# Einsatzgruppen

> SS paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany

**Wikidata**: [Q152543](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152543)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einsatzgruppen)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/einsatzgruppen

## Summary

The Einsatzgruppen were an organization under the Reich Main Security Office . They operated as mobile units tasked with carrying out mass killings during World War II, primarily in occupied Eastern Europe . Their activities were coordinated directly by the Reich Main Security Office . The Einsatzgruppen were responsible for the systematic murder of Jews, Roma, Soviet political commissars, and other targeted groups . Their operations were conducted in close alignment with the strategic objectives of Nazi Germany . The organization was disbanded following the end of the war .


## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. Quora
4. Bibliography of the History of the Czech Lands