Einsatzgruppen
The Einsatzgruppen was controlled by the Schutzstaffel (SS)
Agency overview
Formed	c. 1939
Jurisdiction	Nazi Germany Nazi-occupied Europe
Employees	About 3,000 c. 1941
Minister responsible	Heinrich Himmler, Head of the SS
Agency executives	Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Einsatzgruppen (1939–1942) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Head of the Einsatzgruppen (1943–1945)
Parent agency	Allgemeine SS and Reich Main Security Office
Footnotes
Murdered 2 million people, including 1.3 million Jews

Einsatzgruppen were a paramilitary group in Nazi Germany. They were part of the Schutzstaffel (SS). They helped make The Holocaust happen by murdering about 12 million people throughout Europe. Almost all of the people they killed were civilians.

Sometimes, the Einsatzgruppen would kill only a few people at once. Other times, they would kill thousands of people in a few days. For example, at Babi Yar, the Einsatzgruppen killed 33,771 Jewish people in two days.