Heinz Richter

Heinz Richter is one of the characters in Hunters. He is portrayed by Kenneth Tigar.

Season One
When Jonah visits Meyer's home, the older man tells him about an Auschwitz prisoner, Marcus Ross ( "the Bobby Fischer of Germany" ), who repeatedly beat prison guard Heinz Richter. The Nazi created a human chess board, and terrorized prisoners for seven days. Before getting killed, Ross slashed Richter's throat and left him with an "X" scar. The Richter story connects to  Hunters'  opening credits sequence and key art. Richter, aka Gene Martin, is located and killed by Meyer, a moment that essentially serves as the series' inciting incident. Jonah learns about Nazis in America, and also learns about  "The Hunt." Richter is identified as the team's seventh kill -  "an eye for an eye." The character is a fictional creation for the show, along with the human chess board story.