Lina Heydrich

Lina Heydrich Historical Figure Nationality: Germany (born in Prussia) Year of Birth: 1911 Year of Death: 1985 Cause of Death: Natural causes Occupation: Hotelier, Restaurateur, Author of Non-Fiction Spouse: Reinhard Heydrich (d. 1942), Mauno Manninen (d. 1969) Children: Four, one of which died in 1943 Political Party: NSDAP Fictional Appearances: The Man With the Iron Heart POD: May 29, 1942; Relevant POD: May, 1945 Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference Spouse: Reinhard Heydrich (d. 1947)

Lina Heydrich (14 June 1911 - 14 August 1985) was the wife of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. A devout Nazi, Lina actively pushed her husband to take a position in the SS in the first place. She bore Heydrich four children before his assassination in 1942.

She survived World War II, and remarried in 1965. Nonetheless, she remained devoted to her first husband, defending him for the remainder of her life, and denying any knowledge on his part about the Holocaust.

Lina Heydrich in The Man With the Iron Heart

As World War II turned against Germany, Reinhard Heydrich went underground in 1944 to prepare the post-war resistance. Lina Heydrich and their children fled to Spain, and never saw Reinhard again before he was killed in 1947.