12 Facts About Richard Wendler

Richard Wendler was a high-ranking Nazi official during World War II.

Richard Wendler was born the son of a border official, in southeast Bavaria, near the border with Austria.

Richard Wendler attended elementary school in Bad Reichenhall and the humanist Ludwigsgymnasium in Munich.

Richard Wendler was a soldier during the First World War, reaching the rank of Unteroffizier.

Richard Wendler studied jurisprudence and political science from 1918 to 1922 at the University of Munich, where he received his doctorate of jurisprudence.

Richard Wendler, who founded the local NSDAP group in Deggendorf in 1927, joined the Nazi Party and the SA on July 1,1928.

Richard Wendler was appointed to the Bavarian Political Police by Himmler.

Richard Wendler was involved in the demolition of the Jewish Synagogue in Hof, during Kristallnacht in November 1938.

Richard Wendler was classified as a "Mitlaufer" by pardon of Bavarian Minister-President Wilhelm Hoegner on 28 October 1955, and thereby was able to again obtain admission to the bar in Munich in 1955.

The ghetto would eventually be liquidated on September 22 through October 8,1942, while Richard Wendler was adjusting to his role in the Krakow District.

On July 13,1942, Governor Richard Wendler expressed immense praise for one of his henchmen, Kreishauptman Ehaus, who had successfully made the Kreis almost entirely "judenfrei" via shooting Aktions coordinated with the Security Police.

In January 1943, Richard Wendler attended a police conference in Krakow.