Einsatzkommando is a German military term with the literal translation of "mission commando", roughly equivalent to the English term "task force". The Nazi-era Einsatzkommando refers to a subgroup of the four Einsatzgruppen, killing squads in Operation Barbarossa that were responsible for carrying out mass executions behind the German lines. A member of Einsatzgruppe D is just about to shoot a Jewish man kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. ... Belligerents Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia Croatia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Franz Halder Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Fedor von Bock Gerd von Rundstedt Ernst Busch Erich Hoepner Alfred Keller Georg von Küchler Günther von Kluge Heinz Guderian Hermann Hoth Albrecht Kesselring Adolf Strauss Carl-Heinrich von...

Command

Organization of the Einsatzgruppen

The Einsatzgruppen were part of the SS. They were created at the direction of Hitler and Himmler by Heydrich the Chief of the Security Police and SD, who was Himmler's right hand man, and operated under the direct control of the RSHA, the Reich Security Main Office, one of the most important of the twelve main offices of the SS. The Sicherheitspolizei (security police) was a term used in Nazi Germany to described the combined forces of the Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (the SD) between 1934 and 1939. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ...

The Einsatzgruppen were formed in the spring of 1941. In anticipation of the assault on Russia, Hitler issued an order directing that the SD and the Security Police be called in to assist the army in breaking every means of resistance behind the fighting front. The Quartermaster General of the Army, General Wagner, representing Keitel, the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht, met Heydrich, Chief of the Security Police and Security Service.These two men reached an agreement concerning the activation, commitment, command, and jurisdiction of units of the Security Police and SD within the framework of the army. The Einsatzgruppen were to function in the rear operational areas in administrative subordination to the field armies in order to carry out these tasks as directed by Heydrich and Himmler. Belligerents Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia Croatia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Franz Halder Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Fedor von Bock Gerd von Rundstedt Ernst Busch Erich Hoepner Alfred Keller Georg von Küchler Günther von Kluge Heinz Guderian Hermann Hoth Albrecht Kesselring Adolf Strauss Carl-Heinrich von... The command flag for the Chief of the High Command of the German Armed Forces (1938 - 1941) The command flag for a Generalfeldmarschall as the Chief of the High Command of the German Armed Forces (1941 - 1945) The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW (Wehrmacht High Command, Armed Forces High Command... The Sicherheitspolizei (security police) was a term used in Nazi Germany to described the combined forces of the Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (the SD) between 1934 and 1939. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... The Sicherheitspolizei (security police) was a term used in Nazi Germany to described the combined forces of the Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (the SD) between 1934 and 1939. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ...

Nor were the commanders of the armed forces ignorant of the task of the Einsatzgruppen. Hitler himself instructed them that it was the mission of these special task forces to exterminate all Jews and political commissars in their assigned territories. The Einsatzgruppen were dependent upon the army commander for their billets, food, and transport; relations between armed forces and the Security Police and SD were close and almost cordial, and the commanders of the Einsatzgruppen reported again and again that the understanding of the army commanders for the task of the Einsatzgruppen made their operations considerably easier.

In the beginning four such Einsatzgruppen were formed, each of which was attached to an army group. Einsatzgruppe A was attached to Army Group North, Einsatzgruppe B was attached to Army Group Center, Einsatzgruppe C was attached to Army Group South and Einsatzgruppe D was assigned to the llth German Army Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord in German) was a high level command grouping of military units operating for Germany during World War II. The army group coordinated the operations of attached army corps, reserve formations, and direct-reporting units. ... Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte in German) was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa. ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... The German Eleventh Army (German: 11. ...

The officer strength of the Einsatzgruppen was drawn from the SD, Waffen-SS, Criminal Police (Kripo) and Gestapo. The enlisted forces were composed of the Waffen SS, the regular police, the Gestapo, and locally-recruited police. Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... Waffen-SS recruitment poster; Volunteer to the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. ... Kriminalpolizei is the usual designation of the criminal investigation services in the police forces of Germany, Austria and the German-speaking part of Switzerland. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Recruitment poster of the Waffen-SS. (Enlistment at the fulfillment of the 17th year of age, meaning at the age of 18) The Waffen-SS (German for Armed SS, literally Weapons SS) was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel (Protective Squadron) or SS. In contrast to the Wehrmacht, Germanys... Flag of the Ordnungspolizei The Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) was the name for the regular German police force that existed in Nazi Germany between the years of 1936 and 1945. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ...

When occasion demanded, the Wehrmacht commanders would bolster the strength of the Einsatzgruppen with contingents of their own.

Trials of War Criminals Before the Nurenberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10, Volume IV, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 35 -36 For the 1947 Soviet film about the trials, see Nuremberg Trials (film). ...

Army Group North

(on invasion day) Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord in German) was a high level command grouping of military units operating for Germany during World War II. The army group coordinated the operations of attached army corps, reserve formations, and direct-reporting units. ...

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Replica of the marshals baton of Generalfeldmarschall von Richthofen (Third Reich) Generalfeldmarschall ( ) (general field marshal, usually translated simply as field marshal, and sometimes written only as Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Austrian Empire. ... Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb in a photo from 1946 Wilhelm Ritter[1] von Leeb (September 5, 1876 - April 29, 1956) was a German Field Marshal during World War II. // Born in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria as Wilhelm Leeb, he joined the Bavarian Army in 1895 as an officer cadet. ...

18th Army Generaloberst Georg von Kuchler The German Eighteenth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries. ... Field Marshal Georg von Küchler Georg von Küchler (May 30, 1881 - May 25, 1968) was a German field marshal during World War II. Küchler led the German 18th Army in 1940 in the invasion of neutral Holland and was able to defeat the much smaller Dutch army...

