The Einsatzgruppen Case
MILITARY TRIBUNAL II
Case No. 9
Map
of Einsatzgruppen Massacres
(Link
to The Jewish Student Online Research Center)
Opening Statement of Prosecution
Prosecution
Evidence: Reich Documents
(Link
to materials compiled by Ken Lewis)
Affidavit of Defendant Paul Blobel
Account of Blobel Order to Kill Children
Opinion and Judgment of the Tribunal
Otto
Ohlendorf, responsible for the deaths of 90,000 men, women, and
children
in the Crimea.
Charges: Twenty-four defendants, all members of German mobile killing units, the Einsatzgruppen, charged with the murder and ill-treatment of POWs and civilians in occupied countries, and with wanton destruction not justified by military necessity.
Trial Dates: Sept. 29, 1947 to April 9, 1948
Verdict: All
twenty-four
defendants were found guilty on one or more charge. Fourteen
defendants
were sentenced to die, but ten later had their sentences reduced.
