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Otto Ohlendorf (German pronunciation: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔoːləndɔʁf]; 4 February 1907 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary and Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era. An economist by education, he was head of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Inland, responsible for intelligence and security within Germany.
Learn about Otto Ohlendorf, the SS officer who commanded Einsatzgruppe D, one of the four SS Special Task Forces that murdered millions of Jews, Roma, and Communists in the Soviet Union. Explore his background, role, and fate in this article by historian Michael Geyer.
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The Einsatzgruppen trial (officially, The United States of America vs. Otto Ohlendorf, et al.) was the ninth of the twelve trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity that the US authorities held in their occupation zone in Germany in Nuremberg after the end of World War II.
NamePhotoFunctionSentenceSS- Gruppenführer; member of the SD;Death by hangingExecuted on June 7, 1951 [6]SS- Brigadeführer; member of the SD;Life imprisonmentCommuted to 10 years; released in ...SS- Brigadeführer; member of the SD;Death by hangingExecuted on June 7, 1951 [6]SS- Brigadeführer; member of the SD and ...Removed from the trial on February 5, ...Died on November 1, 1948Otto Ohlendorf was a Nazi SS leader and organiser of mass murders in the Ukraine during World War II. He was captured by the Allies and tried at Nuremberg, where he defended his actions as historically necessary.
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Mar 18, 2022 · Placed on trial for war crimes in 1947, former SS officer Otto Ohlendorf listens to court proceedings. Ohlendorf was sentenced to death and later executed. By all accounts a brilliant man who had studied law and economics and had been a university lecturer before the war, Ohlendorf was a committed National Socialist, having joined the Nazi ...
Otto Ohlendorf (4 Feb. 1907 – 7 June 1951), SS Gruppenführer, was head of Office III (SD-Inland, Internal Security Service) of the Reich Security Main Office ( Reichssicherheitshauptamt ). Just prior to the war against the Soviet Union, he was appointed head of Einsatzgruppe D, a position he held for a year.
Mar 18, 2022 · Otto Ohlendorf was a commander of Einsatzgruppe D, one of the special task forces of the SS and Police that carried out mass shootings of Jews and others in the Soviet Union. He was tried and sentenced to death in the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, Case #9, known as the Einsatzgruppen Case.
