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An 'Alter Kampfer' At The Forefront Of The Holocaust: Otto Ohlendorf Between Careerism And Nazi Fundamentalism, Jennifer B. Capani
An 'Alter Kampfer' At The Forefront Of The Holocaust: Otto Ohlendorf Between Careerism And Nazi Fundamentalism, Jennifer B. Capani
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On April 7th, 1951, Holocaust perpetrator Otto Ohlendorf’s death sentence was carried out according to the ruling of the United States Military Courts in Nuremberg. In The United States vs. Otto Ohlendorf, et. al., leaders of the Einsatzgruppen, mobile killing units, were tried for war crimes which led to the deaths of millions of Jews and partisans. Under Ohlendorf’s leadership of Einsatzgruppen D, more than 90,000 people were liquidated in the Ukraine. After this assignment, Ohlendorf resumed his positions head of Domestic Security in the Reich Security Main Office. As the war ended, he surrendered, and revealed the full scope …