

This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.
Michaël Prazan
4
45 min

This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.
Apr 16, 2009

In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.
Apr 16, 2009

Faced with the advancing Soviet troops, Nazi Germany decides to have the bodies of death camp victims dug up and burned in graves.
Apr 23, 2009

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.
Apr 23, 2009

Narration: English

Self, Historian

Self, Historian

Self, Historian

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Ukrainian Witness, Self