The German Einsatzgruppen (task groups) were execution squads that went in to places after the wehrmacht. The squads were composed of kriminal polizei, Gestapo, Waffen SS and SD men. These Einsatzgruppen were responsible for killing over one million jews.
* Eichmann, SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolph - head of Gestapo Einsatzgruppen
SS means protection squadTheir purpose in germany is many things because SS is not a thing it a squad of types of SS, the most popular isWaffen- SSSS Death Squad (Einsatzgruppen)The Waffen-SS were frontline combat troops trained to fight in Germany's battles during World War II. During the early campaigns against Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, military SS units were of regiment size and drawn from existing armed SS formations:Hitler's personal bodyguard.The Death's-Head Battalion, which administered the concentration camps.The Dispositional Troops,The SS Death squad (Einsatzgruppen) were special units of the SS that were formed on an 'as-needed' basis under the authority of the Sicherheitspolizei and later the RSHA, whose commander was Heydrich. The first Einsatzgruppen were created in 1938 for use during the Anschluss of Austria and again in 1939 for the annexation of Czechoslovakia The original purpose of the Einsatzgruppen was to 'enter occupied areas, seize vital records, and neutralize potential threats'. In Austria and Czechoslovakia, the activities of the Einsatzgruppen were mainly limited to Nazification of local governments and assistance with the establishment of new concentration camps. They were in charge of the shootings at the concentration camps, extermination camps and the death camps.
There were mobile killing units (SD-Einsatzgruppen) which went into action behind German lines in the Soviet Union.
it was separate from the German army. it was an SS paramilitary group that took part in the systematic killing of mostly civilians throughout occupied eastern Europe during WW2
Einsatzgruppen were, in layman's terms, the death squads of the Waffen SS.
A death squad consisting of SS, police and local people
The German Einsatzgruppen (task groups) were execution squads that went in to places after the wehrmacht. The squads were composed of kriminal polizei, Gestapo, Waffen SS and SD men. These Einsatzgruppen were responsible for killing over one million jews.
* Eichmann, SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolph - head of Gestapo Einsatzgruppen
SS means protection squadTheir purpose in germany is many things because SS is not a thing it a squad of types of SS, the most popular isWaffen- SSSS Death Squad (Einsatzgruppen)The Waffen-SS were frontline combat troops trained to fight in Germany's battles during World War II. During the early campaigns against Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, military SS units were of regiment size and drawn from existing armed SS formations:Hitler's personal bodyguard.The Death's-Head Battalion, which administered the concentration camps.The Dispositional Troops,The SS Death squad (Einsatzgruppen) were special units of the SS that were formed on an 'as-needed' basis under the authority of the Sicherheitspolizei and later the RSHA, whose commander was Heydrich. The first Einsatzgruppen were created in 1938 for use during the Anschluss of Austria and again in 1939 for the annexation of Czechoslovakia The original purpose of the Einsatzgruppen was to 'enter occupied areas, seize vital records, and neutralize potential threats'. In Austria and Czechoslovakia, the activities of the Einsatzgruppen were mainly limited to Nazification of local governments and assistance with the establishment of new concentration camps. They were in charge of the shootings at the concentration camps, extermination camps and the death camps.
"Einsatzgruppen were directly responsible for many murders during WW2 ". The generic meaning of "einsatzgrupp" is 'Task Force' but under the Nazi regime that gained an entirely more sinister connotation.
There were mobile killing units (SD-Einsatzgruppen) which went into action behind German lines in the Soviet Union.
The SS, or Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron"), group were originally Hitler's personal bodyguards. Toward the war's end they became the Einsatzgruppen, or death squads, mercilessly and brutally hunting down mainly Jews.
Operation Barbarossa German troops invade USSR. Italy declares war on the USSR. SS Einsatzgruppen begin campaign of mass murder
Einsatzgruppen (Special-operation units) were SS paramilitary death squads that took part in the systematic killing of mostly civilians, including: Jews, communists, intellectuals, and others.
The Einsatzgruppen were set up in order to kill Jews.
The 'official' purpose of the Einsatzgruppen was to combat guerrillas.