Richard Thomalla

Richard Wolfgang Thomalla
Official portrait c. 1940
Born	(1903-10-23)23 October 1903 Annahof, German Empire
Died	12 May 1945(1945-05-12) (aged 41) Jičín, Czechoslovakia
Cause of death	Execution by shooting
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1932–1945
Rank	Hauptsturmführer
Commands	Headed construction of Bełżec, Sobibor and Treblinka extermination camps during Operation Reinhard

Richard Thomalla (German: [toˈmala]; 23 October 1903 – 12 May 1945)^[1] 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.