Fritz Wächtler [SEP] place of birth
shot on the orders from Führer Headquarters near the end of the war on 19 April 1945.
Early life.
Fritz Wächtler was born in 1891 in Triebes, in the Principality of Reuss-Greiz (present-day Thuringia), the son of a watchmaker. Between 1905 and 1911 he attended the Weimar "Lehrerseminar", a special training academy for primary school teachers. After two years of teaching activity and military service, in 1914 he became a "one-year volunteer" () on the front during
Wächtler
Wächtler is a surname of Germanic origin, sometimes romanized as Waechtler.
Notable persons with this name include:
- Eberhard Wächtler (1929 - 2010), German economist
- Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899 - 1940), German painter
- Ferdinand Friedrich Wächtler (1692–1762), Frankish gold- and silversmith.
- Fritz Wächtler (1891 - 1945), German Nazi politician
- Fritz Wächtler (figure skater) (1891 - 1945), Austrian figure skater
- Leopold Wächtler (1896 -