, South, and the 11th Army in the extreme South, respectively. The members of the newly formed group were recruited from the Security Police, Security Service (SD), the Gestapo, the Criminal Police (Kripo), the Order Police, and the Waffen SS. The following men were chosen to command the units: Stahlecker (A), Nebe (B), Rasch (C), and Ohlendorf (D). The numbers of the four units varied. Einsatzgruppen A was the largest group with approximately 900 men. The smallest was Einsatzgruppen D, which had approximately 400 to 500 men. A rough estimate of the typical makeup of a unit can be seen in the arrangement of Einsatzgruppen @ 340 Waffen-SS, 122 motorcycle riders, 18 administrators,!
             35 SD, 41 Kripo, 89 Gestapo members, 87 auxiliary police, 133 order police, 13 female employees, 51 interpreters, 3 teletype operators, and 8 radio operators (Fletcher Introduction).
             So who were these men assigned to be mass murderers? Many of the officers chosen were professionals who were, for the mo
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