On this date, March 23, 1942, Einsatzgruppe A Commander, Franz Walter Stahlecker was killed in action during a clash with Soviet Partisans.
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Walter Stahlecker (1900-1942)– SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor der Polizei, Commander of the Einsatzgruppe A. |
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-occupiedEastern Europe. He was killed in action during a clash with Soviet partisans; he was replaced by Heinz Jost.