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Erich Ehrlinger
Erich Ehrlinger (14 October 1910 – 31 July 2004) was a member of the Nazi Party (number: 541,195) and SS (number: 107,493). As commander of Special Detachment (''Sonderkommando'', also known as ''Einsatzkommando'' or EK) 1b, he was responsible for mass murder in the Baltic states and Belarus. He was also the commander of the Security Police (SiPo) and the Security Service (SD) for central Russia as well as a department chief in the Reich Security Main Office (''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' or RSHA). He eventually rose to the rank of SS-''Oberführer''. Youth and education Ehrlinger was the son of the mayor of Giengen an der Brenz, a small town in southwestern Germany, in what is now the state of Baden-Württemberg. In 1928 he completed high school (''Abitur'') in Heidenheim, then studied law in Tübingen, Kiel, Berlin. There in 1931 he joined the SA) and continued at Tübingen. The nationalist and xenophobic atmosphere at the University of Tübingen (already by 1931 there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giengen An Der Brenz
Giengen (; full name: Giengen an der Brenz; Swabian: ''Gẽänge'') is a former Free Imperial City in eastern Baden-Württemberg near the border with Bavaria in southern Germany. The town is located in the district of Heidenheim at the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb, about 30 kilometers northeast of Ulm on the Brenz River. Giengen is the hometown of the Margarete Steiff corporation, who invented the teddy bear. Positioned on the Nuremberg-Ulm-Constance route, one of the main feeder routes of the Compostella Trail, Giengen is visited each year by an increasing number of walking pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella. History The first documentary evidence of the town was contained in a chronicle of the monastery of Peterhausen that reported on the death in battle in 1078 of margrave Diepold II von Vohburg, lord of Giengen. In 1147, Adele, daughter of Diepold III, was married to Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa but was divorced after a few years due to childlessness. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
