The Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial of 1947/1948 is taken into account the biggest homicide trial in historical past in opposition to members of 4 demise squads from the safety police and SD (the safety service of the SS). Throughout World Conflict II, six million Jews have been murdered. 4 million died within the extermination camps, however two million individuals have been killed in systematic mass shootings. The perpetrators got here nose to nose with their victims. They shot at males, girls, youngsters - day after day, obediently and assiduously, as if it have been regular work. Tens of 1000's of Germans belonged to the cell commandos of the duty forces and police battalions. Who have been these males, how may they commit such murders? What did the few survivors inform, how have been they capable of escape the mass extinction and reside on with the horrific expertise? Primarily based on written traditions, authentic paperwork, movie footage and pictures in addition to skilled statements, the documentary traces the trail of considered one of these homicide battalions.
