or from injuries sustained in the crash is unknown. He was replaced at Army Group South by Fedor von Bock and given a state funeral. Nazi political activities and war crimes Reichenau's uncle was an ardent Nazi and introduced him to Adolf Hitler in April 1932. Reichenau joined the Nazi Party, although doing so was a violation of the army regulations laid down by Seeckt to insulate the army from national politics. Reichenau was an anti-Semite who equated Jewry with Bolshevism and a perceived Asian threat to Europe. Having died in 1942, Reichenau was never convicted of war crimes, but he was part of the German General Staff and High Command of the Armed Forces collectively indicted at Nuremberg. Specifically cited in the indictment was his "Reichenau Order", commonly known as the Severity Order of October 1941, which supported Nazi genocidal policies and advocated for punishment against the “subhuman species” of Jews and the extermination of Jewish Bolshevism in Europe. The only objection Reichenau raised to the activities of the Einsatzgruppen in his sector was when they were killing so many Jews, so quickly, that they began to create ammunition shortages in his sector of operations, an issue he addressed by recommending that the SS and SD limit themselves to two bullets per Jew. Reichenau was in charge of the area of operations in which SS, Einsatzgruppen, and Ukrainian auxiliaries committed the massacre of over 33,000 Jews at Babi Yar. Later that year in August, Reichenau also directly acted to ensure the execution of ninety Jewish children in the Bila Tserkva massacre, after Helmuth Groscurth petitioned him to avert the killings. References Citations Bibliography Görlitz, Walter (1989). "Reichenau," in Correlli Barnett ed., Hitler's Generals. New York: Grove Weidenfeld. pp. 208–18. External links The "Reichenau Order" from October 12, 1941 English translation of the "Reichenau Order" (Severity Order) Biography at DHM.de 1884 births 1942 deaths German Army World War II field marshals Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Holocaust perpetrators in Russia Holocaust perpetrators in Ukraine 20th-century Freikorps personnel Babi Yar Military personnel from Karlsruhe German Army personnel of World War I International Olympic Committee members Burials at the Invalids' Cemetery