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Jan 22, 1898 Teisendorf, Bavaria, Germany Died on 24 Aug 1972 (aged 74)
German politician and SS general, Heinrich Himmler's brother-in-law
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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-Gruppenführer in 1942 during the murderous Operation Reinhard.
- Wendler was Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler's brother-in-law; his sister was married to a brother of Himmler.
