Einsatzgruppe
English
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editBorrowed from German Einsatzgruppe (literally “deployment group”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editEinsatzgruppe (plural Einsatzgruppen)
- (historical) Any of four paramilitary units (Einsatzgruppen A, B, C, D) operated by the SS in German-occupied territory in the east (mainly Poland and the Soviet Union) during World War II, notorious for carrying out large numbers of massacres.