Nazi Einsatzgruppe commander who publicly tortured rabbis & massacred 60,000 women,children & elders

Joachim Hamann was born on 18 May 1913 in Kiel, then part of the German Empire. The Second World War started on 1 September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. During the invasion, Hamann served in the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force.
Shortly after the invasion, Joachim Hamann arrived in Lithuania as a member of the Einsatzkommando 3, a subunit of Einsatzgruppe A, which operated as part of the Nazi mobile death squads. These mobile killing squads were tasked with the systematic murder of Jews, Romani people, and other groups deemed undesirable by the Nazi regime. To enhance the efficiency of these operations, Hamann was assigned to create a mobile killing unit, which would subsequently be named after him: Rollkommando Hamann.
Hamann initially recruited eight members from his Einsatzkommando. The unit had no fixed structure but primarily consisted of Hamann, his deputy Helmut Rauca, and an additional 50 to 58 Lithuanians from the auxiliary police forces, as well as anti-Semitic and anti-Soviet local policemen who referred to themselves as 'partisans.' The unit was reassembled for ad-hoc operations in various rural communities, and its primary mission was the extermination of the Jewish population in Lithuania." One of the most heinous massacres Hamann and his men participated in occurred in the district of Utena, located in northeastern Lithuania. Before the war, the district had around 115,000 residents, with more than 10,000 living in the town of Utena itself, including 3,000 to 4,000 Jews. After German forces occupied Utena on 26 June 1941, the systematic persecution of the Jewish population began. Jews were subjected to humiliating forced labor, including dangerous tasks such as searching for mines, some of which exploded and resulted in severe injuries or fatalities. On two separate occasions, on 31 July and 7 August 1941, the Jews of Utena were taken to the Rašės Forest, about three kilometers from the town.During two mass executions, 827 people were shot dead.
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[@mariolasanda8116]

Thank you for this upload. There are not many videos about the Holocaust in Lithuania and this one is really a masterpiece. The way you match footage and photos with the narration gives your production so much authenticity. Thank you for all your hard work, we really appreciate it.

[@jaleach123]

The Einsatzgruppen were so bad they had an entirely separate trial for them. As you can imagine almost all of them were executed. I've noticed deniers always go after the camps but don't have a lot to say about the Einsatzgruppen. I imagine someone denies they did anything wrong but the mass graves say otherwise.

[@mikloridden8276]

Many of those folk WISH they were in the Gruppen that’s why they don’t say anything.

[@soleknight3212]

THE WORLD DURING THE HOLOCAUST: 'Why didn't the Jews fight back?!' THE WORLD NOW: 'How dare the Jews fight back!' SICK, SICK, SICK WORLD.

[@sanjosemike3137]

Exactly. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@sharonrobinson3186]

Its horrible

[@terka3147]

The footages you use are amazing, some of them are 100 years old and in such a good quality! I haven't seen anything like that on any other channel. Very professional videos, thank you World History, you really are the best ❤ I couldn't take my eyes off this video

[@TheDigitalApple]

Lithuania was one of the nations whose Jewish population was hit hardest by the Holocaust, some say possibly worst than Poland.

[@gibraltersteamboatco888]

Jäger Report is a detailed ledger of one such action.

[@МаринаКислая-у5ф]

В.Польше намного больше,потом на Украине.

[@Felixxxxxxxxx]

​@@МаринаКислая-у5фin actual numbers of people yea, but not in terms of percentage of jewish population killed.

[@robertomeneghetti6215]

Lithuania and the other two Baltic countries!

[@ladycplum]

Only 6% of Lithuania's Jews remained after the war.

[@ashrakus]

Wow this documentary is really well done. I am glad you focus on more countries and not only Poland or France. I mean it is important to show all aspects and all regions affected by Nazi policies and crimes. Thanks

[@KathleenPatterson-u6y]

He was a coward.

[@Butterlegs100]

Would have useful if you’d explained how he went from paratrooper in France to einzatzgruppen.

[@GünterHoffmann-e7o]

Lithuania must have been the worst country on earth for Jews during the Second World War. What a loser Joachim Hamann was, to die in such a cowardly way

[@roaropgard8575]

Rest in peace for the victims amen 😢😭😭

[@filmsforsmartpeople3587]

The cruel irony that his name was "Hamann" (HAMAN)

[@lorrahowell3567]

Are you referring to the book of Esther?

[@williamegler8771]

It's a German surname found primarily in Bavaria. It is a topographic name from Middle Low German and means "ENCLOSED LAND ".

[@miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii]

@@lorrahowell3567 YES. NOT THE ONLY PERSON HERE THAT THOUGHT THIS, BECAUSE I READ THAT BOOK TOO!

[@astralclub5964]

Lithuania liberated by the Soviet Union? No! Reconquered more like!

[@CarlStJohn-x9w]

There is so much info here I think the video could have gone a bit longer but nevertheless very informative. I did not know about that Nazi. 😳

[@robsowka4985]

Apparently Joachim Hamann felt himself obliged to act like his notorious biblical namesake Haman. It is good to know that at the final end the fate of Joachim Hanann was indentical as the fate of the biblical Haman.

[@miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii]

Not the only person here who thought that, too. I totally agree. I read the Book of Esther myself.

