Upon the invasion of Poland, six Einsatzgruppen squads moved into the country in order to erase people they deemed to be dangerous. They used local Nazi sympathizers to locate their targets, then they brought them together and shot them. The victims were buried in huge pits.
The mobile killing units were told to concentrate on Jews, Roma and officials of the Soviet state and the Soviet Communist party. They are probably responsible for the deaths of
2 million people.
The mobile killing units were told to concentrate on Jews, Roma and officials of the Soviet state and the Soviet Communist party. They are probably responsible for the deaths of
2 million people.
The Einsatzgruppen were directed by Heinrich Himmler and supervised by Reinhard Heydrich.