Einsatzgruppen Trial

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The Einsatzgruppen Trial was a post-World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted leaders of Nazi mobile killing units for mass murder and crimes against humanity committed in Eastern Europe.

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instanceOf Nuremberg Military Tribunal ⓘ
post-World War II trial ⓘ
war crimes trial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Case 9 ⓘ
United States of America v. Otto Ohlendorf et al. ⓘ
charges crimes against humanity ⓘ
crimes against peace ⓘ
membership in criminal organizations ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
chiefProsecutor Benjamin B. Ferencz ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
defendantsIncluded Bruno Streckenbach ⓘ
Eduard Strauch ⓘ
Erich Naumann ⓘ
Ernst Biberstein ⓘ
Erwin Schulz ⓘ
Eugen Steimle ⓘ
Franz Josef Böhme ⓘ
linked to: Franz Böhme

Franz Six ⓘ
Friedrich Suhr ⓘ
Heinz Jost ⓘ
Heinz Schubert ⓘ
Hermann Schaper ⓘ
Lothar Fendler ⓘ
Martin Sandberger ⓘ
Matthias Graf ⓘ
Odo von Wangenheim ⓘ
Otto Ohlendorf ⓘ
Paul Blobel ⓘ
Rudolf Batz ⓘ
Waldemar Klingelhöfer ⓘ
Werner Braune ⓘ
Willy Seibert ⓘ
endDate 1948-04-10 ⓘ
focus extermination operations behind the Eastern Front ⓘ
mass murder of Jews in Eastern Europe ⓘ
mass shootings of civilians ⓘ
heldAt Palace of Justice, Nuremberg ⓘ
historicalSignificance established legal precedent for prosecuting systematic mass shootings as crimes against humanity ⓘ
first major trial focused on mobile killing units ⓘ
judge John J. Speight ⓘ
Richard D. Dixon ⓘ
jurisdiction U.S. Military Government for Germany ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ⓘ
location Nuremberg ⓘ
numberOfAcquittals 3 ⓘ
numberOfDeathSentences 14 ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 24 ⓘ
numberOfLifeSentences 2 ⓘ
numberOfOtherPrisonSentences 5 ⓘ
organizedBy United States military authorities ⓘ
partOf Subsequent Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
presidingJudge Michael A. Musmanno ⓘ
prosecuted leaders of Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
leaders of Nazi mobile killing units ⓘ
prosecutor Telford Taylor ⓘ
relatedTo Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
Holocaust ⓘ
Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
linked to: Nuremberg trials
startDate 1947-09-29 ⓘ
timePeriod post-World War II ⓘ
victimGroupsRecognized Jews ⓘ
Polish civilians ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Soviet civilians ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ

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Paul Blobel → triedIn → Einsatzgruppen Trial ⓘ
Otto Ohlendorf → trial → Einsatzgruppen Trial ⓘ
Otto Ohlendorf → subjectOf → Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Trial ⓘ
subject linked to: Ohlendorf
linked to: Einsatzgruppen Trial
Heinz Jost → participantIn → Einsatzgruppen trial ⓘ
linked to: Einsatzgruppen Trial