politician
Richard Wendler.
German politician and SS general, Heinrich Himmler's brother-in-law (1898–1972)
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About Richard Wendler
Richard Wendler was a high-ranking Nazi official during World War II. During the occupation of Poland, he was the Governor of new District Lublin in the General Government, in charge of Lublin concentration camp and the creation of the Częstochowa Ghetto, among others. Before his deployment to Poland, he was the mayor of the city Hof between 1933 and 1941 and became an SS-Gruppenführer in 1942 during the murderous Operation Reinhard. Wendler's sister was married to a brother of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler
Everything about Richard Wendler →- Occupation
- politician, jurist, lawyer
- Position held
- mayor
- Citizenship
- German Reich, Germany
- Born
- January 22, 1898
- Died
- August 24, 1972