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1 Einsatzgruppen der Sicherheitspolizei un des SD (SS/Einsatzgruppen) By Monica Long

2 What is it? “Mobile Killing Units” Paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany Responsible for mass killings during WWII Jews, Polish intelligentsia, Soviet Union, Gypsies

3 Where? Operated in territories controlled by German forces - Invasion of Poland (September 1939) - Operation Barbarossa (Soviet Union invasion) June 1941

4 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 5.5-6 million Jews

5 End of WWII Leaders of Einsatzgruppen prosecuted (Einsatzgruppen Trial– 1947-48) Crimes against humanity/War crimes Additional leaders later on persecuted

6 Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einsatzgruppen http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005130 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005130


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