Emil Haussmann
Emil Haussmann (11 October 1910 – 31 July 1947 in Nuremberg) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was part of "Einsatzkommando" 12 of Einsatzgruppe D, which perpetrated the Holocaust in occupied Ukraine. Haussmann was charged with crimes against humanity in 1947 in the Einsatzgruppen Trial. He committed suicide while in prison. Life. Emil Haussmann was the son of an accountant in Ravensburg. Haussmann joined the NSDAP in January 1930 – three years before the "Machtergreifung" – at the age of 19. He was a grade school teacher. In 1937, he became a full-time employee of the  Sicherheitsdienst (SD), and took over the Southwest, based in the in Stuttgart. During the Invasion of Poland, Haussmann was part of "Einsatzgruppe" VI. There he was the "right hand man" for . Commanding this "Einsatzgruppe" was Erich Naumann, who later became a co-defendant of Haussmann. After the end of hostilities, Haussmann remained with Rapp in Poland; Rapp led the in Posen. This office coordinated the expulsion of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews in Reichsgau Wartheland, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, East Upper Silesia and . Haussmann took part in "Einsatzkommando" 12 during the invasion of the Soviet Union. Trial and suicide. In 1947  he was one of 24 defendants at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. On 29 July 1947, he received the indictment along with his co-defendants: (1) crimes against humanity, (2) war crimes, and (3) membership in a criminal organization. Two days later, before the arraignment, Haussmann committed suicide in his cell and was removed from the process. Thus, he and Otto Rasch, declared unfit for stand trial by medical reasons, were the only defendants at the Einsatzgruppen trial who escaped a sentence.