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Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

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IMDB:

7.7
Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

Released

4/16/2009

Duration

0h 47m

Genre

Documentary, War & Politics

Country

United States

Cast

Paul Bandey, Christian Ingrao, Christopher R. Browning

Overview

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

Episodes

Mass Graves (June-August 1941)EP 1Available

Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

46m7.0

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

Judenfrei (September-December 1941)EP 2Available

Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

48m8.0

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)EP 3Available

The Pyres (1942–1943)

42m7.0

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)EP 4Available

The Reckoning (1943–1947)

47m7.0

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.

Cast

Paul Bandey

Narration: English

Paul Bandey

Christian Ingrao

Self, Historian

Christian Ingrao

Christopher R. Browning

Self, Historian

Christopher R. Browning

Jürgen Matthäus

Self, Historian

Jürgen Matthäus

Halina Jankoska

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Halina Jankoska

Regina Jablonska

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Regina Jablonska

Anatoly Lipinski

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Anatoly Lipinski

Volodymyr Vizniak

Ukrainian Witness, Self

Volodymyr Vizniak

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