TV Series
★7.7(14 votes)
20091 Season4 EpisodesEndedEinsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads
DocumentaryWar & Politics
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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Season 1
4 EpisodesEP 01
01.Mass Graves (June-August 1941)
46m★ 7
2009-04-16
01.Mass Graves (June-August 1941)
46m★ 7
Aired 2009-04-16
This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.
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EP 02
02.Judenfrei (September-December 1941)
48m★ 8
2009-04-16
02.Judenfrei (September-December 1941)
48m★ 8
Aired 2009-04-16
In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.
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EP 03
03.The Pyres (1942–1943)
42m★ 7
2009-04-23
03.The Pyres (1942–1943)
42m★ 7
Aired 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.
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EP 04
04.The Reckoning (1943–1947)
47m★ 7
2009-04-23
04.The Reckoning (1943–1947)
47m★ 7
Aired 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.
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