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Eduard Strauch | |
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 Strauch's mugshot after his indictment for the Nuremberg Military Tribunal (July 1947) | |
| Born | 17 August 1906 |
| Died | 15 September 1955 (aged 49) Uccle, Belgium |
| Occupation | Commander of Einsatzkommando 2 |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction(s) | U.S. Military Crimes against humanity War crimes Membership in a criminal organization Belgium War crimes |
| Trial | Einsatzgruppen Trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Eduard Strauch (17 August 1906 – 15 September 1955) was a German Nazi SS functionary, commander of Einsatzkommando 2, commander of two Nazi organizations, the Security Police (German: Sicherheitspolizei), or Sipo, and the Security Service (German: Sicherheitsdienst, or SD), first in Belarus – then called White Russia or White Ruthenia – and later in Belgium. In October 1944, he was transferred to the militarised branch of the SS, the Waffen-SS.
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. However, Strauch was not executed since he was supposedly mentally ill. He died in a Belgian hospital in 1955.