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Einsatzgruppen

The Einsatzgruppen (task forces, special action groups) were units of the Security Police and the SD (the SS intelligence service). These “mobile killing squads” were largely responsible for mass shooting operations in the German-occupied Soviet Union during the Holocaust (1933-1945). Explore more content related to the Einsatzgruppen during World War II.

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Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, 1941 [LCID: kie39040]
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Babyn Yar (Babi Yar) massacre in Kiev, 1941
Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09917]
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Ben Ferencz and the Einsatzgruppen Case
A bright blue paper pass that’s been filled out using a typewriter. The top left includes a black and white photograph of a man with light skin tone and dark hair wearing a suit. The pass has been stamped. The signatures are written in blue ink.
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Ben Ferencz and the Fight for International Justice
A paper pass that’s been filled out using a typewriter. At the top left is a black and white photograph of a man with light skin tone and dark hair wearing a suit. The top right has a space for an official stamp. The stamp has been embossed on the paper with part of it going over the photograph. It is signed in black ink.
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Ben Ferencz's pass
A bright blue paper pass that’s been filled out using a typewriter. The top left includes a black and white photograph of a man with light skin tone and dark hair wearing a suit. The pass has been stamped. The signatures are written in blue ink.
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Ben Ferencz's tribunal pass
Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09917]
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Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz
Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents evidence during the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09918]
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Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents evidence during the Einsatzgruppen Trial
Defendant Paul Blobel at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09921]
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Blobel on trial
An older man with light skin tone, balding hair, and a light beard stands in front of a microphone being held by a younger uniformed man with light skin tone and short dark hair. The older man is wearing a dark jacket and a pair of headphones with one hand pressed against his left ear. Several other male defendants sit around him in the courtroom.
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Defendant Paul Blobel pleads not guilty at the Einsatzgruppen Trial
Typed defendant list in English. Notes have been made in black ink and pencil.
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Document Belonging to Chief Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz
Drexel Sprecher [LCID: wctds006]
Oral History
Drexel Sprecher describes a witness at the Nuremberg trials
Einsatzgruppen [LCID: mkunits]
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Einsatzgruppen
Black and white map of Baltic states and Belorussia.
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Einsatzgruppen: An Overview
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Einsatzgruppen (Abridged Article) - Photographs
Einsatzgruppen activity in the Baltic area [LCID: ost73030]
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Einsatzgruppen activity in the Baltic area
Einsatzgruppen activity in the Ukraine [LCID: ukr73030]
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Einsatzgruppen massacre sites in Ukraine and surrounding areas

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