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                                "The Einsatzgruppen Case"

                                MILITARY TRIBUNAL II

                                           Case No. 9



                                     I. Amended Indictment * 




The United States of America, by the undersigned, Telford Taylor,
Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, duly appointed
to represent said Government in the prosecution of war criminals,
charges that the defendants herein committed
crimes against humanity and war crimes, as defined in Control Council
Law No. 10, duly enacted by the Allied Control
Council on 20 December 1945. These crimes included the murder of more
than one million persons, tortures,
atrocities, and other inhumane acts, as set forth in counts one and
two of this indictment. All of the defendants are
further charged with membership in criminal organizations, as set
forth in count three of this indictment.

The persons accused as guilty of these crimes and accordingly named as
defendants in this case are-

OTTO OHLENDORF - Gruppenfuehrer (major general) in the Schutzstaffeln
der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen
Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the "SS") ; member of the
Reichssicherheitsdienst des Reichsfuehrer SS
(commonly known as the "SD"); Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe D.

HEINZ JOST - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of
the SD; Commanding Officer of
Einsatzgruppe A.

ERICH NAUMANN - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member
of the SD; Commanding Ofneer of
Einsatzgruppe B.

OTTO RASCH - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of
the SD; member of the Geheime
Staatspolizei (commonly known as the "Gestapo") ; Commanding Officer
of Einsatzgruppe C.

ERWIN SCHULZ - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of
the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of
Einsatzkommando 5 of Einsatzgruppe C.

FRANZ Six - Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of
the SD; Commanding Officer of
Vorkommando Moscow of Binsatzgruppe B.

PAUL BLOBEL - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD;
Commanding Officer of
Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C.

WALTER BLUME - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the
SD; member of the Gestapo;
Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 7a of Binsatzgruppe B.

    * The amended indictment was filed on 29 July 1947. The indictment
filed originally on 8 July 1947 did not include the defendants
    Steimle, Braune, Haensch, Strauch, Klingelhoefer and Radetzky.

                                               - 13 -

MARTIN SANDBERGER - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of
the SD; Commanding Officer of
Einsatzkommando la of Einsatzgruppe A.

WILLY SEIBERT - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the
SD; Deputy Chief of Einsatzgruppe D.

EUGEN STEIMLE - Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the
SD; Commanding Officer of
Sonderkornmando 7a of Einsatzgruppe B; Commanding Ofricer of
Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C.

ERNST BIBERSTEIN - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS;
member of the SD; Commanding Officer of
Einsatzkommando 6 of Einsatzgruppe C.

WERNER BRAUNE - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member
of the SD; member of the Gestapo;
Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 11b of Einsatzgruppe D.

WALTER HAENSCH - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member
of the SD; Commanding Officer of
Sonderkommando 4b of Einsatzgruppe C.

GUSTAV NOSSKE - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member
of the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of
Einsatzkommando 12 of Einsatzgruppe D. ADOLF OTT -
Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member of
the SD; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 7b of Einsatzgruppe B.

EDUARD STRAUCH - Obersturmbannfuehrer (It. colonel) in the SS; member
of the SD; Commanding Ofricer of
Einsatzkommando 2 of Einsatzgruppe A.

EMIL HAUSSMANN - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of the SD;
officer of Einsatzkommando 12 of
Einsatzgruppe D.

WALDEMAR KLINGELHOEFER - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of
the SD; member of
Sonderkommando 7b of E:nsatzgruppe B; Commanding Ofricer of
Vorkommando Moscow.

LOTHAR FENDLER - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of the SD;
Deputy Chief of Sonderkommando
4b of Binsatzgruppe C.

WALDEMAR VON RADETZKY - Sturmbannfuehrer (major) in the SS; member of
the SD; Deputy Chief of
Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C.

FELIX RUEHL - Hauptsturmfuehrer (captain) in the SS; member of the
Gestapo; officer of Sonderkommando 10b of
Einsatzgruppe D.

HEINZ SCHUBERT - Obersturmfuehrer (lst lieutenant) in the SS; member
of the SD; officer of Einsatzgruppe D.

                                               - 14 -

MATHIAS GRAF - Untersturmfueher (2nd lieutenant) in the SS; member of
the SS; officer of Einsatzkommando 6
of Einsatzgruppe C.

                                               - 15 -


Trials of War Criminals Before the Nurenberg Military Tribunals Under
Control Council Law No. 10, Volume IV,
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 13 - 15 


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