The Einsatzgruppen Case - Military Tribunal II Case 9

The United States of America, by the undersigned, Telford Taylor, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, duly appointed to represent said Government in the prosecution of war criminals, charges that the defendants herein committed crimes against humanity and war crimes, as defined in Control Council Law No. 10, duly enacted by the Allied Control Council on 20 December 1945. These crimes included the murder of more than one million persons, tortures, atrocities, and other inhumane acts, as set forth in counts one and two of this indictment. All of the defendants are further charged with membership in criminal organizations, as set forth in count three of this indictment.
The persons accused as guilty of these crimes and accordingly named as defendants in this case are-
OTTO OHLENDORF - Gruppenfuehrer (major general) in the Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the "SS") ; member of the Reichssicherheitsdienst des Reichsfuehrer SS (commonly known as the "SD"); Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe D.
HEINZ JOST - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe A.
ERICH NAUMANN - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Ofneer of Einsatzgruppe B.
OTTO RASCH - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; member of the Geheime Staatspolizei (commonly known as the "Gestapo") ; Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe C.
ERWIN SCHULZ - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of Einsatzkommando 5 of Einsatzgruppe C.
FRANZ Six - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Vorkommando Moscow of Binsatzgruppe B.
PAUL BLOBEL - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C.
WALTER BLUME - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; member of the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 7a of Binsatzgruppe B.

* The amended indictment was filed on 29 July 1947. The indictment filed originally on 8 July 1947 did not include the defendants Steimle, Braune, Haensch, Strauch, Klingelhoefer and Radetzky.

MARTIN SANDBERGER - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Einsatzkommando la of Einsatzgruppe A.
WILLY SEIBERT - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Deputy Chief of Einsatzgruppe D.
EUGEN STEIMLE - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Sonderkornmando 7a of Einsatzgruppe B; Commanding Ofricer of Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C.
ERNST BIBERSTEIN - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Einsatzkommando 6 of Einsatzgruppe C.
WERNER BRAUNE - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; member of the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 11b of Einsatzgruppe D.
WALTER HAENSCH - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 4b of Einsatzgruppe C.
GUSTAV NOSSKE - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member of the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of Einsatzkommando 12 of Einsatzgruppe D. ADOLF OTT - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 7b of Einsatzgruppe B.
EDUARD STRAUCH - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Ofricer of Einsatzkommando 2 of Einsatzgruppe A.
EMIL HAUSSMANN - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of the SD; officer of Einsatzkommando 12 of Einsatzgruppe D.
WALDEMAR KLINGELHOEFER - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of the SD; member of Sonderkommando 7b of E:nsatzgruppe B; Commanding Ofricer of Vorkommando Moscow.
LOTHAR FENDLER - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of the SD; Deputy Chief of Sonderkommando 4b of Binsatzgruppe C.
WALDEMAR VON RADETZKY - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of the SD; Deputy Chief of Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C.
FELIX RUEHL - Hauptsturmfuehrer (captain) in the SS; member of the Gestapo; officer of Sonderkommando 10b of Einsatzgruppe D.

HEINZ SCHUBERT - Obersturmfuehrer (lst lieutenant) in the SS; member of the SD; officer of Einsatzgruppe D.

Trials of War Criminals Before the Nurenberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10, Volume IV, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 13 - 15

**"The Einsatzgruppen Case"**

MILITARY TRIBUNAL II

Case No. 9

I. Amended Indictment *

* The amended indictment was filed on 29 July 1947. The indictment filed originally on 8 July 1947 did not include the defendants Steimle, Braune, Haensch, Strauch, Klingelhoefer and Radetzky.