Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads
Einsatzgruppen : Les commandos de la mort
About
This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.
Cast
Paul Bandey
as Narration: English
Christian Ingrao
as Self, Historian
Christopher R. Browning
as Self, Historian
Jürgen Matthäus
as Self, Historian
Halina Jankoska
as Lithuanian Witness, Self
Regina Jablonska
as Lithuanian Witness, Self
Anatoly Lipinski
as Lithuanian Witness, Self
Volodymyr Vizniak
as Ukrainian Witness, Self
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Mass Graves (June-August 1941)
This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.
Judenfrei (September-December 1941)
In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.
The Pyres (1942–1943)
Faced with the advancing Soviet troops, Nazi Germany decides to have the bodies of death camp victims dug up and burned in graves.
The Reckoning (1943–1947)
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.
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