Killing Squads
Sadie Hewitt- 5th Period
What was Einsatgruppen, and what'd they do?
The Events and Their Impact on Real People. New York, NY: DK, 2007.
http://www.jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/einsatzgruppen.htm
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/mobile/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005130.
Locations
Staying in Line
Organized Killing Machines
How did they do it? Who led them to do such sins?
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/einsatz_intro.html
http://www.jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/einsatzgruppen.html
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/mobile/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005130.
What did it look like when it happened?
FACTS!!
2. The total number of men that made up Einsatzgruppen was about 2,700.
3. In the time between September 1st through October 25th, over 500 towns and villages were burned and over 16,000 people were killed by Einsatzgruppen
4. Before the killing was all over more than 1.2 million Jews were killed. Their bodies were piled high in HUGE graves throughout the occupied Soviet territories.
5. The German SS Historians have the responsibility for more than one million deaths at the feet of the Einsatzgruppen and their two-year killing spree bringing death to every Jew they knew of.
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/einsatzgruppen/
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/einsatzgruppen/#sthash.v3qwnsXN.dpuf