Friedrich Jeckeln
Friedrich Jeckeln | |
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Jeckeln in 1938 | |
| Born | 2 February 1895 |
| Died | 3 February 1946 (aged 51) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Known for | Command of Einsatzgruppen death squads Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre Babi Yar massacre Rumbula massacre |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction | War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 100,000+ |
Span of crimes | 1941–1945 |
| Country | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine |
| Targets | Slavs, Jews, Roma and Communists |
| SS career | |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Schutzstaffel |
| Rank | SS-Obergruppenführer and General of Police and the Waffen-SS |
| Commands | Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF): Wehrkreis XI; Wehrkreis VI; Southern Russia; Northern Russia; Upper Silesia Commander, "Kampfgruppe Jeckeln" Commander, V SS Mountain Corps |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves German Cross, in gold War Merit Cross, 1st class with swords |
Friedrich August Jeckeln (2 February 1895 – 3 February 1946) was a German Nazi Party member, police official and SS-Obergruppenführer during the Nazi era. He served as a Higher SS and Police Leader in Germany and in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II. Jeckeln was the commander of one of the largest groups of Einsatzgruppen death squads and was personally responsible for ordering and organising the deaths of over 100,000 Jews, Romani and others designated by the Nazis as "undesirables". After the end of the war in Europe, Jeckeln was convicted of war crimes by a Soviet military tribunal in Riga and executed by hanging.