On this date, March
23, 1942, Einsatzgruppe A Commander, Franz Walter Stahlecker was killed in
action during a clash with Soviet Partisans.
Walter Stahlecker (1900-1942) – SS-Brigadeführer
and Generalmajor der Polizei, Commander of the Einsatzgruppe A.
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Franz Walter Stahlecker (10 October 1900 – 23 March 1942) was Commander of the Sicherheitspolizei
(Sipo) and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) (German: Befehlshaber der
Sipo und des SD; BdS)
for the Reichskommissariat Ostland in 1941–42. Stahlecker commanded Einsatzgruppe
A, the most murderous of the four Einsatzgruppen (death
squads during the Holocaust) active in German-occupied Eastern
Europe. He was killed in action during a clash with Soviet
partisans; he was replaced by Heinz Jost.
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