MILITARY TRIBUNAL II
Case No. 9
Opening Statement of Prosecution
Prosecution Evidence: Reich Documents
(Link to materials compiled by Ken Lewis)
Affidavit of Defendant Paul Blobel
Account of Blobel Order to Kill Children
Opinion and Judgment of the Tribunal
Images of the Einsatzgruppen Trial
Charges: Twenty-four defendants, all members of German mobile killing units, the Einsatzgruppen, charged with the murder and ill-treatment of POWs and civilians in occupied countries, and with wanton destruction not justified by military necessity.
Trial Dates: Sept. 29, 1947 to April 9, 1948
Verdict: All twenty-four defendants were found guilty on one or more charge. Fourteen defendants were sentenced to die, but ten later had their sentences reduced.
Defendants and Defense Counsel
| Defendants | Defense Counsel | Assistant Defense Counsel |
| OHLENDORF, OTTO | ASCHENAUER, DR. RUDOLF | OEHLRICH, DR. KONRAD |
| JOST, HEINZ | SCHWARZ, ALFRED | WIESSMATH, PAUL |
| NAUMANN, ERICH | GAWLIK, DR. HANS | KLINNERT, DR. GERHARD |
| RASCH, OTTO | SURHOLT, DR. HANS | |
| SCHULTZ, ERWIN | DURCHHOLZ, ERNST | MUELLER, DR. HERMANN |
| SIX, FRANZ | ULMER, HERMANN | VOELKL, DR. KONRAD |
| BLOBEL, PAUL | HEIM, DR. WILLI | KOHR, LUDWIG |
| BLUME, WALTER | LUMMERT, DR. GUENTHER | BLUME, RUDOLF |
| SANDBERGER, MARTIN | VON STEIN, DR. BOLKO | MANDRY, DR. KURT |
| SEIBERT, WILLY | KLINNERT, DR. GERHARD | KLUG, HEINRICH |
| STEIMLE, EUGEN | MAYER, DR. ERICH | LEIS, DR. FERDINAND |
| BIBERSTEIN, ERNST | BERGOLD, DR. FRIEDRICH | FICHT, OSKAR |
| BRAUNE, WERNER | MAYER, DR. ERICH | LEIS, DR. FERDINAND |
| HAENSCH, WALTER | RIEDIGER, DR. FRITZ | KRAUSE, MAX |
| NOSSKE, GUSTAV | HOFFMAN, DR. KARL | |
| OTT, ADOLF | KOESSL, JOSEF | MEYER, DR. RUDOLF |
| STRAUCH, EDUARD | GICK, DR. KARL | JAEGER, DR. KARL |
| KLINGELHOEFER, WALDEMAR | MAYER, DR. ERICH | LEIS, DR. FERDINAND |
| FENDLER, LOTHAR | FRITZ, DR. HANS | LEHMANN, DR. GABRIELE |
| VON RADETZKY, WALDEMAR | RATZ, DR. PAUL | RENTSCH, HEINRICH |
| RUEHL, FELIX | LINK, HEINRICH | HELM, DR. KURT |
| SCHUBERT, HEINZ | KOESSL, JOSEF | MEYER, RUDOLF |
| GRAF, MATHIAS | BELZER, DR. EDUARD | MAYER, JOSEPH |
Links
The Holocaust/Shoah Page: The Einsatzgruppen--Mobile Killing Units