Einsatzgruppe III

  • EK III
Identifier
765
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

When Hitler invaded Poland in 1939-09, a special Einsatzgruppe was attached to each of the five German armies of the invasion force, with a sixth based in Posen. Einsatzgruppe III was attached to the 8th Army. Each Einsatzgruppe was subdivided into Einsatzkommandos of 100 men.

SS units, specially trained assassins, assigned terror tasks for the political administration in the Soviet Union and other eastern territories. The Einsatzgruppen worked behind the lines and murdered political opposition. The Einsatzgruppen murdered between 1.25-2 million Jews and tens of thousands of Soviet citizens and Soviet POWs.

Places

  • Active in Poland.

Sources

  • The SS : Hitler's Instrument Of Terror / G. Williamson. - St. Paul, 1994. – p. 91