Àdàkọ:POTD/2007-10-08
| Àwòrán Ọjọ́ Òní | |
| Einsatzgruppen |
A member of Einsatzgruppe D is just about to shoot a Jewish man kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. Inscribed on the back are the words, "The last Jew in Vinnitsa". The photograph was found on an unidentified German soldier in 1943. Present in the background are members of the German Army, the German Labor Service, and the Hitler Youth. The Einsatzgruppen were paramilitary groups operated by the SS before and during World War II. According to their own records, they were responsible for killing over one million Jewish people, almost exclusively civilians. Photo credit: Unknown, courtesy of the USHMM |
