Seven
Einsatzgruppen of battalion strength operated in Poland. Each was subdivided into four
Einsatzkommandos of company strength. •
Einsatzgruppe I, commanded by SS-
Standartenführer Bruno Streckenbach, acted with
14th Army •
Einsatzgruppe II, SS-
Obersturmbannführer Emanuel Schäfer, acted with
10th Army •
Einsatzgruppe III, SS-
Obersturmbannführer und Regierungsrat Dr.
Herbert Fischer, acted with
8th Army •
Einsatzgruppe IV, SS-
Brigadeführer Lothar Beutel, acted with
4th Army •
Einsatzgruppe V, SS-
Standartenfürer Ernst Damzog, acted with
3rd Army •
Einsatzgruppe VI, SS-
Oberführer Erich Naumann, acted in
Wielkopolska •
Einsatzgruppe VII, SS-
Obergruppenführer Udo von Woyrsch and SS-
Gruppenführer Otto Rasch, acted in
Upper Silesia and
Cieszyn Silesia == Invasion of the Soviet Union and other countries ==