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.
The mobile killing squad, primarily associated with the Nazi regime during World War II, refers to Einsatzgruppen, which were paramilitary death squads responsible for mass shootings of Jews, Roma, communists, and other perceived enemies. Operating in Eastern Europe, these squads followed the German army into territories like Poland and the Soviet Union, conducting systematic executions, often in mass graves. Their brutal tactics contributed significantly to the Holocaust, resulting in the deaths of approximately two million people. The Einsatzgruppen's actions exemplify the extreme measures taken by the Nazis to implement their genocidal policies.
After the war some members of the Einsatzgruppen were put on trial and convicted. A few did deals with the prosecutors and agreed to give evidence for the prosecution in exchange for immunity. Some escaped to the Americas, but most went home and lived happily ever after.
It sounds as if you are thinking of the Sonderkommandosor 'special squads' that were forced to move corpses from the gas chambers to to the crematoria.
a kommando is just a squad. on the easter front 'Sonderkommando' (special squads) were sent out to kill Jews. work groups from concentration camps were call kommandos, they were named after their leader, so if the leader was called Patel, then the squad would be called the Patelkommando. in many of the death camp the 'stokers' (to give them their offical title) were called Sonderkommado (special squads) - known now as Jewish Sonderkommando as not to be confused with the pre-existing Sonderkommando.
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.
Einsatzgruppen were, in layman's terms, the death squads of the Waffen SS.
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.
They were the SD-Einsatzgruppen.
"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.
These groups are called "Einsatzgruppen" and would round up Jews and shoot them to death. The project was replaced with the death camps in order to preserve the bullets.
Einsatzgruppe (Special Operations Unit)
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.
Mobile killing squads, known as Einsatzgruppen, were paramilitary death squads operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. They were responsible for mass shootings and the systematic extermination of Jews, Roma, and other perceived enemies in occupied territories, particularly in Eastern Europe. These squads followed the German army into newly acquired territories, conducting large-scale massacres, often rounding up victims in mass graves. Their actions contributed significantly to the Holocaust and the overall atrocities committed during the war.
The different squads on a football team: offense, defense and special teams.
The Jewish, if not killed by the Einsatzgruppen in mass shootings, they would be put into ghettos. From there on the Jewish men, women and children would later be placed on fret trains going from anywhere to Bergen-Belsen to Auschwitz.
The Jewish, if not killed by the Einsatzgruppen in mass shootings, they would be put into ghettos. From there on the Jewish men, women and children would later be placed on fret trains going from anywhere to Bergen-Belsen to Auschwitz.