Himmler's Death Squad - Einsatzgruppen in Action, 1939-1944

Summary

This book documents the Einsatzgruppen, Nazi mobile killing units that operated during World War II. Through rare wartime photographs from archives, Ian Baxter chronicles their activities from 1939 to 1945, primarily focusing on their role in the systematic murder of Jews, political opponents, and other targeted groups across Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The photographic evidence provides a stark visual record of these SS death squads under Heinrich Himmler's command, offering historical documentation of one of the Holocaust's most brutal aspects.