During World War II, the Nazi German Einsatzkommandos were a sub-group of the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads) – up to 3,000 men total – usually...

Einsatzkommando Egypt (German: Einsatzkommando Ägypten) was the name assigned to an SS unit led by SS-Obersturmbannführer Walther Rauff, which was formed...

Einsatzkommando Finnland was a German paramilitary unit active in northern Finland and northern Norway during World War II, while Finland was fighting...

during World War II. The Einsatzgruppen had their origins in the ad hoc Einsatzkommando formed by Heydrich to secure government buildings and documents following...

The Ulm Einsatzkommando trial (1958) was the first major trial of Nazi crimes under West German law (rather than by an international or military tribunal)...

EKO Cobra (Austrian German: Einsatzkommando Cobra; "Task Force Cobra") is the tier one police tactical unit of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior...

real or perceived political opponents. One of its component units, Einsatzkommando 14, committed the two of the largest massacres in the history of Slovakia...

response to emergencies with SWAT unit tactics. Along with the Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK), Personenschutzkommando (bodyguards), and the Verhandlungsgruppe...

carried out in the Einsatzkommando 3 zone up to December 1, 1941) was written on 1 December 1941 by Karl Jäger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3 (EK 3), a death...

Einsatzgruppen unit responsible was most likely Einsatzkommando 5. From November 1941 to January 1942, Einsatzkommando 5 troops were stationed in Kyiv, Zhytomyr...

v t e Einsatzgruppen and Einsatzkommandos People Groups Crimes Records List of Einsatzgruppen The Black Book Commissar Order Einsatzgruppen trial Jäger...

battalion strength operated in Poland. Each was subdivided into four Einsatzkommandos of company strength. Einsatzgruppe I, commanded by SS-Standartenführer...

Schulz SS-Brigadeführer; member of the Gestapo; commanding officer of Einsatzkommando 5 of Einsatzgruppe C 20 years Commuted to 15 years; released on January...

over 4,000 Polish Jews in occupied Łuck on 2–4 July 1941, murdered by Einsatzkommando 4a assisted by the Ukrainian People's Militia. Formed officially on...

jurist, an SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant colonel), leader of Einsatzkommando 8 of Einsatzgruppe B of the Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei or...

1959) was a German mid-ranking official in the SS of Nazi Germany and Einsatzkommando leader who perpetrated acts of genocide during the Holocaust. Jäger...

which the Nazis used to refer to aspects of the Final Solution (e.g., Einsatzkommando, "deployment units"). Sonderkommando members did not participate directly...

between June and November 1941. From June to November 1941 commanded Einsatzkommando 6 of Einsatzgruppe C. While in command of this unit it murdered 100...

1910 – April 20, 1983) was an SS Hauptscharführer, a member of an Einsatzkommando during World War II, based first in Lwów, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine)...

Einsatzkommando execution in Lithuania...

marshals on every flight), or by government agencies such as the Austrian Einsatzkommando Cobra, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, German Federal Police, National...

v t e Einsatzgruppen and Einsatzkommandos People Groups Crimes Records List of Einsatzgruppen The Black Book Commissar Order Einsatzgruppen trial Jäger...

had been murdered. The Einsatzgruppen had its origins in the ad hoc Einsatzkommando formed by Heydrich following the Anschluss in Austria in March 1938...

work of Einsatzgruppen mobile death squads and their subgroups called Einsatzkommando. These units were organized by Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich...

the Jews were enslaved and forced to cut down timber. On 7–11 July Einsatzkommando 1b under Erich Ehrlinger executed many of the remaining Jews. Later...

September 1898, in Mannheim – 24 January 1947, in Belgrade) was a Nazi Einsatzkommando leader. From April 1941 to January 1942 he commanded Einsatzgruppe...

reduce the strain on the men, but Ohlendorf reported that many of the Einsatzkommandos refused to utilize the vans since burying the victims proved an "ordeal"...

counter-terrorist unit of the German Federal Police L — — Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK) special units of the criminal investigation units of the German...

Holocaust in Lithuania 1941 13 July – 21 August Daugavpils massacre by Einsatzkommando 3 (9,585 people, including children) July–August 1944, Ponary massacre...

September 1939, adults with disabilities were shot by the SS men of Einsatzkommando 16, Selbstschutz and EK-Einmann under the command of SS-Sturmbannführer...