(commander Army Group North 17.January 1942 | Generalfeldmarschall 30. Juni 1942)

16th Army Generaloberst Ernst Busch The German Sixteenth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries. ... Ernst Busch (6 July 1885 - 17 July 1945) was a German field marshal during World War II. He was born in Essen-Steele, Germany, and was educated at the Groß Lichterfelde Cadet Academy. ...

(Generalfeldmarschal 1943-2-1)

4th Panzer Group Generaloberst Erich Hoepner The German Fourth Panzer Army (German: ) was a German panzer army that saw action during World War II. Before being designated a full army the formation was called Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4). ... Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries. ... Erich Hoepner Erich Hoepner (September 14, 1886 - August 8, 1944) was a German general in World War II. Hoepner was born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany and served in the German Army during World War I. He remained in the army in the post-war years and reached the...

(made Commander in Chief of the renamed 4th Panzer Army for Operation Typhoon, cashiered after withdrawing 7 January in the face of Red Army winter offensive, Hung 1944-8-8 for part in assassination attempt on Hitler) The German Fourth Panzer Army (German: ) was a German panzer army that saw action during World War II. It played a part in the invasion of France and then on the Eastern front, the 4th Panzer Army and Guderians 1st Army encircled army after army until it came to... The eastern front at the time of Operation Typhoon. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, on July 20, 1944. ...

Army Group C was renamed Army Group North for the Russian invasion, the 18th Army, 16th Army and the 4th Panzer Group were added, for a total of 26 divisions. Army Group North was to attack through Kovno and Dvinsk, cut off the Soviet forces in the Baltic States, and take Leningrad. Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord in German) was a high level command grouping of military units operating for Germany during World War II. The army group coordinated the operations of attached army corps, reserve formations, and direct-reporting units. ... The German Eighteenth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... The German Sixteenth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... The German Fourth Panzer Army (German: ) was a German panzer army that saw action during World War II. Before being designated a full army the formation was called Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4). ...

Einsatzgruppe A

"Einsatz group A, after preparing their vehicles for action; proceeded to their area of concentration, as ordered, on 23rd June, 1941, the second day of the campaign in the East. Army Group North consisting of the 16th and 18th Armies and Panzer Group 4 had left the day before."

"Our task was hurriedly to establish personal contact with the commanders of the armies and with the commander of the army of the rear area. It must be stressed from the beginning that co-operation with the armed forces was generally good, in some cases, for instance, with Panzer Group 4 under General Hoepner, it was very close, almost cordial." The German Fourth Panzer Army (German: ) was a German panzer army that saw action during World War II. Before being designated a full army the formation was called Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4). ... Erich Hoepner Erich Hoepner (September 14, 1886 - August 8, 1944) was a German general in World War II. Hoepner was born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany and served in the German Army during World War I. He remained in the army in the post-war years and reached the...

"At the start of the Eastern campaign it became obvious with regard to the Security Police that its special work had to be done not only in the rear area of the armies as was provided for in the original agreements with the High Command of the Army, but also in the combat areas." The command flag for the Chief of the High Command of the German Armed Forces (1938 - 1941) The command flag for a Generalfeldmarschall as the Chief of the High Command of the German Armed Forces (1941 - 1945) The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW (Wehrmacht High Command, Armed Forces High Command...

Einsatzgruppe A was assembled in Guimbinnen in east Prussia on June 23 1941. Stahlecker, the first commander of the unit ordered it to concentrate along the Lithuanian border. Soviet troops withdrew from the Lithuanian capital Kaunas(Kovno) on 22 June 1941 and the city was taken over by partisans. On 25 June the Einsatzgruppe entered Kaunas with the units of the German army.

1. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Dr. Walter Stahlecker – (22RD JUNE 1941-23RD MARCH 1942) Dr. Franz Walter Stahlecker (10 October 1900–23 March 1942) was Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer (HSSPF: Higher SS and Police Leader) of Reichskommissariat Ostland. ...

2. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Heinz Jost – (29TH MARCH 1942-2ND SEPTEMBER 1942)

3. SS-Oberführer und Oberst der Polizei Dr. Hubert-Achamer Pifräder – (10TH SEPTEMBER 1942-4TH SEPTEMBER 1943)

4. SS-Oberführer Friedrich Panziger – (5TH SEPTEMBER 1943-6TH MAY 1944)

5. SS-Oberführer und Oberst der Polizei Dr. Wilhelm Fuchs – (6TH MAY 1944-10TH OCTOBER 1944) William Fox (born Wilhelm Fuchs in January 1, 1879–May 8, 1952) founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain. ...

Sonderkommando 1a

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Martin Sandberger – (JUNE 1941-1943) Martin Sandberger Martin Sandberger born 17 August 1911 in Berlin was an SS Standartenführer and commander of Sonderkommando 1a of the Einsatzgruppe A as well as a commander of the Sicherheitspolizei and SD in Estonia, he played an important role in the mass murder of the Jews in the...

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Bernhard Baatz – (1ST AUGUST 1943-15TH OCTOBER 1944)

Sonderkommando 1b

1. SS-Oberführer und Oberst der Polizei Dr. Erich Ehrlinger – (JUNE 1941-NOVEMBER 1941)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer Walter Hoffmann – (AS DEPUTY) – (JANUARY 1942-MARCH 1942)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Eduard Strauch – (MARCH 1942-AUGUST 1942)

4. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Erich Isselhorst – (30TH JUNE 1943-1ST OCTOBER 1943)

Einsatzkommando 1a

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Martin Sandberger – (JUNE 1942-1942) Martin Sandberger Martin Sandberger born 17 August 1911 in Berlin was an SS Standartenführer and commander of Sonderkommando 1a of the Einsatzgruppe A as well as a commander of the Sicherheitspolizei and SD in Estonia, he played an important role in the mass murder of the Jews in the...

