Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads  - TV series (2009)

1. Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

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16/04/2009

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

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

2. Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

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

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

3. The Pyres (1942–1943)

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23/04/2009

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

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

4. The Reckoning (1943–1947)

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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.

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.