Martin Heusmann (2024)

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There is no God in heaven. That means it's up to us to turn this life into heaven on Earth.

~ Martin Heusmann

Martin Heusmann (? - Fall 1962)was a chief Nazi engineer and former Reichsminister of the Greater Nazi Reich. He was chosen by Adolf Hitler to become Acting Chancellor during Hitler's illness and following his death. Heusmann is the father of Joe Blakethrough theLebensbornprogram. In Season Three, he was executed for treason by his own son.

Contents

  • 1 Biography
    • 1.1 Early Life
    • 1.2 Season Two
    • 1.3 Season Three
  • 3 Relationships
  • 4 Appearances
  • 6 References

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Heusmann was born into a family with a long tradition of military service to Germany, and had ancestors who fought in World War I and the Franco-Prussian War. Judging by his participation in the Lebensborn program, by the 1930s he was already a committed Nazi.

Heusmann also devised Atlantropa, a project to dam the Mediterranean Sea at Gibraltar to create new farmlands through the partial evaporation of its waters.

Heusmann is most likely the Minister for Armaments, Industry and Production. Albert Speer held the post until early 1950s and it is heavily implied that he was removed from all state posts due to his reformist ideals.

See Also
Jackson Hunt

Season Two[]

On a visit to the Lebensborn hospital where Joe was born, Heusmann reveals Joe's status as Lebensborn and alleges that Joe's mother Elsa had kidnapped him to the United States prior to World War II against Heusmann's will. This shocks Joe and causes him to reconsider his relationship to both his late mother and to Heusmann.

In "Loose Lips", Heusmann is promoted to Acting Chancellor (amtierender Kanzler) following Hitler's incapacitation. His selection was done upon Hitler's direct recommendations, and he portrays himself initially to Joe as a reluctant interim leader caught in a web of political intrigue. Later, however, he is revealed to have been the ringleader of the faction responsible for the attempted assassination of the Japanese crown prince and the putsch against Hitler launched by Reinhard Heydrich in Season 1 .

In "Fallout", following Hitler's death, Heusmann presses for war with Japan and plans a massive nuclear strike on simultaneous targets in Japanese territory. He is however unable to put these plans into practice, as he is arrested for high treason and murder by Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler after evidence is presented by Obergruppenführer John Smith. Himmler then assumed leadership of the Reich.

Heusmann was part of the Heydrich conspiracy that aimed to eliminate Adolf Hitler, assume leadership and provoke a war with the Empire of Japan.

Season Three[]

At the start of"Now More Than Ever, We Care About You", Himmler has an imprisoned and recently tortured Joe brought out to see his father, who is in a similar condtition. Joe is then given a pistol and ordered to execute Heussman as a demonstration of his loyalty to the Reich. With his father's consent, Joe complies by shooting him in the head, and is reinstated into the SS, in Fall 1962.

Appearance & Personality[]

A natural Nazi, Heussman is a cunning,ambitious andidealistic individual who will use any means necessary to achieve his ends.

Relationships[]

Appearances[]

Season Two
"The Tiger's Cave"
Absent
"The Road Less Traveled"
Absent
"Travelers"
Appears
"Escalation"
Appears
"Duck and Cover"
Appears
"Kintsugi"
Absent
"Land O' Smiles"
Absent
"Loose Lips"
Appears
"Detonation"
Appears
"Fallout"
Appears
Season Three
"Now More Than Ever ..."
Appears
"Imagine Manchuria"
Absent
"Sensô Kôi"
Absent
"Sabra"
Absent
"The New Colossus"
Absent
"History Ends"
Absent
"Excess Animus"
Absent
"Kasumi ..."
Absent
"Baku"
Absent
"Jahr Null"
Absent

Notes & Trivia[]

To be Added

References[]

Martin Heusmann (2024)

FAQs

Who is Martin Heusmann based on? ›

As a character clearly based in part on both Nazi architect and Armaments Minister, Albert Speer, and Nazi-Germany SS and US NASA rocket designer Wernher von Braun, he was chosen to be Acting Chancellor by Hitler in the event he was ever incapacitated due to Heusmann's apolitical nature and unquestionable loyalty.

