1. Lothar Fendler was an SS-Sturmbannfuhrer, in Sonderkommando 4b of Einsatzgruppe C, which was involved in the mass murder of the Jews in occupied Ukraine.
13 Facts About Lothar Fendler
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At the Einsatzgruppen Trial in 1948, Fendler was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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In May 1941, Lothar Fendler was transferred to Sonderkommando 4b of Einsatzgruppe C to prepare for the Einsatzgruppe actions during Operation Barbarossa, where he was responsible for divisional intelligence.
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Lothar Fendler's role according to his testimony at Nuremberg was to write reports on the morale of the local population.
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Lothar Fendler was posted back to the Sonderkommando in March 1942 and returned again to Germany in July of the same year.
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Lothar Fendler spent the rest of the war working for SD foreign intelligence.
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Lothar Fendler was arrested by the Americans and put on trial at Nuremberg.
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From 1947 to 1948, Lothar Fendler was one of 24 defendants in the Einsatzgruppen Trial; his defence lawyer was Hans Fritz with the assistance of Dr Gabriele Lehmann.
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Lothar Fendler was charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, and membership in a criminal organization.
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Lothar Fendler was certainly Herrmann's second-highest ranking officer in Sonderkommando 4b, and there were only seven officers in the unit.
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Lothar Fendler confessed to writing reports about the morale about the local population while serving in the unit.
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On 10 April 1948, Lothar Fendler was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Lothar Fendler was sent to Landsberg Prison to serve his sentence.