Etymology

Einsatzgruppe

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Today it means: Any of four paramilitary units (Einsatzgruppen A, B, C, D) operated by the SS in German-occupied territory in the east (mainly Poland and the Soviet Union) during World War II, notorious for carrying out large numbers of massacres. Full definition →

German Einsatzgruppe
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  1. German · borrowed fromEinsatzgruppe
  2. English todayEinsatzgruppe

Borrowed from German Einsatzgruppe (literally “deployment group”).

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