Otto Ohlendorf (February 4, 1907 – June 7, 1951) was a German SS-Gruppenführer and head of the interior division of the SD. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Gruppenführer (literally “Group Leader” was an early Paramilitary Rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior The Sicherheitsdienst (SD Security Service was primarily the Intelligence service of the SS and the NSDAP.
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Biography
Early life
Born in Hoheneggelsen near Hildesheim, the son of a farm owner, he joined the Nazi party in 1925 (member #6631) followed by the SS in 1926. is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Ohlendorf studied Economics and Law at the University of Leipzig and the University of Göttingen, and by 1930 was already giving lectures at several economic institutions.
Third Reich
In early 1936 he became an economic consultant to the SD, attached to the SS with the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer. Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945 In May of 1936 he was promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer and took a senior post. Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which was used by both the Sturmabteilung (SA and the Schutzstaffel In 1939 he was once again promoted to SS-Standartenführer and appointed as head of Amt III of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, a position he kept until 1945. Standartenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the S The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office was a subordinate organization of the SS. In addition, from 1943 onwards, Ohlendorf was appointed as deputy director general of the Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs, and promoted once more in 1944 to Gruppenführer.
In June 1941, Reinhard Heydrich appointed Ohlendorf to be commander of Einsatzgruppe D which operated in southern Ukraine and Crimea. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( 7 March 1904 &ndash 4 June 1942) was an SS - Obergruppenführer, chief Einsatzgruppen ( German: "task forces" "intervention groups" were Paramilitary groups formed by Heinrich Himmler and Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Crimea (kraɪˈmiːə or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Крим Автономна Республіка Крим Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Крым Under his command, Ohlendorf's Einsatzgruppe would be responsible for the December 13, 1941 massacre at Simferopol where at least 14,300 people, mostly Jews, were executed. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Simferopol (English pronunciation ˌsɪmfəˈroʊpəl (Сімферополь Симферополь Aqmescit literally The white mosque) is the Capital of the Over 90,000 executions are attributed to Ohlendorf's command, who testified to this effect during his trial at Nuremberg.
At the end of 1943 Ohlendorf in addition to his other jobs became deputy secretary of state in the Reichsministerium für Wirtschaft (Reichs-Ministry for Economics). (ˈraɪk German ˈʁaɪç is a German Loanword cognate with the English Reign, Region, and Rich, but used most to designate He coordinated plans to rebuild the German economy after the war, a war he and others believed to be lost. Such planning for the post-war time was strictly forbidden - on one side. On the other side, Himmler, who detested the state interventionist regime of Albert Speer as "totally bolshevik" and was himself hoping for a career in a militarily defeated Germany, protected the working group around Ohlendorf and Ludwig Erhard and other experts, who planned how to introduce the new German currency Deutsche Mark, among other things. Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, commonly known as Albert Speer ( 19 March 1905 - 1 September 1981 was an Architect, author and for part of World The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction "Erhard" redirects here For the saint of this name see Saint Erhard. Ohlendorf himself spoke out for "active and courageous entrepreneurship (aktives und wagemutiges Unternehmertum)", which was intended to replace bureaucratic state planning of the economy after the war.
Because of Ohlendorf's work in this field, many petitions for leniency were filed after he was sentenced to death by hanging. These, however, were turned down by the Allies. [1]
Nuremberg War Trials
During the trial against Einsatzgruppen leaders, Ohlendorf was the chief defendant, and was also a key witness in the prosecution of many other indicted war criminals. The Einsatzgruppen Trial (or officially The United States of America vs Ohlendorf's frank, apparently reliable testimony was attributed to his distaste for the corruption that was rampant in Nazi Germany and a stubborn commitment to duty. Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain He expressed no remorse for his actions and famously, would seem to have been more concerned about the moral strain on those carrying out the executions than those actually being executed.
Otto Ohlendorf was sentenced to death and hanged on June 7, 1951. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January
Portrayal in popular culture
- Dr. Ohlendorf appears at length in Jonathan Littell's docudrama "Les Bienveillantes". Jonathan Littell (born 10 October 1967 in New York) is a Bi-lingual (English / French writer living in Barcelona. A Docudrama is a Dramatization of actual historical events Generalities Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics Les Bienveillantes (in English: "The Kindly Ones") is a novel in the form of Historical fiction, written in French by
- Dr. Ohlendorf was portrayed by Christopher James in the 2006 British television docudrama Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial[2]
Notes
- ^ See also Michael Brackmann in Handelsblatt, June 2006. The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. Nuremberg Nazis on Trial, is a BBC Documentary film series consisting of three one-hour films that re-enact the Nuremberg War Trials The Handelsblatt is the leading German commercial economy newspaper published by the Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt in Düsseldorf, a subsidiary of Georg
- ^ Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006) (TV) (English). IMDb.com. Retrieved on May 20, 2008. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
References
- Michael Brackmann: Der Tag X. - Im Juni 1948 kommt die D-Mark und verändert das Land. Die Währungsreform ist von langer Hand vorbereitet und bis ins Detail ausgetüftelt worden. In: Handelsblatt 23. The Handelsblatt is the leading German commercial economy newspaper published by the Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt in Düsseldorf, a subsidiary of Georg /24. /25. June 2006. In English: "The day X. - In June 1948 the Deutschmark is introduced and this changes the country. The currency reform has been prepared for a long time and had been subtly and punctiliously prepared in detail in advance. " The article claims a collaboration between Otto Ohlendorf and Ludwig Erhard and other experts in preparing the post war economy with collusion and protection by Heinrich Himmler. "Erhard" redirects here For the saint of this name see Saint Erhard. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS.
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