l5 babi yar massacre

Question 1

who are the einsatzgruppen

Answer 1

ss mobile death squads with the role to eliminate undesirables in conquered land left behindmy german army

Question 2

einsatzgruppen as perpetrators in babi yar massacre

Answer 2

responsible for shooting ~33k in babi yar massecre, were the ones doing the killing

Question 3

ukrainians as perpetrators in babi yar massacre

Answer 3

helped the nazis guide the jewish to the ravine and directed the jewish to forfeit their belongings to be recycled

Question 4

event of babi yar massacre

Answer 4

sep 28th notice put up directing jewish to appear at intersection in lukianivka district with documents, vluables and warm clothing

30k jews appeared
forced to march to cordoned off area
forced to undress and place valuables in certain areas
led to ravine, direction poionted out by ukrainians ans germans
jewish did not know what was to come until too late
shot with gun
body pushed into ravine
einsatzgruppen soldiers stood on top of corpse pile and shot those moking noise to ensure death
locals loaded trucks with jewish belongings
pit left open for 2 days
then lime added and covered with mud

Question 5

how were jewish people deceived

Answer 5

told to bring 2 weeks of warm clothing, they believed they would therefore be relocated instead of shot

Question 6

why did ordinary ukrainians welcome nazi invasion

Answer 6

soviet government didn’t treat ukrainians well, 4.5m died of famine