Hans-Günter Richardi (26 October 1939 – 25 April 2025) was a German author and journalist, residing in

Dachau Dachau (, ; , ; ) was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, s ...

Life and career

Richardi, a long-time editor of the

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest and most influential daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of ''SZ'' is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and ...

, was very engaged in his books on the history of

Nazism Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was fre ...

. For his research, the author received several awards. He was a recipient of the Order of Merit of the International Dachau Committee and the Public Service Medal of the city of Dachau, and an honor and board member of the International committee of Dachau. The first Dachau guide was written by him. Another one of Richardi's intensively researched topics was the

Transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol The transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol refers to a transfer of 139 high-profile prisoners (''Prominenten'') of the Nazi regime in the final weeks of the Second World War in Europe from Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria to Sou ...

at the hands of the SS in

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

on 30 April 1945. He co-founded the contemporary Braies history archive at the Hotel Braies, where the odyssey of prominent prisoners ended. Richardi died on 25 April 2025, at the age of 85.Death notice
sueddeutsche.de, 3 May 2025 (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2025.

References

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