Richard Wendler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German politician and SS general, Heinrich Himmler's brother-in-law
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Place of Birth: Teisendorf, Bavaria, Germany
About Richard Wendler
- Richard Wendler (22 January 1898, Oberndorf bei Salzburg – 24 August 1972, Prien am Chiemsee) 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 Czestochowa Ghetto, among others.
- Before his deployment to Poland, he was the mayor of the city Hof between 1933 and 1941 and became an SS-GruppenfĂĽhrer in 1942 during the murderous Operation Reinhard.
- Wendler was ReichsfĂĽhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler's brother-in-law; his sister was married to a brother of Himmler.
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