Extremely rare German WW2Armband worn by member of Einsatztruppen, a German WW2 mobile killing squad Asphyxiation in gas chambers was not the first form of mass murder to be carried out against Jews in German WW2-occupied countries. The systematic mass murder of Jews began in the summer of 1941, before any gas chambers had been built. Approximately 1.2 million Jews were killed by the einsatztruppen,mobile killing squads that came into the occupied areas together with the German army. The Jews of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, and Bessarabia were the first to be murdered en masse by the einsatztruppen. The German WW2s abandoned mass murder by machine gun execution in favor of gassing because gas killed more people more quickly. Original pictures. This particular armband passed very important test - it does not glownot glow under the black lamp(all fabrics after 1945 glow under the black light). Stamped, please look at the picture. More items from Germany Ghettos ishere. The armbandis for sale ONLY for historical purpose. History: The word "Einsatzgruppen" can be roughly translated as "Special Task Forces". They were originally formed by Reinhard Heydrich to secure government buildings and documents following the Anschluss in Austria in March 1938. After the occupation of the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia, the Einsatzgruppen was disbanded. Four units of Einsatzgruppen were reformed after the invasion of Poland. The units were organized by Reinhardt Heydrich, Chief of the Security Police and SD (Sicherheitsdienst or Security Service). They operated under the direct control of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) rather than the commanders of the army they accompanied. The personnel of the Einsatzgruppen came from the SS, the SD, the Gestapo (Secret State Police), and other police units. In 1941 Einsatzgruppe A was sent to the Baltic countries and northern Russia; Gruppe B went to the central front; Gruppe C to the Ukraine and Kiev; and Gruppe D to the Crimea and southern Russia. The Einsatzgruppen units were formed to accompany the German Army into the occupied East and to exterminate Jews, gypsies, Soviet officials, and other elements of the civilian population regarded as "racially" inferior or "politically undesirable". Their technique was brutal. Jews were rounded up, and transported to a wooded area or a ravine. Sometimes the captured people dug their own graves. The men, women and children were stripped, shot and buried. One of the most brutal mass exterminations was at a ravine named "Babi Yar," near the Ukranian city of Kiev: After the war all of the leaders of the Einsatzgruppen who were caught were tried at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg before Military Tribunal II-A. The Tribunal convened 78 times, and the trial lasted approximately eight months. All of the defendants pleaded not guilty –all were found guilty on all counts against them except for three men who were found guilty on only three counts. Estimate price for this item is $250 - $260.
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