Nuremberg person

Otto Ohlendorf

5 historical records in the World History Database Nuremberg collection.

Main participant · Major Witnesses

Role in this collection: Einsatzgruppen Commander

The collection identifies Otto Ohlendorf as Einsatzgruppen Commander. Ohlendorf and other Einsatzgruppen leaders were indicted for mass murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Ohlendorf Testifies about Einsatzgruppen Killings

3 January 1946 · Otto Ohlendorf · Nuremberg · Einsatzgruppen Trial · Year 1946

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

Einsatzgruppen Trial Indictment

29 July 1947 · Otto Ohlendorf · Nuremberg · Einsatzgruppen Trial · Year 1947

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

Einsatzgruppen Trial Opens

29 September 1947 · Otto Ohlendorf · Nuremberg · Einsatzgruppen Trial · Year 1947

The Einsatzgruppen Case opened before a United States military tribunal.

Einsatzgruppen Trial Testimony

9 October 1947 · Otto Ohlendorf · Nuremberg · Einsatzgruppen Trial · Year 1947

Ohlendorf testified in his own defence during the Einsatzgruppen Trial.

Ohlendorf Testifies in IG Farben Case

2 December 1947 · Otto Ohlendorf · Nuremberg · IG Farben Trial · Year 1947

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