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1948 Einsatzgruppen trial... SS officers sentenced...
1948 Einsatzgruppen trial... SS officers sentenced...
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April 11, 1948
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 11, 1948
* Einsatzgruppen trial ends with sentences
* Nazis - SS Officers - death sentences
* Jewish Holocaust - extermination of Jews
* SS mobile death squads - war crimes
The top of page 2 has a one-column heading: "14 Nazis to Hang for Butchery" (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 12 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.
AI notes: On April 10, 1948, the United States military tribunal at Nuremberg delivered verdicts in the Einsatzgruppen Trial (Case No. 9 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings), condemning 24 senior members of the Nazi mobile killing units responsible for mass murder in Eastern Europe. Of these, 14 defendants were sentenced to death by hanging for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and participation in criminal organizations, while others received life imprisonment or shorter prison terms. Notable death sentences included Otto Ohlendorf, commander of Einsatzgruppe D; Erich Naumann, commander of Einsatzgruppe B; Paul Blobel, leader of Sonderkommando 4a; and Werner Braune, head of Sonderkommando 11b. The sentences reflected the tribunal’s recognition of the systematic mass killings carried out by the Einsatzgruppen, which were directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews, Roma, and other civilians in occupied territories. Although all 14 were condemned, only four—Ohlendorf, Naumann, Blobel, and Braune—were ultimately executed in 1951, with others having their sentences commuted or reduced due to political and legal considerations in the postwar years, illustrating the complex intersection of justice, diplomacy, and the emerging Cold War context.
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