Talk:Einsatzgruppen
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Kwertii, you had written "Nazi Wehrmacht" but the Wehrmacht was never a Nazi organization, unlike the SS. They were the military that obeyed the orders of the supreme commander i.e. Adolf Hitler. Quite a lot of soldiers and officers didn't like Hitler but they just followed orders. Andries 19:24, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- But prior to Hitler, wasn't it called the Reichswehr, and after Hitler the Bundeswehr, making the term Wehrmacht unique to the Hitler period? orthogonal 08:01, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
JasonM, the half million was the total in 1941,1942,1942 Andries 09:18, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
from the village pump
I think it's a major oversight that we don't have a page on Einsatzgruppe. I've added a stub. Please help me to fill out.
Thanks. orthogonal 19:33, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
- on Googling Wikipedia for Einsatzgruppe. Better cross-referncing is needed. orthogonal 19:46, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
- On a somewhat arcane technicality, would Einsatzgruppe be the better location, since it's the singular, in keeping with general policy (even though it's not English)? But yes, this demonstrates the usefulness of creating redirects from obvious alternatives, doesn't it. - IMSoP 20:26, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
- I think it should definately be moved Dmn 23:25, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
- I think it should not be moved because the singular Einsatzgruppe is used only rarely in German and English. The German Wikipedia also uses the plural version (Einsatzgruppen). Source Heinz Hoehne Der Orden unter dem Totenkopf - Die Geschichte der SS. Andries 18:42, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, I didn't see Einsatzgruppen because I was using singular, but the plural is far more common in English. orthogonal 07:59, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Did the Einsatzgruppen belong to the Gestapo?
This is the second time that somebody wrote that the Einsatzgruppen were part of the Gestapo. According to my knowledge (based on the well-documented book by Heinz Hoehne) this is not true. Einsatzgruppen fell directly under the head of the [[RSHA]. Please provide references if you want to keep it in the article. Thanks in advance. Andries 17:06, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Execute?
Execution is the carrying out of a legal death penalty. Since the article makes it clear that the Einsatzgruppen went around killing civilians without even the pretence of legality, it seems to me that "murder" would be a far more appropriate word than "execute". If anyone thinks otherwise, they can change it to "kill", but don't say "execute". That term is surely quite unfitting. Kelisi 19:37, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)