Einsatzgruppen der Sicherheitspolizei un des SD (SS/Einsatzgruppen) By Monica Long
What is it? “Mobile Killing Units” Paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany Responsible for mass killings during WWII Jews, Polish intelligentsia, Soviet Union, Gypsies
Where? Operated in territories controlled by German forces - Invasion of Poland (September 1939) - Operation Barbarossa (Soviet Union invasion) June 1941
Massacres Ranged from few killings – thousands within a day -Babi Yar (33,771 within 2 days) -Rumbula massacre (25,000 in 2 days) Einsatzgruppen alone killed 2,000,000+ people 1.3 million Jews, total of million Jews
End of WWII Leaders of Einsatzgruppen prosecuted (Einsatzgruppen Trial– ) Crimes against humanity/War crimes Additional leaders later on persecuted
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