Reichsführer-SS <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Heinrich Himmler">Heinrich Himmler</a> ordered the creation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dachau concentration camp">Dachau concentration camp</a> as <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Police" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chief of Police">Chief of Police</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Munich">Munich</a> and appointed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Eicke" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theodor Eicke">Theodor Eicke</a> as the camp commandant.