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Eduard Strauch
German SS, Security Police and Security Service commander and convicted war criminal (1906–1955).
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German SS, Security Police and Security Service commander and convicted war criminal (1906–1955).
Eduard Strauch (17 August 1906 – 15 September 1955) was a German lawyer, SS-Obersturmbannführer and convicted war criminal. During the Second World War, he served as the commander of Einsatzkommando 2 during the invasion of the Soviet Union and participated in the Rumbula massacre. He was also the local Kommandeur of the security police (German: Sicherheitspolizei), or Sipo, and the security service (German: Sicherheitsdienst, or SD), first in the Generalbezirk Weißruthenien and later in Brussels. In October 1944, he was transferred to the Waffen-SS. After the end of the war, Strauch was convicted for crimes against humanity in the Einsatzgruppen Trial and sentenced to death. Extradited to Belgium, he was again convicted and sentenced to death for war crimes. However, he was not executed, as he was judged mentally ill. He died in a Belgian hospital in 1955.
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Achievements and distinctions
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German SS, Security Police and Security Service commander and convicted war criminal (1906–1955).
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Iron Cross (1939), 2nd class
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Iron Cross (1939), 1st class
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National Sports Badge in Bronze
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War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords
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War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords
Career and education
Memberships
Sturmabteilung · Schutzstaffel
Field of contribution
Sport law, representation and rights · Lawyers & agents
Major competitions and events
Einsatzgruppen Trial · The Holocaust in Belarus · The Holocaust in Belgium · The Holocaust in Latvia
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