Otto Rasch

Otto Rasch
Rasch's mugshot after his indictment for the Nuremberg Military Tribunal (July 1947)
Born	7 December 1891 Friedrichsruh, German Empire
Died	1 November 1948(1948-11-01) (aged 56) Wehrstedt, Lower Saxony, Allied-occupied Germany
Known for	Babi Yar massacre
Criminal status	Deceased
Motive	Nazism
Criminal charge	Crimes against humanity War crimes Membership in a criminal organization
Trial	Einsatzgruppen trial
Details
Victims	80,000+
Span of crimes	1939–1941
Country	Poland and Ukraine
Military career
Allegiance	German Empire  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Navy Schutzstaffel
Rank	Brigadeführer
Commands held	Einsatzgruppe C
Other work	Lawyer, Mayor

Emil Otto Rasch (7 December 1891 – 1 November 1948) was a high-ranking German Nazi official and Holocaust perpetrator, who commanded Einsatzgruppe C in northern and central Ukraine until October 1941. After World War II, Rasch was indicted for war crimes at the Einsatzgruppen trial, but the case was discontinued for medical reasons in February 1948. He died a few months later.