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Tschierschky – (1942)

3. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Erich Isselhorst (NOVEMBER 1942-JUNE 1943)

4. SS-Obersturmbannführer Bernhard Baatz – (JUNE 1943-AUGUST 1943)

Einsatzkommando 1b

1. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Hermann Hubig – (JUNE 1941-OCTOBER 1942)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Manfred Pechau (OCTOBER 1942-NOVEMBER 1942)

Einsatzkommando 1c

1. SS-Sturmbannführer Kurt Graaf – (1ST AUGUST 1942-28TH NOVEMBER 1942)

Einsatzkommando 2

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Rudolf Batz – (JUNE 1941-4TH NOVEMBER 1941)

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Eduard Strauch – (4TH NOVEMBER 1941-2ND DECEMBER 1941)

3. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Rudolf Lange – (3RD DECEMBER 1941-1944) Dr. Rudolf Lange (April 18, 1910- February 23, 1945) was Commander of SD and SIPO in Riga, Latvia. ...

4. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Manfred Pechau – (OCTOBER 1942)

5. SS-Sturmbannführer Reinhard Breder – (26TH MARCH 1943-JULY 1943)

6. SS-Obersturmbannführer Oswald Poche – (30th JULY 1943-2ND MARCH 1944)

Einsatzkommando 3

1. SS-Standartenführer Karl Jäger – (JUNE 1941-1ST AUGUST 1943) See Jäger Report Below Karl Jäger was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland (20 September 1888 - June 1959). ...

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Wilhelm Fuchs – (15TH SEPTEMBER 1943-27TH MAY 1944) William Fox (born Wilhelm Fuchs in January 1, 1879–May 8, 1952) founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain. ...

3. SS-Sturmbannführer Hans-Joachim Böhme – (11TH MAY 1944-JULY 1944)

Jäger Report The Jäger Report was written by Karl Jäger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3, a unit of Einsatzgruppen A which was attached to Army Group North during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. ...

Author of the most precise surviving chronicle of the activities of one individual Einsatzkommando. The Jäger Report is a tally sheet of actions by Einsatzkommando 3, which keeps a running total of the liquidations of 136,421 Jews (46,403 men 55,556 women and 34,464 children), 1,064 Communists, 653 mental disabled, and 134 others from 2 July 1941. to 1 Dec 1941. The Report is available below.

A second major "sweep" took place in 1942 before the Death camp killing process took the place of Einsatzkommando open pit executions. Einsatzkommando 3 operated in the Kovno (Kaunis) district, to the west of Vilna (Vinius) in what is present day Lithuania.

Army Group Center

Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte in German) was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa. ...

Einsatzgruppe B

The command of Einsatzgruppe B was begun under Arthur Nebe. In November 1941 Nebe returned in Germany yielding the command of the Einsatzgruppe B to Erich Naumann who led it until 12 March 1943. Horst Bõhme took over from Naumann until 28 August 1943. After 1943 the mass killing operations of Einsatzgruppe B diminished in intensity and the command was entrusted to Erich Ehrlinger until April 28 1944. The last commander was Heinz Seetzen. In August 1944 the Einsatzgruppe was decommissioned.On November 14 1941 Nebe communicated to Berlin that up till then 45,000 persons had been eliminated. A further report on December 15 1942 established that the Einsatzgruppe B had shot in all 134,298 persons. SS-Gruppenführer Artur Nebe (1894–21 March 1945) was Berlin Police Commissioner in the 1920s and an early member of both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). ...

1. SS-Gruppenführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Arthur Nebe – (JUNE 1941-NOVEMBER 1941) SS-Gruppenführer Artur Nebe (1894–21 March 1945) was Berlin Police Commissioner in the 1920s and an early member of both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). ...

2. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Erich Naumann – (NOVEMBER 1941-MARCH 1943) Erich Naumann Erich Naumann (April 29, 1905 - June 7, 1951) was an SS-Brigadeführer, member of the SD and commanding officer of Einsatzgruppe B. Early life and Career Born April 29, 1905 in Meissen, Saxony, Erich Naumann left school at the age of sixteen and obtained employment in a...

