Erich Ehrlinger

Erich Ehrlinger
Erich Ehrlinger (sometime before 1945)
Born	(1910-10-14)October 14, 1910 Giengen an der Brenz, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died	July 31, 2004(2004-07-31) (aged 93) Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Other names	Erich Fröscher
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, and Russia.
Criminal penalty	Twelve years imprisonment, later partially remitted

Erich Ehrlinger (14 October 1910 – 31 July 2004) was a member of the Nazi Party (number: 541,195) and SS (number: 107,493). As commander of Special Detachment (Sonderkommando, also known as Einsatzkommando or EK) 1b, he was responsible for mass murder in the Baltic states and Belarus.

He was also the commander of the Security Police (SiPo) and the Security Service (SD) for central Russia as well as a department chief in the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt or RSHA). He eventually rose to the rank of SS-Oberführer.