Kurt Eberhard

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Kurt Eberhard (12 September 1874 – 8 September 1947) was a German professional military officer who served the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. He fought in both world wars and attained the rank of Generalmajor. He was also a member of the Nazi Party and the Schutzstaffel (SS), reaching the rank of SS-Brigadeführer. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Eberhard served as the city commandant in German-occupied Soviet Kiev (today Kyiv, Ukraine). He was directly involved in the planning of the Babi Yar Massacre, one of the largest Nazi genocidal crimes, in which more than 33,000 Jews were murdered on 29–30 September 1941. Arrested by the Allies after the war, he took his own life while still in custody and never was tried for his offenses.

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