Richard Wendler
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Richard Wendler was a high-ranking Nazi politician who was in charge of Lublin concentration camp
and who organized the creation of the Częstochowa Ghetto
. He was the mayor of the city Hof
between 1933 to 1941. In 1942 he became a Gruppenführer
in the SS.
Majdanek
Majdanek was a German Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland, established during the German Nazi occupation of Poland. The camp operated from October 1, 1941 until July 22, 1944, when it was captured nearly intact by the advancing Soviet Red Army...
and who organized the creation of the Częstochowa Ghetto
Częstochowa Ghetto
The Częstochowa Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto set up by Nazi Germany in the city of Częstochowa in south-central Poland, for the purpose of persecution and exploitation of local Jews during the German occupation of Poland. The approximate number of people confined to the ghetto at its beginning was...
. He was the mayor of the city Hof
Hof, Germany
Hof is a city located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconia region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge and Frankenwald upland regions....
between 1933 to 1941. In 1942 he became a Gruppenführer
Gruppenführer
Gruppenführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior rank of the SA.-SS rank:...
in the SS.