13 Facts About Erich Ehrlinger

Erich Ehrlinger was a member of the Nazi Party and SS.

Erich Ehrlinger was the commander of the Security Police and the Security Service for central Russia as well as a department chief in the Reich Security Main Office.

Erich Ehrlinger was the leader of an SA sport school at Rieneck Castle and then a "Training Chief".

Erich Ehrlinger was with the SD in 1938 during the Nazi takeover in Austria and in April 1939 in Prague.

Erich Ehrlinger was with the headquarters staff of Einsatzgruppe IV during the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.

Erich Ehrlinger led the mass murder of Jews behind the front, in particular in the ghettos of Kovno, Dunaburg and Rositten.

In December 1941, after the completion of the work of Einsatzkommando 1b, Erich Ehrlinger was promoted to commandant of the Security Police and SD for central Russia and Belarus, where under his orders many executions were carried out.

Erich Ehrlinger became the liaison man of SD chief Ernst Kaltenbrunner to the commanding generals of the security troops of Army Group Center, as well as taking over the offices of Einsatzgruppe B chief and Commander of the Security Police and the SD for central Russia and Belarus.

In November 1944 Erich Ehrlinger became a special delegate from Ernst Kaltenbrunner to SS chief Heinrich Himmler.

Erich Ehrlinger made contact with his family, but did not provide his whereabouts.

Erich Ehrlinger decided to reduce the alimony payments, making his wife concerned that he was about to emigrate and prompting her to denounce him to the police.

Erich Ehrlinger was convicted in a 1961 trial in connection with 1,045 cases of murder and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.

Erich Ehrlinger's sentence was officially remitted in 1969, four years after he was released from prison.