sebastian Roché

* YourCheatingHeart: He appears to have extra-marital affairs, though in his defense it seems his wife and he are separated in all but name.

!!''SS-Hauptsturmführer'' Erich Raeder

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!!''Reichsmarschall'' Erwin Rommel

The famed "Desert Fox," who was appointed Reichsmarschall of the newly-conquered North America.

* TheGhost: Rommel is mentioned a few times over the series, but he never actually appears.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Erwin Rommel was one of Hitler's favorite generals, leading German troops in North Africa.
* RankUp: Historically, Rommel died as a field marshal. Here, he was promoted to Reichsmarschall shortly after the Nazi conquest of the Eastern United States. While he was eventually replaced with George Lincoln Rockwell, he is apparently still in a position of authority as he is mentioned as a potential successor for Hitler.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At the start of the series, when there is much speculation about Hitler's health, Ed says that Rommel is pretty much the only decent man who can take over after he dies.

!!''SS-Haupsturmführer'' Erich Raeder

!!Oberst-Gruppenführer UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich

!!SS ''Standartenführer'' Rudolph Wegener

!!SS Gruppenführer Keller

!!SS Oberst-Gruppenführer Adolf Eichmann

!!SS Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Goertzmann

!!Reichsmarschall Erwin Rommel

!!Reichsmarschall George Lincoln Rockwell

!!SS ''Haupsturmführer'' Erich Raeder

!! Oberführer Oliver Diels

!! Generaloberst Bill Whitcroft

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:He pretended to lack ambition and look weak so that Hitler would choose him as his successor as acting Chancellor. In fact, he was plotting against Hitler all along and even poisoned him to take over.]]

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!!SS Obergruppenführer Adolf Eichmann

!!SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhem Goertzmann

!!Reichsmarshall George Lincoln Rockwell

->'''Played By:''' Wolf Muser

->'''Played By:''' Kenneth Tigar

->'''Played By:''' Gwynyth Walsh

->'''Played By:''' Ray Proscia

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->'''Played By:''' John Hans Tester

->'''Played By:''' Stephan Goldbach

->'''Played By:''' Timothy Murphy

->'''Played By:''' Marc Rissman

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->'''Played By:''' Kurt Evans

->'''Played By:''' Giles Panton

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->'''Played By:''' Eric Lange

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->'''Played By:''' Kevin [=McNulty=]

->'''Played By:''' Gillian Barber

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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: By his own admission to Schmidt's children, he's proud to have literally hunted down "subhumanoids" in Africa.