Paul Blobel Biography

Paul Blobel (13 August 1894 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He is best known as the key figure in organising and executing the Babi Yar massacre of 1941. In June 1942, Blobel was put in charge of Aktion 1005, with the task of destroying the evidence of all Nazi atrocities in Eastern Europe. After the war, he was convicted of war crimes at the Einsatzgruppen Trial and executed.