Franz Walter Stahlecker

Walter Stahlecker
Born10 October 1900 (1900-10-10)
Sternenfels, German Empire
Died23 March 1942(1942-03-23) (aged 41)
Gatchina, RSFSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceGerman Empire
Nazi Germany
Service / branchSchutzstaffel
Years of service1918
1933–1942
RankSS-Brigadeführer
CommandsEinsatzgruppe A
Commander,
Security Police and SD
for Reichskommissariat Ostland

Franz Walter Stahlecker (10 October 1900 – 23 March 1942) was commander of the SS security forces (Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) for the Reichskommissariat Ostland in 1941–42.[1] Stahlecker commanded Einsatzgruppe A, the most murderous of the four Einsatzgruppen (death squads during the Holocaust) active in German-occupied Eastern Europe.[2] He was fatally wounded in action by Soviet partisans and was replaced by Heinz Jost.

  1. ^ Benz, Wolfgang; Kwiet, Konrad; Matthäus, Jürgen, eds. (1998). Einsatz im "Reichskommissariat Ostland": Dokumente zum Völkermord im Baltikum und in Weißrußland 1941–1944 (in German). Berlin: Metropol. pp. 31, 263. ISBN 3-932482-01-8. OCLC 40486576.
  2. ^ "Stahlecker, Franz Walter" (PDF). Shoah Resource Center. Yad Vashem. 2003. Retrieved 2009-04-05.