Einsatzgruppen
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The Einsatzgruppen were Nazi paramilitary death squads responsible for mass shootings and genocidal atrocities, particularly against Jews, in Eastern Europe during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi paramilitary organization
→
death squad → perpetrator of the Holocaust → |
| activeDuring |
Holocaust in Eastern Europe
→
World War II → |
| commandersIncluded |
Arthur Nebe
→
Franz Walter Stahlecker → Otto Ohlendorf → Paul Blobel → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Nazi Germany
→
|
| disbanded |
1944
→
1945 → |
| estimatedVictims |
hundreds of thousands of Jews
→
over 1,000,000 people → |
| formedFor |
elimination of Jews
→
elimination of perceived racial enemies → elimination of political opponents → security operations in occupied territories → |
| ideology |
Nazism
→
|
| notableFor |
genocidal atrocities against Jews
→
mass murder of civilians → massacres of Roma → massacres of disabled persons → massacres of intelligentsia → massacres of political commissars → |
| operatedIn |
Baltic states
→
Belarus → Eastern Europe → Poland → Russia → Soviet Union → Ukraine → |
| organizedAs |
Einsatzgruppe A
→
Einsatzgruppe B → Einsatzgruppe C → Einsatzgruppe D → |
| partOf |
SS
→
Schutzstaffel → |
| perpetrated |
Babi Yar massacre
→
Rumbula massacre → massacres in Kaunas → massacres in Kiev → massacres in Minsk → massacres in Riga → |
| primaryMethod |
mass shootings
→
mobile killing operations → |
| prosecutedIn |
Einsatzgruppen trial
→
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials → |
| recognizedAs |
criminal organization
→
perpetrator of crimes against humanity → perpetrator of genocide → perpetrator of war crimes → |
| subordinateTo |
Heinrich Himmler
→
RSHA → Reich Main Security Office → Reinhard Heydrich → |