Class Year
2023
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Spring 2023
Department 1
History
Abstract
After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the Wehrmacht occupied much of the western Soviet regions. The Third Reich deployed special killing squads known as the Einsatzgruppen to protect its military and ideological interests. These units were responsible for murdering over two million Jews from 1941 to 1944, primarily through mass shootings. Ukraine was one of the most afflicted countries by this “Holocaust by Bullets.” Because of the efficient genocidal techniques of Einsatzgruppen units operating in the region, one in four Jews who perished in the Holocaust was Ukrainian. The scale on which these killings was perpetrated demonstrates that the Holocaust by Bullets was a significant part of the Nazi extermination of European Jewry.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Letizia, Lauren R., "Blood Cries Out From the Ground: The Einsatzgruppen and the Holocaust in Ukraine" (2023). Student Publications. 1062.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/1062
Included in
European History Commons, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Commons, Slavic Languages and Societies Commons
Comments
Written for HIST 418: Nazism.