Eduard Strauch
Eduard Strauch | |
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Strauch's mugshot at the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, 1947 | |
| Born | 17 August 1906 Essen, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 15 September 1955 (aged 49) Uccle, Belgium |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1931–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Obersturmbannführer |
| Unit | Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) |
| Commands | Commander, Einsatzkommando 2; Commander, SiPo and SD Weißruthenien; Brussels |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Alma mater | University of Erlangen University of Münster |
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.