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Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

2009 7.7

This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.

Play Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

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Mass Graves (June-August 1941)
2009-04-16
This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.
Play Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

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Judenfrei (September-December 1941)
2009-04-16
In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.
Play The Pyres (1942–1943)

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The Pyres (1942–1943)
2009-04-23
Faced with the advancing Soviet troops, Nazi Germany decides to have the bodies of death camp victims dug up and burned in graves.
Play The Reckoning (1943–1947)

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The Reckoning (1943–1947)
2009-04-23
After being judged at the Nuremberg trials, the majority of those responsible for the murder of nearly 1.5 million Jews would walk free in the 1950s.

Cast

Paul Bandey Narration: English

Christian Ingrao Self, Historian

Christopher R. Browning Self, Historian

Jürgen Matthäus Self, Historian

Halina Jankoska Lithuanian Witness, Self

Regina Jablonska Lithuanian Witness, Self

Anatoly Lipinski Lithuanian Witness, Self

Volodymyr Vizniak Ukrainian Witness, Self

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