Eberhard Herf (20 March 1887 – 30 January 1946)[1] was a German police official and war criminal during the Nazi era.

In this capacity, he directed mass murder of the Jews in the Minsk Ghetto.

Later on in his career, Herf wrote to the Reich Security Main Office to request a transfer.

The tribunal heard the case against 18 German military, SS, and police officials accused of crimes committed during the occupation of Belarus.

[4] Alongside two Wehrmacht generals, Herf was the highest-ranking official of the occupying force on trial.