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Series · 2009–2009Ended

Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

7.7·1 season·4 episodes·45 min avg.

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

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Mass Graves (June-August 1941)Up next
Apr 16, 2009·7.0

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

02
Judenfrei (September-December 1941)
Apr 16, 2009·8.0

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

03
The Pyres (1942–1943)
Apr 23, 2009·7.0

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

04
The Reckoning (1943–1947)
Apr 23, 2009·7.0

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

8 credited
Paul Bandey
Narration: English
CI
Christian Ingrao
Self, Historian
CR
Christopher R. Browning
Self, Historian
JM
Jürgen Matthäus
Self, Historian
HJ
Halina Jankoska
Lithuanian Witness, Self
RJ
Regina Jablonska
Lithuanian Witness, Self
AL
Anatoly Lipinski
Lithuanian Witness, Self
VV
Volodymyr Vizniak
Ukrainian Witness, Self

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