Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Otto Ohlendorf Biography and Timeline

Follow Otto Ohlendorf through 5 dated historical records for Germany.

Otto Ohlendorf, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1946–1947Years on this page

1946

Ohlendorf Testifies about Einsatzgruppen Killings

SS General · Prosecution Witness · Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ohlendorf testifies about Einsatzgruppe operations and acknowledges that mobile killing units carried out systematic mass executions in occupied Soviet territory.

Role range: 1939-1945

1947

Einsatzgruppen Trial Indictment

Einsatzgruppen Commander · Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ohlendorf and other Einsatzgruppen leaders were indicted for mass murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Role range: 1939-1945

Einsatzgruppen Trial Opens

Einsatzgruppen Commander · Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Einsatzgruppen Case opened before a United States military tribunal.

Role range: 1939-1945

Einsatzgruppen Trial Testimony

Einsatzgruppen Commander · Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ohlendorf testified in his own defence during the Einsatzgruppen Trial.

Role range: 1939-1945

Ohlendorf Testifies in IG Farben Case

SS General · Witness · Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Otto Ohlendorf appears as a witness as the industrial trial considers links between corporate activity and Nazi state institutions.

Role range: 1939-1945

Records, sources and methodology

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