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Bookmark or Share- Einsatzgruppen (Mobile Killing Units) | Holocaust EncyclopediaThe Einsatzgruppen (task forces, special action groups) were units of the Security Police and SD (the SS intelligence service) that followed the German army as it invaded and occupied countries in Europe.
- Einsatzgruppen - WikipediaEinsatzgruppen (German: [ˈaɪnzatsˌɡʁʊpm̩], lit. ' deployment groups '; also 'task forces') were Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe.
- Einsatzgruppen | Holocaust EncyclopediaDuring the Holocaust, members of mobile killing units known as “Einsatzgruppen” (literally “operational groups”) murdered well over one million civilians, primarily in mass shootings in the Soviet Union.
- Mobile Killing Squads | Holocaust EncyclopediaGerman mobile killing squads, called special duty units (Einsatzgruppen), are assigned to kill Jews during the invasion of the Soviet Union. These squads follow the German army, as it advances deep into Soviet territory, and carry out mass-murder operations.
- Einsatzgruppen | Facts, Definition, & Role in the HolocaustEinsatzgruppen, units of the Nazi security forces composed of members of the SS, the Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo; “Security Police”), and the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo; “Order Police”) that acted as mobile killing units during the German invasions of Poland (1939) and the Soviet Union (1941).
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