Karl Freudenthal
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Karl Freudenthal was a lawyer, a Nazi and an officer of the Schutzstaffel
. In 1941 he was made a Kreishauptmann of powiat
Garwolin
in Nazi occupied Poland. He was a relative of Hans Frank
, the Governor-General of the General Government
.
In January 1941, as one of his first actions in his new post, he oversaw the removal of the Jewish population of the town of Garwolin and their transfer to the ghettos of Żelechow
, Sobolew
, Łaskarzew and Parysow. Between that date and end of 1942, acting on his order, the Gestapo
and other German police forces murdered 890 people from the town of Garwolin and the surrounding area. Another 2100 individuals were sent to concentration camps and for slave labor in Nazi Germany. On February 28 he personally led units of Schutzpolizei
and Sonderdienst in the "pacification" of the village Wanaty
, during which 108 inhabitants were brutally murdered.
In late 1942/early 1943, the Delegatura Rządu na Kraj (Government Delegation for Poland), an underground representative of the Polish government in exile
, sentenced him to death for the crimes committed against the Polish and Jewish populations of Garwolin. The sentence was carried out by two units of the Polish Home Army, in the strength of twenty soldiers, from Garwolin and the nearby Wola Rębkowska
village, on 5 July 1944. Feudenthal's execution was part of the general action carried out by the Home Army, Operacja Główki
("Operation Heads").
Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
. In 1941 he was made a Kreishauptmann of powiat
Powiat
A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries. The term powiat is most often translated into English as "county", although other terms are also sometimes used...
Garwolin
Garwolin
Garwolin is a town on the Wilga river in eastern Poland, capital of Garwolin County, situated in the southeast part of the Garwolin plateau in Masovian Voivodeship , 62 km southeast of Warsaw, 100 km northwest of Lublin...
in Nazi occupied Poland. He was a relative of Hans Frank
Hans Frank
Hans Michael Frank was a German lawyer who worked for the Nazi party during the 1920s and 1930s and later became a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany...
, the Governor-General of the General Government
General Government
The General Government was an area of Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule during World War II; designated as a separate region of the Third Reich between 1939–1945...
.
In January 1941, as one of his first actions in his new post, he oversaw the removal of the Jewish population of the town of Garwolin and their transfer to the ghettos of Żelechow
Zelechów
Żelechów is a town in east Poland in Masovian Voivodeship in Garwolin County. It is the seat of Gmina Żelechów. Żelechów is 85 km from Warsaw and 85 km far from Lublin. More than 4000 people live in the town...
, Sobolew
Sobolew
Sobolew may refer to the following places in Poland:*Sobolew, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Sobolew, Lublin Voivodeship *Sobolew, Masovian Voivodeship...
, Łaskarzew and Parysow. Between that date and end of 1942, acting on his order, the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
and other German police forces murdered 890 people from the town of Garwolin and the surrounding area. Another 2100 individuals were sent to concentration camps and for slave labor in Nazi Germany. On February 28 he personally led units of Schutzpolizei
Schutzpolizei
The Schutzpolizei , or Schupo for short, is a branch of the Landespolizei, the state level police of the German states. Schutzpolizei literally means security or protection police but is best translated as Uniformed Police....
and Sonderdienst in the "pacification" of the village Wanaty
Wanaty, Masovian Voivodeship
Wanaty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łaskarzew, within Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Łaskarzew, south-west of Garwolin, and south-east of Warsaw....
, during which 108 inhabitants were brutally murdered.
In late 1942/early 1943, the Delegatura Rządu na Kraj (Government Delegation for Poland), an underground representative of the Polish government in exile
Polish government in Exile
The Polish government-in-exile, formally known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile , was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Poland of September 1939, and the subsequent occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which...
, sentenced him to death for the crimes committed against the Polish and Jewish populations of Garwolin. The sentence was carried out by two units of the Polish Home Army, in the strength of twenty soldiers, from Garwolin and the nearby Wola Rębkowska
Wola Rebkowska
Wola Rębkowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Garwolin, within Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Garwolin and south-east of Warsaw.The village has a population of 1,400....
village, on 5 July 1944. Feudenthal's execution was part of the general action carried out by the Home Army, Operacja Główki
Operacja Główki
Operation Heads was the code name of a series of assassinations of Nazi officials by the Polish Resistance during World War II. Those targeted for assassination had been sentenced to death by the Special Courts of the Polish Underground for crimes against Polish citizens during the World War II...
("Operation Heads").