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Otto Ohlendorf
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Otto Ohlendorf was born on 4 February 1907 and died on 7 June 1951 at Landsberg Prison by hanging, a sentence of capital punishment. An economist and jurist, he held citizenship of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany, and was educated at the University of Göttingen, Leipzig University, and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Ohlendorf was a member of the Nazi Party, the Schutzstaffel, the Sturmabteilung, the SD-Hauptamt, and the Einsatzgruppen, holding the rank of SS-Gruppenführer, and took part in the Eastern Front. He was convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Pohl Trial, the Judges' Trial, and the Einsatzgruppen Trial, and received the Golden Party Badge, the War Merit Cross, the Nazi Party Long Service Award, and the Order of the Star of Romania.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1907-02-04 ) 4 February 1907, Hoheneggelsen , Province of Hanover , Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- 7 June 1951 (1951-06-07) (aged 44) , Landsberg Prison , Landsberg am Lech , West Germany
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Convictions
- Crimes against humanity , War crimes , Membership in a criminal organization
- Trial
- Einsatzgruppen trial
- Criminal penalty
- Death
- Victims
- 90,000+
- Span of crimes
- June 1941 – July 1942
- Country
- Ukraine and Russia
- Targets
- Slavs , Jews , Romas , and Communists
- Date apprehended
- 23 May 1945
- Allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Branch
- Schutzstaffel
- Rank
- SS- Gruppenführer
- Commands
- Einsatzgruppe D Dept III, RSHA
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Otto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Place of death
- Landsberg Prison
- Occupation
- jurist
- Educated at
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Employer
- Reich Main Security Office
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- International Military Tribunal
- League
- Schutzstaffel
- Military branch
- Schutzstaffel
- Military rank
- SS-Gruppenführer
- Image
- Otto Ohlendorf at the Nuremberg Trials 2.jpg
- Convicted of
- war crime
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- Commons category
- Otto Ohlendorf
- date of birth
- 1907-02-04
- date of death
- 1951-06-07
- member of
- Einsatzgruppen
- name in native language
- Otto Ohlendorf
- Commons gallery
- Otto Ohlendorf
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- start of work period
- 1911-00-00
- significant person
- Heinrich Himmler
- has cause
- Germany
- affiliation
- Schutzstaffel
- place of burial
- Bavaria
- floruit
- 1911-00-00
- P8168
- Vrani
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Encyclopedic overview
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. In 1941, Ohlendorf was appointed the commander of Einsatzgruppe D, which perpetrated mass murder in Moldova, south Ukraine, the Crimea and, during 1942, the North Caucasus. He was tried at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, sentenced to death, and executed by hanging in 1951.
Life and education
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