Ernst Boepple originally served as the Bavarian Minister
for Culture, but was replaced. On September 1, 1941,
he was appointed the State Secretary of the General Government in Poland, serving as deputy to Deputy Governor Josef Buehler. Boepple was deeply
implicated in the "Final
Solution" as the deputy to Buehler and also held rank in the SS, being an Oberfuehrer
(Senior Colonel)
Boepple was sentenced to death by a Polish court and
hanged on December 14, 1949.