Richard Thomalla

Richard Wolfgang Thomalla
Official portrait, c. 1940
Born(1903-10-23)23 October 1903
Annahof, German Empire
Died12 May 1945(1945-05-12) (aged 41)
Jičín, Czechoslovakia
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchSchutzstaffel
Service years1932–1945
RankSS-Hauptsturmführer
CommandsHeaded construction of Bełżec, Sobibor and Treblinka extermination camps during Operation Reinhard

Richard Thomalla (German: [toˈmala]; 23 October 1903 – 12 May 1945) was a German war criminal and SS commander of Nazi Germany. A civil engineer by profession, he was head of the SS Central Building Administration at Lublin reservation in occupied Poland. Thomalla was in charge of construction for the Operation Reinhard death camps Bełżec, Sobibor and Treblinka during the Holocaust in Poland.

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