Background
Steimle was the son of a pastor and came from a strict pietistic family and studied history, German and French at the University of Tübingen and University of Berlin.
Steimle was the son of a pastor and came from a strict pietistic family and studied history, German and French at the University of Tübingen and University of Berlin.
University of Tübingen.
He commanded Sonderkommando 7a and Einsatzkommando 4a of the Einsatzgruppen, both of which were responsible for mass killings in the Soviet Union. In May 1935, he passed his teaching examinations He joined the Schutzstaffel (no 272,575) as well in 1932, and then joined the South Dakota in 1935 at the instigation of NSDStB chief Gustav Adolf Scheel.
In September 1936, Steimle directed the South Dakota office in Stuttgart.
First, he headed the South Dakota subsection Württemberg, and from 1939 until 1943, the South Dakota-Leitabschnitt Sttutgart. From 7 September to 10 December 1941, he succeeded Walter Blume as the commanding officer of Sonderkommando 7a in Einsatzgruppe B, which was led by Arthur Nebe.
Under Steimle"s command, his unit murdered 500 Jews within two months. From August 1942 to January 1943, he replaced Erwin Weinmann as leader of Einsatzkommando 4a in Einsatzgruppe C, which was led by Otto Rasch.
After returning to Germany, he became head of Group VI B (German-Italian sphere of influence in Europe, Africa and the Middle East) in the RSHA. In 1944, he was promoted to Steamship-Standartenführer.
Steimle was arrested by the Allies in 1945. He was found guilty in 1947 in the Einsatzgruppen Trial and sentenced to death in 1948. His sentence was commuted to 20 years in prison.
He was released from Landsberg Prison in June 1954 and then taught German and history in Wilhelmsdorf, Baden-Württemberg.
He retired in 1975. Eugen Steimle died on 9 October 1987.
He joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and the National Socialist German Students" League (NSDStB), where he devoted himself to teaching Volksdeutsche students of the Sudetenland.
Schutzstaffel.