Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

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4 episodes · First aired 2009-04-16

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Mass Graves (June-August 1941) episode still
S1 E146 min

Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

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

TMDB 7.0/10 from 1 votes

Judenfrei (September-December 1941) episode still
S1 E248 min

Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

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

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

The Pyres (1942–1943) episode still
S1 E342 min

The Pyres (1942–1943)

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

TMDB 7.0/10 from 1 votes

The Reckoning (1943–1947) episode still
S1 E447 min

The Reckoning (1943–1947)

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.

TMDB 7.0/10 from 1 votes