Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

7.7
200945m

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

Seasons

4 Episodes • Premiered 2009

Still image for Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads season 1 episode 1: Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

1. Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

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This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.

Still image for Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads season 1 episode 2: Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

2. Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

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In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.

Still image for Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads season 1 episode 3: The Pyres (1942–1943)

3. The Pyres (1942–1943)

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Faced with the advancing Soviet troops, Nazi Germany decides to have the bodies of death camp victims dug up and burned in graves.

Still image for Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads season 1 episode 4: The Reckoning (1943–1947)

4. The Reckoning (1943–1947)

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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

Photo of Paul Bandey

Paul Bandey

Narration: English

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