Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

TV-142009•45m•7.7/10

DocumentaryWar & Politics

Ratings

🎬TMDb

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.

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Language

FR

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 16, 2009

Last Aired

April 23, 2009

Created By

Michaël Prazan

Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

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.

Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

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.

The Pyres (1942–1943)

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.

The Reckoning (1943–1947)

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

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

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