Title

Letter from Friedrich Jeckeln

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.387

Object Name

Letter

Date

8-22-1932

Files

Description

Typewritten letter on "Abschnitt IV der Schutzstaffeln der NSDAP" stationery. Includes Nazi insignia and signature in blue.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

As Commanding SS General of Einsatzgruppen, Friedrich Jeckeln was responsible for the deaths of over 100,000 Jews, Romanians, and Slavs. As SS Obergruppenfuhrer and police chief in eastern Russia, he controlled all Einsatzgruppen mass executions and partisan operations in his district. Jekeln was responsible for the systematic slaughter of men, women, children, and the elderly at Babi Yar, Kiamanets-Podilskyi, and Bubula. Captured by Russians, he was hanged at Riga in 1946.

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 8 1/2"

Keywords

Commander SS General of Eisatzgruppen, responsible for deaths of over 100, 000, Romania, Einsatzgruppen, mass executions, Convicted, Friedrich Jeckeln

Subcollection

Bullets

Recommended Citation

"Letter from Friedrich Jeckeln" (1932). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.387.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1075