Kurt Eberhard

Kurt Eberhard (September 12, 1874, Rottweil – September 8, 1947, Stuttgart) was a German Nazi officer. He rose to the rank of "Brigadeführer" of the SS and in the German army. During World War II Eberhard was given the command over the occupied city of Kiev in Ukraine. He was involved in planning and supervising the Babi Yar massacres during which over 33,771 people were murdered. He was captured by US authorities after the end of World War II, in November 1945, and kept in captivity in Stuttgart. He committed suicide on September 8, 1947.