Richard Bruno Heydrich

Richard Bruno Heydrich
Richard in 1906
Born(1865-02-23)23 February 1865
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died24 August 1938(1938-08-24) (aged 73)
Dresden, Nazi Germany
OccupationsMusician, music teacher
Known forFounded the Halle Conservatory
SpouseElisabeth Anna Amalia Krantz (died 1946)
Children3 including Reinhard Heydrich
Heinz Heydrich

Richard Bruno Heydrich (23 February 1865 – 24 August 1938) was a German opera singer (tenor), composer, and founder of the Halle Conservatory. A talented musician since childhood, Heydrich would find great success as a musical teacher, through the Halle Conservatory, which he ran with his wife, Elisabeth. He was the father of high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich, who was the principal architect of the Holocaust.

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