On September 29, 1947, trial number 9 regarding the activities of the Einsatzgruppen began in Nuremberg.
People were murdered in the entire occupied area, but the most notorious crimes were committed in the following places: Babi Yar (Kiev), Kharkov, Kamieniec Podolski, Kostopol, Kaunas, Lviv, Lutsk, Odessa, Ponary (Vilnius), Rovno, Rumbula (Riga)Įinsatzgruppe "D" - it was active by the 11th Army of General Schobert which operated within the Romanian Army Group "Antonescu" and in Bessarabia, the Ukraine and Crimea. In the vicinity of Odessa, apart from Einsatzgruppe "D", Romanian and Ukrainian troops also carried out mass murders. It happened that Wehrmacht and Waffen SS units supported Einsatzgruppen. Local collaborators - police officers, officials and ordinary citizens also participated in the pogroms of Jews, communists, and other enemies of the Third Reich. The Einsatzgruppen units carried out these tasks mainly through mass shootings, as well as hanging and gassing in specially constructed trucks (Gas Van).ĭue to their size and areas of operation, the divisions were appropriately divided into four operational groups: Einsatzgruppe A/B/C/D. According to research carried out, among others, by the Institute of National Remembrance, Einsatzgruppen units are responsible for the death of about 200,000 people in the area of occupied Poland.Īctivity Of Einsatzgruppen In 1941-1944 In Eastern EuropeĪfter the invasion of the USSR by German troops in 1941, the main task of the Einsatzgruppen became the mass extermination of Jews, communists, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and the enemies of the system among the civilian population (including partisans). The operational groups also took part in: Operation Tannenberg, executions in parliamentary gardens and the elimination of Polish intelligentsia - "Intelligenzaktion". The death squads committed crimes against Poles through mass executions, including in fordońska "Death Valley", Piaśnica, Kórnik and Warsaw. At that time, three more groups were created, including Einsatzgruppe VI, Einsatzgruppe "z.b.V." and Einsatzkommando 16 - "special purpose" groups which were directed to Silesia, Greater Poland and Pomerania. In July 1939, five operational groups Einsatzgruppen I/II/III/IV/V were created which began operations in September 1939. The next groups of this type were established in Czechoslovakia in March 1938 and these were the following groups: Einsatzgruppe I Prag (Prague), Einsatzgruppe II Brünn (Brno), Einsatzkommando 9 Mies (Stříbro), Sonderkommando Pilsen (Pilzno).Īctivity Of Einsatzgruppen In The Years 1939 - 1941 In The Occupied Polish Territory In October 1938, new groups were formed: Einsatzgruppe Dresden, under the command of Heinz Jost, and Einsatzgruppe Wien, led by Dr. This unit operated in Austria during the annexation of these lands to the Third Reich. The first unit of this type was the Einsatzkommando Österreich, created in 1938 under the command of prof. The Beginnings of the Activity of Einsatzgruppen In history, however, they will generally be remembered as units which committed mass genocide in Eastern Europe in 1941-1943. Other tasks of the Einsatzgruppen were: to secure industrial plants, more important municipal and strategic facilities and reserves of raw materials. They operated in the enemy's country behind the fighting troops. The task of the Special Operational Units of the Security Police was to combat all elements who were hostile towards the Reich and anti-German.
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