Richard Jungclaus
Early life and career
Early life and career
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Jungclaus was born in [Freiburg](/wiki/Freiburg_im_Breisgau "Freiburg im Breisgau"), the son of a merchant. After his schooling, he completed an [apprenticeship](/wiki/Apprenticeship "Apprenticeship") as a textile salesman and took over his father's business. He joined the [Nazi Party](/wiki/Nazi_Party "Nazi Party") (member number 305,661\) and the *[Sturmabteilung](/wiki/Sturmabteilung "Sturmabteilung")* (SA) in 1930 and switched from the SA to the *[Schutzstaffel](/wiki/Schutzstaffel "Schutzstaffel")* (SS) on 29 April 1931 (SS number 7,368\).

He held lower level command positions until June 1935 when he took a staff posting as [adjutant](/wiki/Adjutant "Adjutant") to [August Heissmeyer](/wiki/August_Heissmeyer "August Heissmeyer"), the head of the [SS Main Office](/wiki/SS_Main_Office "SS Main Office") in [Berlin](/wiki/Berlin "Berlin"). From October 1937 to November 1938, he was commander of the 12th SS\-*[Standarte](/wiki/Standarte "Standarte")* headquartered in [Hanover](/wiki/Hanover "Hanover"). He was then advanced to command of *[SS\-Abschnitt](/wiki/Units_and_commands_of_the_Schutzstaffel "Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel")* (District) IV, also based in Hanover, and served in that capacity until 1 April 1942\.


How long did Jungclaus serve in that capacity?