3. SS-Standartenführer Horst-Alwin Böhme – (12TH MARCH 1943-28TH AUGUST 1943)

4. SS-Oberführer und Oberst der Polizei Dr. Erich Ehrlinger – (28TH AUGUST 1943-APRIL 1944)

5. SS-Oberführer und Oberst der Polizei Heinz Seetzen – (28TH APRIL 1944-AUGUST 1944)

6. SS-Standartenführer Horst-Alwin Böhme – (12TH AUGUST 1944-)

EXECUTED.....................134.298

Einsatzgruppe B moved out on the 24 of June 1941 from the city of Poznan. Sonderkommando 7a attached to the 9th Army under General Otto Colinburg-Bodigheim and was moved to Vilna where on the 30th of June to 3rd July it commenced mass killing operations. Vilna soon fell under the sphere of command of Einsatzgruppe A and Sonderkommando 7a was transferred to Minsk. Nebe consolidated Einsatzgruppe B near Minsk and established general quarters around 5th July remaining for approximately two months. Nebe determined that Sonderkommando 7a and 7b together with the Vorkommando Moskau would follow in the wake of the advancing Army Group Center while Einsatzkommando 8 and the 9 would "clean up" to the sides of the spearhead. In compliance with these orders Einsatzkommando 8 reached Bialystock 1st July passing through Slonim and Baranovichi and began mass killing operations in southern Bielorussia. On 5 August Nebe gave order to move the command of the Einsatzgruppe to Smolensk where the Vorkommando Moskau had been concentrated. On 6 August Einsatzkommando 8 reached Minsk and remained until September 9 1941. From Minsk it reached Mogilev which became its general quarters. From Mogilev Einsatzkommando 8 carried out successive killing "actions" in Bobruisk, Gomel, Roslav and Klinzy systematically attacking the local Jewish communities, and eradicating their inhabitants. Meanwhile Einsatzkommando 9 was put to work. The unit had moved out from Treuburg in eastern Prussia and had reached Vilna 2 July. The main theater of operations for its killings were Grodno and Bielsk-Podlaski(Biala-Podlaska).The 20 July it moved general quarters to Vitbesk carrying out extermination operations on the citizens of Polotzk, Nevel, Lepel and Surazh. The command came to move ahead to Vtasma and from there killing operations proceeded against the human beings in the communities of Gshatsk and Mozhaisk in the vicinity of Moscow. The Soviet counter-offensive forced the Einsatzkommando to withdraw to Vitbesk 21 December 1941. In anticipation of the fall of Moscow the Vorkommando Moskau had advanced up to Maloyaroslavets, captured by the German army on October 18, 1941. In practice Sonderkommando 7a and 7b operated behind the vanguard of the army. Actions were fast and furious in order to prevent Jews from escaping the German advance. To the South and east of Smolensk and Minsk the two Sonderkommando left a wake of mass killings from Veliki-Luki, Kalinin, Orsha, Gomel, Tsernigov and Orel, to Kursk. The German Ninth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... SS-Gruppenführer Artur Nebe (1894–21 March 1945) was Berlin Police Commissioner in the 1920s and an early member of both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). ... Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte in German) was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa. ... Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Fedor von Bock Dmitry Pavlov Casualties Unknown 425,000 The Battle of BiaÅ‚ystok-Minsk was one of the border battles during the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. ... Slonim (Belarusian: Сло́нім; Russian: Сло́ним Polish: SÅ‚onim) is a city in Belarus in the Hrodna voblast, located at the junction of the Scara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna. ... Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Fedor von Bock Dmitry Pavlov Casualties Unknown 425,000 The Battle of BiaÅ‚ystok-Minsk was one of the border battles during the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. ... Hrodna (or Grodno; Belarusian: Го́радня, Гро́дна; Grodno in Polish, Гродно in Russian, Gardinas in Lithuanian) is a city in Belarus on the Nemunas river, close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania (about 15 km and 30 km away respectively). ... Bielsk Podlaski is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,600 inhabitants (2004). ... Combatants Nazi Germany Soviet Union Commanders Fedor von Bock, Heinz Guderian Georgy Zhukov, Aleksandr Vasilevsky Strength As of October 1: 1,000,000 men, 1,700 tanks, 14,000 guns, 950 planes[1] As of October 1: 1,250,000 men, 1,000 tanks, 7,600 guns, 677 planes[2... Maloyaroslavets. ...

Sonderkommando 7a

Vilna, Nevel, Gorodoik, Vitbesk, Welish, Rshev, Vyasma, Kalinin, Klinzy

EXECUTIONS......6.788

1. SS-Standartenführer Dr. Walter Blume – (JUNE 1941-SEPTEMBER 1941)

2. SS-Standartenführer Eugen Steimle – (SEPTEMBER 1941-DECEMBER 1941)

3. SS-Hauptsturmführer Kurt Matschke – (DECEMBER 1941-FEBRUARY 1942)

4. SS-Obersturmbannführer Albert Rapp – (FEBRUARY 1942-28TH JANUARY 1943)

5. SS-Sturmbannführer Helmut Looss – (JUNE 1943-JUNE 1944)

6. SS-Sturmbannführer Gerhard Bast – (JUNE 1944-OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1944)

Sonderkommando 7b

Brest-Litovsk, Kobrin, Pruzhany, Slonim, Baranovichi, Minsk, Orsha, Klinzy, Briansk, Kursk, Tserigov, Orel

EXECUTIONS......6.788

1. SS-Sturmbannführer Günther Rausch – (JUNE 1941-JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1942)

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Ott – (FEBRUARY 1942-JANUARY 1943)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Josef Auinger – (JULY 1942-JANUARY 1943)

4. SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl-Georg Rabe – (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1943 – OCTOBER 1944)

Sonderkommando 7c

See Vorkommando Moskau

1. SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Bock – (JUNE 1942)

2. SS-Hauptsturmführer Ernst Schmücker – (JUNE 1942-1942)

3. SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Blühm – (1942-JULY 1943)

4. SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Eckhardt – (JULY 1943-DECEMBER 1943)

Einsatzkommando 8

Volkovisk, Baranovichi, Bobruisk, Lahoysk, Mogilev and Minsk

EXECUTIONS......74.740

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Otto Bradfisch – (JUNE 1941-1ST APRIL 1942)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer Heinz Richter – (1ST APRIL 1942-SEPTEMBER 1942)

3. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Erich Isselhorst – (SEPTEMBER 1942-NOVEMBER 1942)

4. SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans-Gerhard Schindhelm – (7TH NOVEMBER 1942-OCTOBER 1943)

5. SS-Sturmbannführer Alfred Rendörffer - (?)

Einsatzkommando 9

Vilna, Grodno, Lida, Bielsk-Podlaski, Nevel, Lepel, Surazh, Vyasma, Gshatsk, Mozhaisk, Vitbesk, Smolensk, Varena.

