Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads
TV-142009•45m•7.7/10
DocumentaryWar & Politics
Ratings
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7.7/10(14)
This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.
Language
FR
Status
Ended
First Aired
April 16, 2009
Last Aired
April 23, 2009
Created By
Michaël Prazan
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Mass Graves (June-August 1941)
Air date: 2009-04-16
This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.
E2
Judenfrei (September-December 1941)
Air date: 2009-04-16
In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.
E3
The Pyres (1942–1943)
Air date: 2009-04-23
Faced with the advancing Soviet troops, Nazi Germany decides to have the bodies of death camp victims dug up and burned in graves.
E4
The Reckoning (1943–1947)
Air date: 2009-04-23
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
Christian Ingrao
Self, Historian
Christopher R. Browning
Self, Historian
Jürgen Matthäus
Self, Historian
Halina Jankoska
Lithuanian Witness, Self
Regina Jablonska
Lithuanian Witness, Self
Anatoly Lipinski
Lithuanian Witness, Self
Volodymyr Vizniak
Ukrainian Witness, Self
