Richard Steidle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Steidle

Austrian politician

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1881

Place of Birth: Merano, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy

Date of Death: 30-Aug-1940

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Richard Steidle (20 September 1881 in Merano, South Tyrol – 30 August 1940 in Buchenwald concentration camp) was an Austrian lawyer and the leader of the paramilitary Heimwehr in Tyrol.
He was a leading representative of the pro-independence tendency on the far right of Austrian politics and as such was opposed to the Nazi Party which supported the incorporation of Austria into a Großdeutschland.