page_title: Eduard Strauch
hierarchical_section_title: Eduard Strauch
caption_attribution_description: English: Mugshot photograph of Eduard Strauch, Einsatzgruppen officer, for trial before Nuremburg Military Tribunal
context_page_description: Eduard Strauch was an SS-Obersturmbannführer, commander of Einsatzkommando 2, commander of two Nazi organizations, the Security Police, or Sipo, and the Security Service, first in Belarus – then called White Russia or White Ruthenia – and later in Belgium. In October 1944, he was transferred to the military branch of the SS.
context_section_description: Eduard Strauch (17 August 1906 – 15 September 1955) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer, 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 military branch of the SS (Waffen-SS).
caption: Mug shot Eduard Strauch for war crimes trial
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