EXECUTIONS......41.340

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Alfred Filbert – (JUNE 1941-20TH OCTOBER 1941)

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Oswald Schäfer – (OCTOBER 1941-FEBRUARY 1942)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Wilhelm Wiebens – (FEBRUARY 1942-JANUARY 1943)

4. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Friedrich Buchardt – (JANUARY 1943-OCTOBER 1944)

5. SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Kämpf – (OCTOBER 1943-MARCH 1944)

Vorkommando Moskau

AKA Sonderkommando 7c

Was to have operated in Moscow until it became apparent that Moscow would not fall and was incorporated in Sonderkommando 7b

Active Smolensk

EXECUTIONS......4.660

1. SS-Brigadeführer Professor Dr. Franz Six – (20th JUNE 1941-20TH AUGUST 1941) Franz Six Dr. Franz Alfred Six (August 12, 1909 in Mannheim - July 9, 1975 in Bolzano) first rose to prominence as dean of the faculty of Economics of the University of Berlin. ...

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Waldemar Klingelhöfer – (AUGUST 1941-SEPTEMBER 1941)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Erich Körting – (SEPTEMBER 1941-DECEMBER 1941)

4. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Friedrich Buchardt – (DECEMBER 1941-JANUARY 1942)

5. SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Bock – (JANUARY 1942-JUNE 1942)

Army Group South

Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ...

Einsatzgruppe C

EXECUTED....................118.341

1. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Dr. Dr. Otto Rasch – (JUNE 1941-OCTOBER 1941) SS Gruppenführer Dr Otto Rasch (7 December 1891 - 1 November 1948) was a high-ranking Nazi official in the occupied Eastern territories, commanding Einsatzgruppe C (northern and central Ukraine) until October 1941. ...

2. SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Max Thomas – (OCTOBER 1941-29TH APRIL 1943)

3. SS-Standartenführer Horst-Alwin Böhme** – (6TH SEPTEMBER 1943-MARCH 1944)

Einsatzkommando 4a

Lvov, Lutsk, Rovno, Zhitomir, Pereyaslav, Yagotin, Ivankov, Radomyshl, Lubny, Poltava, Kiev, Kursk Kharkov.

EXECUTED...59.018

1. SS-Standartenführer Paul Blobel – (JUNE 1941-13TH JANUARY 1942) Categories: People stubs ...

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Erwin Weinmann – (13TH JANUARY 1942-27TH JULY 1942)

3. SS-Sturmbannführer Eugen Steimle – (AUGUST 1942-15TH JANUARY 1943)

4. SS-Sturmbannführer Friedrich Schmidt – (JANUARY 1943-FEBRUARY 1943)

5. SS-Sturmbannführer Theodor Christensen – (MARCH 1943-DECEMBER 1943)

Einsatzkommando 4b

Lvov, Tarnopol, Kremenchug, Poltava, Slaviansk, Proskurov, Vinnitsa, Kramatorskaya, Gorlovka and Rostov

EXECUTED...6.329

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Günther Herrmann – (JUNE 1941-OCTOBER 1941)

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Fritz Braune – (2ND OCTOBER 1941-21ST MARCH 1942)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Walter Hänsch – (MARCH 1942-JULY 1942)

4. SS-Obersturmbannführer August Meier – (JULY 1942-NOVEMBER 1942)

5. SS-Sturmbannführer Friedrich Sühr – (NOVEMBER 1942-AUGUST 1943)

6. SS-Sturmbannführer Waldemar Krause – (AUGUST 1943-JANUARY 1944)

Einsatzkommando 5

Lvov, Skvira and Kiev

EXECUTED....46.102

1. SS-Oberführer Erwin Schulz – (JUNE 1941-AUGUST 1941)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer August Meier – (SEPTEMBER 1941-JANUARY 1942)

Einsatzkommando 6

Lvov, Zlochev, Zhitomir, Proskurov, Vinnitza, Dniepropetrovsk, Krivoi Rog, Stalino and Rostov

EXECUTED....5.577

1. SS-Standartenführer Dr. Erhard Kröger – (JUNE 1941-NOVEMBER 1941)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer Robert Möhr – (NOVEMBER 1941-SEPTEMBER 1942)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Ernst Biberstein – (SEPTEMBER 1942-MAY 1943) Ernst Emil Heinrich Biberstein (or Bieberstein) (February 15, 1899 - 1986) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer, member of the SD and commanding officer of Einsatzkommandos 6. ...

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5. SS-Sturmbannführer Friedrich Sühr – (AUGUST 1943-NOVEMBER 1943)

Eleventh Army

The German Eleventh Army (German: 11. ...

