He also was involved in the administration of the Nazi concentration camp system, and committed suicide close to the end of the Second World War in Europe.

He remained there until July 1940 and, at the same time, was also assigned to the inspectorate of the SS-Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head Units) which administered the system of Nazi concentration camps.

[3] Schwedler was named the second SS and Police Leader (SSPF) of the Kraków District (German:Krakau Distrikt) in the General Government on 1 October 1940, succeeding SS-Gruppenführer Karl Zech.

The ghetto, which would hold some 15,000 to 20,000 Jews, was enclosed by a wall made of barbed wire and stone, constructed using Jewish forced labor.

[5] On 4 August 1941, Schwedler was made an Oberführer of the Waffen-SS and transferred to become the SS garrison commander of Prague, the seat of the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia, where he remained until March 1942.