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'''Einsatzgruppen''' were special mobile units alongside the [[German Army]] (''Wehrmacht'') on the Eastern front during [[World War II]] whose job was to locate and kill [[Jews]], [[Gypsies]], [[Soviet]] commissars, and others deemed "unfit" in the areas controlled by the army.   

'''Einsatzgruppen''' (''plr of '''Einsatzgruppe''''') were special mobile units alongside the [[German Army]] (''Wehrmacht'') on the Eastern front during [[World War II]] whose job was to locate and kill [[Jews]], [[Gypsies]], [[Soviet]] commissars, and others deemed "unfit" in the areas controlled by the army.   

These ''Einsatzgruppen'' (“special units”) were also aided by local populations in [[Ukraine]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Latvia]] who felt the Germans had relieved them of [[Soviet]] occupation as well as sharing a hatred for Jews and other minorities.<ref>[https://youtu.be/SKfGEXwFf9A The Scariest Film Ever Made ISN'T a Horror Film], [Professor Jelkington Reupload], SCP Documentaries, Jun 7, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref> Making no difference between young or old, male or female, the Einsatzgruppen killed 70,000 Jews at Ponary, near [[Vilnius]], Lithuania; 33,771 Jews were machine-gunned in a ravine known as '''Babi Yar''' near [[Kiev]], Ukraine, between [[September]] 28–29, 1941;<ref>[http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/yevtushenko.htm]</ref>  8,000 Jews were killed at [[Mariupol]] on October 18, 1941.<ref>[https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/killing-site/14626459 Murder Story of Mariupol Jews at the Agrobaza in Mariupol]. [[Yad Vashem]]. collections.yadvashem.org</ref> 9,000 Jews were killed at the Ninth Fort at Kaunas, Lithuania, on October 28, of which half of the dead were children.  On November 30 in the Rumbula Forest outside of [[Riga]], Latvia, between 25,000-28,000 were killed.

These ''Einsatzgruppen'' (“special units”) were also aided by local populations in [[Ukraine]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Latvia]] who felt the Germans had relieved them of [[Soviet]] occupation as well as sharing a hatred for Jews and other minorities.<ref>[https://youtu.be/SKfGEXwFf9A The Scariest Film Ever Made ISN'T a Horror Film], [Professor Jelkington Reupload], SCP Documentaries, Jun 7, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref> Making no difference between young or old, male or female, the Einsatzgruppen killed 70,000 Jews at Ponary, near [[Vilnius]], Lithuania; 33,771 Jews were machine-gunned in a ravine known as '''Babi Yar''' near [[Kiev]], Ukraine, between [[September]] 28–29, 1941;<ref>[http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/yevtushenko.htm]</ref>  8,000 Jews were killed at [[Mariupol]] on October 18, 1941.<ref>[https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/killing-site/14626459 Murder Story of Mariupol Jews at the Agrobaza in Mariupol]. [[Yad Vashem]]. collections.yadvashem.org</ref> 9,000 Jews were killed at the Ninth Fort at Kaunas, Lithuania, on October 28, of which half of the dead were children.  On November 30 in the Rumbula Forest outside of [[Riga]], Latvia, between 25,000-28,000 were killed.