Adolf Hitler's bodyguard
When Hitler returned to Munich from military service in 1918, he became a member of the Nazi Party, an extremist far-right political party in Bavaria. In 1921, he was elected leader of the party. As his speeches promoted violence and racism, Hitler needed permanent security.
Hugo Wenzel
In January 1933 the NSDAP (Nazi Party) took power and lost little time in switching to one-party government in Germany. While all political parties other than the Nazi Party were banned, the new chancellor, Adolf Hitler was particularly vitriolic in his opposition to the Communist Party. In February 1933 Wenzel moved to Berlin and "went underground". He made his apartment available to the Communist Party "Anti-military group", which was a cover for a party news agency, under the leadership of , to whom Wenzel was related. In July 1933 Wenzel was arrested and detained in a series of prisons and concentration camps. Although he was being held under investigative pretrial detention, in May 1934 he was unexpectedly released due to "lack of evidence". He then worked at the Siemens-Schuckert plant in Berlin. War returned in 1939. Wenzel was rearrested and held at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was again accused in connection with the party "Anti-military group". Wenzel was by now suffering badly with Pulmonary tuberculosis, and on 24 January 1940 he died in the concentration camp.