Einsatzgruppe D

1. SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Dr. Otto Ohlendorf – (JUNE 1941-JULY 1942) Otto Ohlendorf. ...

2. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Walter Bierkamp – (JULY 1942-MARCH 1943)

Einsatzkommando 10a

1. SS-Oberführer und Oberst der Polizei Heinz Seetzen – (JUNE 1941-JULY 1942)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Kurt Christmann – (AUGUST 1942-JULY 1943)

Einsatzkommando 10b

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Alois Persterer – (JUNE 1941-DECEMBER 1942)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer Eduard Jedamzik – (DECEMBER 1942-FEBRUARY 1943)

Einsatzkommando 11a

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Paul Zapp – (JUNE 1941-JULY 1942)

2. Fritz Mauer (JULY 1942-OCTOBER 1942)

3. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Gerhard Bast – (NOVEMBER 1942-DECEMBER 1942)

4. SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Hersmann – (DECEMBER 1942-MAY 1943)

Einsatzkommando 11b

1. SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Unglaube – (JUNE 1941-JULY 1941)

2. SS-Obersturmbannführer Bruno Müller – (JULY 1941-OCTOBER 1941)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Werner Braune – (OCTOBER 1941-SEPTEMBER 1942)

4. SS-Obersturmbannführer Paul Schultz – (SEPTEMBER 1942-FEBRUARY 1943)

Einsatzkommando 12

1. SS-Obersturmbannführer Gustav Nosske – (JUNE 1941-FEBRUARY 1942)

2. SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Erich Müller – (FEBRUARY 1942-OCTOBER 1942)

3. SS-Obersturmbannführer Günther Herrmann – (OCTOBER 1942-MARCH 1943)

Planned Einsatzkommando Units

• Einsatzkommando-6 Einsatzgruppen headed by Dr.Franz Six-planned for United Kingdom {England and Scotland}.

• Einsatzkommando Ägypten-planned for Jews resident in the Middle East-including "Palestine" {Israel}.

A member of Einsatzgruppe D is just about to shoot a Jewish man kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. ... Franz Six Dr. Franz Alfred Six (August 12, 1909 in Mannheim - July 9, 1975 in Bolzano) first rose to prominence as dean of the faculty of Economics of the University of Berlin. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ...

Trials

Several officers were tried and hung after the war. See Einsatzgruppen Trial Otto Ohlendorf testifying on his own behalf. ...

Report

 The Commander of the security police and the SD Einsatzkommando 3 Kauen [Kaunas], 1 December 1941 -------------------------- |Secret Reich Business! | 5 copies -------------------------- 4th copy Complete list of executions carried out in the EK 3 area up to 1 December 1941 Security police duties in Lithuania taken over by Einsatzkommando 3 on 2 July 1941. (The Wilna [Vilnius] area was taken over by EK 3 on 9 Aug. 1941, the Schaulen area on 2 Oct. 1941. Up until these dates EK 9 operated in Wilna and EK 2 in Schaulen.) On my instructions and orders the following executions were conducted by Lithuanian partisans: 4.7.41 Kauen-Fort VII 416 Jews, 47 Jewesses 463 6.7.41 Kauen-Fort VII Jews 2,514 Following the formation of a raiding squad under the command of SS-Obersturmfuhrer Hamman and 8-10 reliable men from the Einsatzkommando. the following actions were conducted in cooperation with Lithuanian partisans: 7.7.41 Mariampole Jews 32 8.7.41 Mariampole 14 Jews, 5 Comm. officials 19 8.7.41 Girkalinei Comm. officials 6 9.7.41 Wendziogala 32 Jews, 2 Jewesses, 1 Lithuanian (f.), 2 Lithuanian Comm., 1 Russian Comm. 38 9.7.41 Kauen-Fort VII 21 Jews, 3 Jewesses 24 14.7.41 Mariampole 21 Jews, 1 Russ., 9 Lith. Comm. 31 17.7.41 Babtei 8 Comm. officials (inc. 6 Jews) 8 18.7.41 Mariampole 39 Jews, 14 Jewesses 53 19.7.41 Kauen-Fort VII 17 Jews, 2 Jewesses, 4 Lith. Comm., 2 Comm. Lithuanians (f.), 1 German Comm. 26 21.7.41 Panevezys 59 Jews, 11 Jewesses, 1 Lithuanian (f.), 1 Pole, 22 Lith. Comm., 9 Russ. Comm. 103 22.7.41 Panevezys 1 Jew 1 23.7.41 Kedainiai 83 Jews, 12 Jewesses, 14 Russ. Comm., 15 Lith. Comm., 1 Russ. O-Politruk 125 25.7.41 Mariampole 90 Jews, 13 Jewesses 103 28.7.41 Panevezys 234 Jews, 15 Jewesses, 19 Russ. Comm., 20 Lith. Comm. 288 Total carried forward 3,384 

