There was no distinction made between Gypsies and Jews, the… - Otto Ohlendorf

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There was no distinction made between Gypsies and Jews, the same order applied to both.

Otto Ohlendorf

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Otto Ohlendorf (February 4, 1907 – June 7, 1951) was a German SS functionary and Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era. An economist by education, he was head of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Inland, responsible for intelligence and security within Germany. In 1941, Ohlendorf was appointed the commander of Einsatzgruppe D, which perpetrated mass murder in Moldova, south Ukraine, the Crimea and, during 1942, the North Caucasus. He was tried at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, convicted and executed in 1951.

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