Emil Haussmann


Emil Haussmann was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was part of Einsatzkommando 12 of Einsatzgruppe D, which perpetrated the Holocaust in occupied Ukraine. Haussmann was charged with crimes against humanity in 1947 in the Einsatzgruppen Trial. He committed suicide while in prison.

Life

Emil Haussmann was the son of an accountant in Ravensburg. Haussmann joined the NSDAP in January 1930 – three years before the Machtergreifung – at the age of 19. He was a grade school teacher. In 1937, he became a full-time employee of the Sicherheitsdienst, and took over the :de:SD-Oberabschnitt Süd-West|SD-Oberabschnitt Southwest, based in the :de:Judenreferat|Judenreferat in Stuttgart.
During the Invasion of Poland, Haussmann was part of Einsatzgruppe VI. There he was the "right hand man" for :de:Albert Rapp|Albert Rapp. Commanding this Einsatzgruppe was Erich Naumann, who later became a co-defendant of Haussmann. After the end of hostilities, Haussmann remained with Rapp in Poland; Rapp led the :de:Umwandererzentralstelle|Umwandererzentralstelle in Posen. This office coordinated the expulsion of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews in Reichsgau Wartheland, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, East Upper Silesia and :fr:Action Zamość|Aktion Zamość.
Haussmann took part in Einsatzkommando 12 during the invasion of the Soviet Union. In 1947 he was one of 24 defendants at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. On 29 July 1947, he received the indictment along with his co-defendants: crimes against humanity, war crimes, and membership in a criminal organization. Two days later, before the arraignment, Haussmann committed suicide in his cell and was removed from the process. Thus, he was the only defendant at the Einsatzgruppen trial who escaped a sentence.