 Sheet 2 Total carried over 3,384 29.7.41 Rasainiai 254 Jews, 3 Lith. Comm. 257 30.7.41 Agriogala 27 Jews, 11 Lith. Comm. 38 31.7.41 Utena 235 Jews, 16 Jewesses, 4 Lith. Comm., 1 robber/murderer 256 31.7.41 Wendziogala 13 Jews, 2 murderers 15 1.8.41 Ukmerge 254 Jews, 42 Jewesses, 1 Pol. Comm., 2 Lith. NKVD agents, 1 mayor of Jonava who gave order to set fire to Jonava 300 2.8.41 Kauen-Fort IV 170 Jews, 1 US Jewess, 33 Jewesses, 4 Lith. Comm. 209 4.8.41 Panevezys 362 Jews, 41 Jewesses, 5 Russ. Comm., 14 Lith. Comm. 422 5.8.41 Rasainiai 213 Jews, 66 Jewesses 279 7.8.41 Uteba 483 Jews, 87 Jewesses, 1 Lithuanian (robber of corpses of German soldiers)571 8.8.41 Ukmerge 620 Jews, 82 Jewesses 702 9.8.41 Kauen-Fort IV 484 Jews, 50 Jewesses 534 11.8.41 Panevezys 450 Jews, 48 Jewesses, 1 Lith. 1 Russ. 500 13.8.41 Alytus 617 Jews, 100 Jewesses, 1 criminal 719 14.8.41 Jonava 497 Jews, 55 Jewesses 552 15-16.8.41 Rokiskis 3,200 Jews, Jewesses, and J. Children, 5 Lith. Comm., 1 Pole, 1 partisan 3207 9-16.8.41 Rassainiai 294 Jewesses, 4 Jewish children 298 27.6-14.8.41 Rokiskis 493 Jews, 432 Russians, 56 Lithuanians (all active communists) 981 18.8.41 Kauen-Fort IV 689 Jews, 402 Jewesses, 1 Pole (f.), 711 Jewish intellectuals from Ghetto in reprisal for sabotage action 1,812 19.8.41 Ukmerge 298 Jews, 255 Jewesses, 1 Politruk, 88 Jewish children, 1 Russ. Comm. 645 22.8.41 Dunaburg 3 Russ. Comm., 5 Latvian, incl. 1 murderer, 1 Russ. Guardsman, 3 Poles, 3 Gypsies (m.), 1 Gypsy (f.), 1 Gypsy child, 1 Jew, 1 Jewess, 1 Armenian (m.), 2 Politruks (prison inspection in Dunanburg 21 Total carried forward 16,152 

 Sheet 3 Total carried forward 16,152 22.8.41 Aglona Mentally sick: 269 men, 227 women, 48 children 544 23.8.41 Panevezys 1,312 Jews, 4,602 Jewesses, 1,609 Jewish children 7,523 18-22.8.41 Kreis Rasainiai 466 Jews, 440 Jewesses, 1,020 Jewish children 1,926 25.8.41 Obeliai 112 Jews, 627 Jewesses, 421 Jewish children 1,160 25-26.8.41 Seduva 230 Jews, 275 Jewesses, 159 Jewish children 664 26.8.41 Zarasai 767 Jews, 1,113 Jewesses, 1 Lith. Comm., 687 Jewish children, 1 Russ. Comm. (f.) 2,569 28.8.41 Pasvalys 402 Jews, 738 Jewesses, 209 Jewish children 1,349 26.8.41 Kaisiadorys All Jews, Jewesses, and Jewish children 1,911 27.8.41 Prienai All Jews, Jewesses, and Jewish Children 1,078 27.8.41 Dagda and 212 Jews, 4 Russ. POW's 216 Kraslawa 27.8.41 Joniskia 47 Jews, 165 Jewesses, 143 Jewish children 355 28.8.41 Wilkia 76 Jews, 192 Jewesses, 134 Jewish children 402 28.8.41 Kedainiai 710 Jews, 767 Jewesses, 599 Jewish children 2,076 29.8.41 Rumsiskis and 20 Jews, 567 Jewesses, 197 Ziezmariai Jewish children 784 29.8.41 Utena and 582 Jews, 1,731 Jewesses, 1,469 Moletai Jewish children 3,782 13-31.8.41 Alytus and environs 233 Jews 233 1.9.41 Mariampole 1,763 Jews, 1,812 Jewesses, 1,404 Jewish children, 109 mentally sick, 1 German subject (f.), married to a Jew, 1 Russian (f.) 5090 Total carried over 47,814 

 Sheet 4 Total carried over 47,814 28.8-2.9.41 Darsuniskis 10 Jews, 69 Jewesses, 20 Jewish children 99 Carliava 73 Jews, 113 Jewesses, 61 Jewish children 247 Jonava 112 Jews, 1,200 Jewesses, 244 Jewish children 1,556 Petrasiunai 30 Jews, 72 Jewesses, 23 Jewish children 125 Jesuas 26 Jews, 72 Jewesses, 46 Jewish children 144 Ariogala 207 Jews, 260 Jewesses, 195 Jewish children 662 Jasvainai 86 Jews, 110 Jewesses, 86 Jewish children 282 Babtei 20 Jews, 41 Jewesses, 22 Jewish children 83 Wenziogala 42 Jews, 113 Jewesses, 97 Jewish children 252 Krakes 448 Jews, 476 Jewesses, 97 Jewish children 1,125 4.9.41 Pravenischkis 247 Jews, 6 Jewesses 253 Cekiske 22 Jews, 64 Jewesses, 60 Jewish children 146 Seredsius 6 Jews, 61 Jewesses, 126 Jewish children 193 Velinona 2 Jews, 71 Jewesses, 86 Jewish children 159 Zapiskis 47 Jews, 118 Jewesses, 13 Jewish children 178 5.9.41 Ukmerge 1,123 Jews, 1,849 Jewesses, 1,737 Jewish children 4,709 25.8-6.9.41 Mopping up in: 16 Jews, 412 Jewesses, 415 Rasainiai Jewish children 843 Georgenburg all Jews, all Jewesses, all Jewish children 412 9.9.41 Alytus 287 Jews, 640 Jewesses, 352 Jewish children 1,279 9.9.41 Butrimonys 67 Jews, 370 Jewesses, 303 Jewish children 740 10.9.41 Merkine 223 Jews, 640 Jewesses, 276 Jewish children 854 10.9.41 Varena 541 Jews, 141 Jewesses, 149 Jewish children 831 11.9.41 Leipalingis 60 Jews, 70 Jewesses, 25 Jewish children 155 11.9.41 Seirijai 229 Jews, 384 Jewesses, 340 Jewish children 953 12.9.41 Simnas 68 Jews, 197 Jewesses, 149 Jewish children 414 11-12.9.41 Uzusalis Reprisal against inhabitants who fed Russ. partisans; some in possession of weapons 43 26.9.41 Kauen-F.IV 412 Jews, 615 Jewesses, 581 Jewish children (sick and suspected epidemic cases) 1,608 Total carries over 66,159 

