Erich Isselhorst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erich Isselhorst

German soldier and jurist

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1906

Place of Birth: Saint-Avold, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1948

Profession: lawyer, jurist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Erich Isselhorst (5 February 1906 in Saint-Avold – 23 February 1948 in Strasbourg) was a German war criminal and Schutzstaffel (SS) member before and during World War II.Between 1942 and 1943, during the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Isselhorst was an Einsatzkommando leader, tasked with the murdering of Jews in what is now Belarus and the Baltic states.
Before and after, Isselhorst held posts within the Gestapo and SS in Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart and Strasbourg. He was sentenced to death by both a British and French military court and executed in France in 1948 for ordering the execution of captured British SAS members and French civilians in 1944.