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- noun Plural form of
Einsatzgruppe .
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Hundreds of thousands died, a tally capped by World War II when Hitler sent in the known as the Einsatzgruppen Mobile Killing Units that executed Jews on the lip of mass graves they had been forced to dig for themselves.
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If that changes — if you’re lined up next to the ditch and a police Einsatzgruppen is working their way down to you, by all means resist, but until that happens it sure seems reasonable to expect people to cooperate and sort things out later in court.
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On the Eastern front, during the early years of the war in which the Germans were on the offensive, these units, commonly known as "Einsatzgruppen," would follow the German Army and, with the Army's support and cooperation, would round up Jews, Gypsies and others and then commit mass executions.
Dirty words. Ann Althouse 2007
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Panurg, you are from the USSR if I remember correctly, maybe you should inform Ms. Fleming and Mr. Lindman about the "Einsatzgruppen".
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Seven of the "Einsatzgruppen" rounded up and shot Polish Catholic priests, intellectuals, and political leaders.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Seven of the "Einsatzgruppen" rounded up and shot Polish Catholic priests, intellectuals, and political leaders.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Seven of the "Einsatzgruppen" rounded up and shot Polish Catholic priests, intellectuals, and political leaders.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Seven of the "Einsatzgruppen" rounded up and shot Polish Catholic priests, intellectuals, and political leaders.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Another three-quarters of a million Jews were slain by the machine guns of the so-called Einsatzgruppen"Special Task Forces.
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Shirer, William L 1961
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"We, therefore organized special 'Einsatzgruppen' (Commando groups) to land with the first military units, or even ahead of them, to seize key points.
England Under Hitler Clarke, Comer 1961
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