 Sheet 5 Total carried over 66,159 2.10.41 Zagare 633 Jews, 1,107 Jewesses, 496 Jewish children (as these Jews were being led away a mutiny rose, which was however immediately put down; 150 Jews were shot immediately; 7 partisans wounded) 2,236 4.10.41 Kauen-F.IX 315 Jews, 712 Jewesses, 818 Jewish children (reprisal after German police officer shot in ghetto) 1,845 29.10.41 Kauen-F.IX 2,007 Jews, 2,920 Jewesses, 4,273 Jewish children (mopping up ghetto of superfluous Jews) 9,200 3.11.41 Lazdijai 485 Jews, 511 Jewesses, 539 Jewish children 1,535 15.11.41 Wilkowiski 36 Jews, 48 Jewesses, 31 Jewish children 115 25.11.41 Kauen-F.IX 1,159 Jews, 1,600 Jewesses, 175 Jewish children (resettlers from Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt am main) 2,934 29.11.41 Kauen-F.IX 693 Jews, 1,155 Jewesses, 152 Jewish children (resettlers from from Vienna and Breslau) 2,000 29.11.41 Kauen-F.IX 17 Jews, 1 Jewess, for contravention of ghetto law, 1 Reichs German who converted to the Jewish faith and attended rabbinical school, then 15 terrorists from the Kalinin group 34 EK 3 detachment in Dunanberg in the period 13.7-21.8.41: 9,012 Jews, Jewesses and Jewish children, 573 active Comm. 9,585 EK 3 detachment in Wilna: 12.8-1.9.41 City of Wilna 425 Jews, 19 Jewesses, 8 Comm. (m.), 9 Comm. (f.) 461 2.9.41 City of Wilna 864 Jews, 2,019 Jewesses, 817 Jewish children (sonderaktion because German soldiers shot at by Jews) 3,700 Total carried forward 99,084 

 sheet 6 Total carried forward 99,804 12.9.41 City of Wilna 993 Jews, 1,670 Jewesses, 771 Jewish children 3,334 17.9.41 City of Wilna 337 Jews, 687 Jewesses, 247 Jewish children and 4 Lith. Comm. 1,271 20.9.41 Nemencing 128 Jews, 176 Jewesses, 99 Jewish children 403 22.9.41 Novo-Wilejka 468 Jews, 495 Jewesses, 196 Jewish children 1,159 24.9.41 Riesa 512 Jews, 744 Jewesses, 511 Jewish children 1,767 25.9.41 Jahiunai 215 Jews, 229 Jewesses, 131 Jewish children 575 27.9.41 Eysisky 989 Jews, 1,636 Jewesses, 821 Jewish children 3,446 30.9.41 Trakai 366 Jews, 483 Jewesses, 597 Jewish children 1,446 4.10.41 City of Wilna 432 Jews, 1,115 Jewesses, 436 Jewish children 1,983 6.10.41 Semiliski 213 Jews, 359 Jewesses, 390 Jewish children 962 9.10.41 Svenciany 1,169 Jews, 1,840 Jewesses, 717 Jewish children 3,726 16.10.41 City of Wilna 382 Jews, 507 Jewesses, 257 Jewish children 1,146 21.10.41 City of Wilna 718 Jews, 1,063 Jewesses, 586 Jewish children 2,367 25.10.41 City of Wilna 1,776 Jewesses, 812 Jewish children 2,578 27.10.41 City of Wilna 946 Jews, 184 Jewesses, 73 Jewish children 1,203 30.10.41 City of Wilna 382 Jews, 789 Jewesses, 362 Jewish children 1,553 6.11.41 City of Wilna 340 Jews, 749 Jewesses, 252 Jewish children 1,341 19.11.41 City of Wilna 76 Jews, 77 Jewesses, 18 Jewish children 171 19.11.41 City of Wilna 6 POW's, 8 Poles 14 20.11.41 City of Wilna 3 POW's 3 25.11.41 City of Wilna 9 Jews, 46 Jewesses, 8 Jewish children, 1 Pole for possession of arms and other military equipment 64 EK 3 detachment in Minsk from 28.9-17.10.41: Pleschnitza 620 Jews, 1,285 Jewesses, Bischolin 1,126 Jewish children and 19 Scak Comm. Bober Uzda 3,050 -------- 133,346 Prior to EK 3 taking over security police duties, Jews liquidated by pogroms and executions (including partisans) 4,000 ----------- Total 137,346 

 Today I can confirm that our objective, to solve the Jewish problem for Lithuania, has been achieved by EK 3. In Lithuania there are no more Jews, apart from Jewish workers and their families. 

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 The distance between from the assembly point to the graves was on average 4 to 5 km. 

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 I consider the Jewish action more or less terminated as far as Einsatzkommando 3 is concerned. Those working Jews and Jewesses still available are needed urgently and I can envisage that after the winter this workforce will be required even more urgently. I am of the view that the sterilization programme of the male worker Jews should be started immediately so that reproduction is prevented. If despite sterilization a Jewess becomes pregnant she will be liquidated. (signed) Jager SS-Standartenfuhrer 

The term Einsatzkommando is still in use for German paramilitary organizations, such as EKO Cobra. EKO Cobra (Einsatzkommando Cobra) is the Austrian premier Counter-Terrorism unit. ...