Heydrich was the head of the RSHA (Reich Security Main Office), and thus head of the Security Police and the SD (Security Service) within the SS. He knew lots about the inner circle-and a lot of others, for that matter. It was his business to know. He wouldn't have succeeded Hitler, but Himmler, now.....yeah, Heydrich could very well have arranged an "accident" for his boss. Not to mention that unlike many top Nazis, he had been at the front: he was a Reserve Captain in the Luftwaffe, and flew a number of combat missions over the Eastern Front, until he was shot down once, and Hitler forbade him from any more combat flying. He did have his own Fi-156 Storch light plane, though, and he often flew his own plane to locations where meetings were being held and his presence was required.
A little bit of trivia about him: one actor has played Heydrich twice: David Warner played the Blond Beast in the miniseries Holocaust, and again in the TV-movie Hitler's SS: Portrait of Evil.
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