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