[@miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii]

There needs to be a lot more on the topic of the Holocaust in Lithuania. I think I suggested in a previous video that World History cover the story of Antanas Gudelis. Gudelis was the subject of a 2000 SBS Australia news story, which has been posted on KZbin through Journeyman Pictures’ channel. I am from the USA, and I remember watching that clip and I just could not believe how horribly Lithuanian citizens treated their Jewish population during Operation Barbarossa and in the aftermath. It’s really a sad story, no justice was brought to him by authorities, he was able to live as a free Australian citizen!!!

[@jaredquinney204]

I really can't believe that these people actually existed

[@justinhaslam-lucas8711]

As ever- "Great".

[@madnbad1408]

Never forget so there is no repeat 🔁

[@sanjosemike3137]

Most atheists reading this wonder how any justice can exist if God does not exist. The answer is we don't know the answer. The "bet" placed by all people who commit horrible sins is the same: "Since there is no God, I can do whatever I want, and it won't make any difference." For them, the best result is simply no consciousness after death. OK. Many people who have experienced NDE's say that they: "Have seen Hell and that it exists." Of course, that can be an hallucination and mean nothing. Most atheists are "ordinary" people without many sins to burden them. But these people (who believed in Darwin and that some human species were less than animals), committed horrible sins. The bottom line is that it is still a gamble. They will not find out until after they die. If there IS a God and Hell does exist, they will face punishment for eternity. Worse than unimaginable. To most of us, (including atheists) the gamble is not worth it. Not believing in God is one thing. Hanging thousands of sins on your soul is quite another. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@rogercude1459]

There is no God or Devil all made up crap from medieval times to keep the poor folk in check and keep the church rich!

[@grahamblack1961]

WTAF are you babbling on about? The Nazis weren't atheists, that's one of the biggest myths perpetrated by theists. I think like all theists your choosing to confuse evolutionary theory with social darwanism.

[@МаринаКислая-у5ф]

Теперь.в Литве и Латвии ,как и наУкраине легионеров СС(коллаборационисты)считают героями.

[@Karl-nv5ok]

The Bolshevik regime commited crimes against these peoples,if you wanna know,brainless Ruzzian troll

[@Aron-79]

🪖⚓️🫡🇷🇺🕎

[@janlindtner305]

👍👍👍

[@JusticeSR71]

HISTORICALLY the fertile ground in which NAZISM was incubated was not purely based on the belief that the gov was inept ...what was to follow included two NB factors : 1. A very real threat of Bolchivic takeover in Germany (which is further reason why Hitler invaded Russia - Operation Barbarossa) and Secondly ...Jewish business enterprises thriving while the rest of Germany reeled in the wake of the great depression. The population remonstrated that they were exploited by the Jews (which gave rise to the National movement and, tragically, to the "final solution" ..humiliation and extermination of the Jews.) My comments are NOT political and unbiased based purely on the historical narrative of the time

[@soleknight3212]

The vast majority of the Jews killed were working class

[@mirawondafication5731]

If you wanted to explain an unfortunately quite common narrative of the time, why don't you mark that fact in the text, ala: " a common narrative of the time was: that the Non-Jewish population was exploited by the Jews because it seemed as if businesses of the latter would thrive, while[...]?

[@quincyileh3250]

Typo error u meant babies lol

[@TheDigitalApple]

Nope, Rabbis.

[@nassermj7671]

Same afoot now in Gaza! How soon they forgot

[@nandinibagai7636]

Meaning what exactly? Who is forgetting what?

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

"The only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history".

[@ileanaacacostaacosta1813]

Who the hell care about F Gaza

[@SamsonZionist]

The Taqiyya never stops!! You are of Your Father the Devil Surah 3:54 Allah the Greatest of Deceivers. The only thing happening in GAZA is filthy cowards Hamas killing their own people. You Moslems have no Shame!!

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

@@ileanaacacostaacosta1813 I don't think that is his point.

[@mahlakoviolet7801]

Please upload the South African History or the legion of Afrocentric History

[@DEVOPS_R_US]

Why?

[@TheDigitalApple]

What?

[@ridethecurve55]

Crazy ppl everywhere, I guess.

[@mirawondafication5731]

I guess you have to do it your self. Not, that it is not worth knowing about African History, it' is just a "little harder" to research and to show, especially if you wanted it Afrocentric. In my understanding Afrocentric means the documentary has to be done primarily by Africans, not people from the African diaspora (I'm not a fan of the term diaspora in this context, but anyway). And I'm quite certain the short docs here are done by people from the global north.

[@david4096]

Sounds like something Trump would do to poor people.

[@andreasmatthiopoulos8275]

Bullshit!

[@paddycable1723]

How dare you denigrate the memory of the millions of innocent victims of the holocaust? The Nazis were the greatest evil ever to be visited upon the human race.

[@theeaskey]

Justice for Palestinians. From israel nazis

[@Irishlen64]

Does the term "F U" mean anything to you Adolph??

[@ladycplum]

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Yankee Oscar Uniform

[@allangibson8494]

The Palestinians are LITERALLY Nazis. Not Neo Nazis, Nazis. They were trained by the Waffen SS during and after WW2.