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Emil Haussmann
Emil Haussmann (11 October 1910 – 31 July 1947) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was part of Einsatzkommando 12 of Einsatzgruppe D, which perpetrated the Holocaust in occupied Ukraine. Haussmann was charged with crimes against humanity in 1947 in the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Two days after his indictment, Haussmann committed suicide. Life Emil Haussmann was the son of an accountant in Ravensburg. He joined the Nazi Party in January 1930—three years before the '' Machtergreifung''—at the age of 19. Haussmann was a grade school teacher. In 1937, he became a full-time employee of the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD), and took over the Southwest, based in the Judenreferat in Stuttgart.Klaus-Michael Mallmann, Jochen Böhler und Jürgen Matthäus: ''Einsatzgruppen in Polen''. WBG, Stuttgart 2008, p. 39-40. During the invasion of Poland, Haussmann was part of Einsatzgruppe VI. There he was the "right hand man" for Albert Rapp, the leader of the Eins. Commandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuremberg Military Tribunal
The subsequent Nuremberg trials were a series of 12 military tribunals for war crimes against members of the leadership of Nazi Germany between December 1946 and April 1949. They followed the first and best-known Nuremberg trial before the International Military Tribunal which concluded in October 1946. In contrast, the subsequent trials were conducted before U.S. military courts rather than an international court. They are also collectively known as the Nuremberg Military Tribunals. These trials dealt with German industrialists accused of using slave labor and plundering occupied countries, and high-ranking army officers accused of atrocities against prisoners of war. The subsequent trials were held in the same location, at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg. Background Although it had been initially planned to hold more than just one international trial at the IMT, the growing differences between the victors of the second world war (the United States, United Kingdom, France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
