Einsatzgrupen Flashcards
When were they formed
June/ July 1941
What was their initial purpose
To eliminate communist officials, red army commissioners, partisans and Jewish-Bolshevist intelligentsia
What did their initial activities do
Go beyond remit
Who did they mass kill in 1941
Soviet Jews
How many Jews were approximately murdered between June and July 1941
500,000
How many many were in Einsatzgrupen
About 3000
Who was typically in Einsatzgrupen
SS
In 1941, how many Jews were killed within 2 days
33,000
How many battalions did Einsatzgrupen have
4
What did the 4 battalions do
Identify and killed racial or political opponents without trial
How did the massacre the Jews
Some were outside their own homes however many were taken to massacre sites in which they would be shot on the edge or laying down in
Who dug the mass graves that Jews were killed in
The Jews
What did the Jews have to do before being massacred
Hand over valuables and take off their clothes
What happened during mobile killings
The Jews would be placed into a container that would then be filled with CO2, they would then be driven round until the driver could not hear any signs of life anymore
What happened in the town of Ejszyski in Lithuania
They fully wiped the Jewish population out in 3 synagogues, 4000 killed and still to this day none are there