Who is Heisman Man in the High Castle? ›

Martin Heusmann (? - Fall 1962) was a chief Nazi engineer and former Reichsminister of the Greater Nazi Reich.

Who is the Reichsminister in The Man in the High Castle? ›

The Man in the High Castle (TV Series 2015–2019) - Sebastian Roché as Reichsminister Martin Heusmann - IMDb.

Who was Joe Blake's dad? ›

He also had a starring role in the second and third season of Amazon Video's drama series The Man in the High Castle as Martin Heusmann, the estranged Nazi father of main character Joe Blake (Luke Kleintank).

Why was Joe Blake killed off? ›

Joe was forced to execute his father in order to prove his loyalty to the Reich, and was then sent to San Francisco under the guise of a GNR trade attache to assassinate Nazi defectors. He was killed in his hotel room by Juliana after she realized that the Nazis had brainwashed him and erased his previous personality.

What is the point of The Man in the High Castle? ›

What is the premise of The Man in the High Castle? It is an 'Alternate History' story, a period piece dealing with 1950s America after the Allies lost WWII and America is conquered by Nazi Germany.

Where was The Man in the High Castle filmed? ›

The Man in the High Castle (TV series)
The Man in the High Castle
Production locationsSeattle, Washington Monroe, Washington Vancouver, British Columbia
CinematographyJames Hawkinson Gonzalo Amat
EditorKathrynn Himoff
Running time45–70 minutes
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How did Man in the High Castle end? ›

Newly minted North American Fuhrer John Smith (Rufus Sewell) and his wife are aboard. A rebel explosion hurls the train off its track, killing Helen and compelling John to take his own life in the woods with Juliana, his longtime adversary, by his side to hear his last words.

What if Germany won ww2 show? ›

Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), and Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States.

What disease does Smith's son have in Man in the High Castle? ›

John Smith (Rufus Sewell) is a high-ranking officer in the Nazi-controlled American army. When his teenaged son Thomas (Quinn Lord) is injured in a wrestling match, a doctor (Kevin McNulty) diagnoses him with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHMD), a disorder that weakens muscles over time.

What is the meaning of Reich? ›

Reich, (German: “Empire”), any of the empires of the Germans or Germany: the Holy Roman Empire (q.v.); the Second Reich, led by the Prussian Hohenzollerns (1871–1918); or the Third Reich of Nazi Germany (1933–45). See Germany. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Reich".

What happened to Germany in Man in the High Castle? ›

It's 1962 and the axis powers won the second world war by dropping an atom bomb on Washington DC. Subsequently the US was divided in two: Germany was given everything to the east of the Rocky Mountains and Japan took the land to the west.

Is Joe good or bad in The Man in the High Castle? ›

Still, Kleintank emphasizes that Joe's not actually sure on which side he belongs, because his ideology is in flux. “He has this duplicity about him, so he's an interesting shade of grey,” Kleintank says of his character. “He was raised in this world, so I don't think there's a good guy or a bad guy mentality.

What happened to Trudy Man in the High Castle? ›

Trudy Walker (1944-1961) was the daughter of Anne Walker and George Dixon, the legal daughter of Arnold Walker, and the younger maternal half-sister of Juliana Crain. Secretly a member of the Resistance, she is killed by Takeshi Kido after giving a copy of The Grasshopper Lies Heavy to Juliana.

What happens to Frank in Man in the High Castle? ›

He bombed Kempeitai headquarters, but unexpectedly survived the blast and was taken to the secret Jewish community of Sabra in the Neutral Zone to recover, where he was inspired to produce the "sunrise" protest art. He was later captured in Denver, Colorado by Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido and then beheaded.

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