The treatment of Jews in the early years of war: the Einsatzgruppen; ghettos and deportations
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Nazi forces began shooting Jewish communities en masse. The Nazis also forced Jews into sealed urban areas called ghettos before deporting them eastward.
Real World
At Babi Yar, a ravine outside Kyiv, Einsatzgruppe C shot 33,771 Jewish men, women and children over two days in September 1941 — one of the largest single massacres of the Holocaust, carried out without gas chambers.
Exam Focus
Distinguish Einsatzgruppen shootings from death camp deportations — examiners reward precise chronological and methodological accuracy.
Essay Framework
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