Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads — Season 1
About this season
This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.
Episodes (4)
1. Mass Graves (June-August 1941)
7.0Aired 16 April 2009 • 46 min
This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.
2. Judenfrei (September-December 1941)
8.0Aired 16 April 2009 • 48 min
In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.
3. The Pyres (1942–1943)
7.0Aired 23 April 2009 • 42 min
Faced with the advancing Soviet troops, Nazi Germany decides to have the bodies of death camp victims dug up and burned in graves.
4. The Reckoning (1943–1947)
7.0Aired 23 April 2009 • 47 min
After being judged at the Nuremberg trials, the majority of those responsible for the murder of nearly 1.5 million Jews would walk free in the 1950s.