I'm watching a documentary on the Einsatzgruppen on Netflix.

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5. Broad brushism

You should watch again so you can see that it was the German troops, picked specifically to be killing squads that followed the German army during the invasion of Russia during the Barbarossa campaign. It was shock and awe in blitz style moves to overwhelm the enemy very quickly, invading small towns and separating out the Jews so quickly that no one knew what was going on. If the small towns were all Jewish they would all be killed in record time. Many times by being barricaded in their Temple and burned alive. Probably within the first 24 hours to cut down on any possible resistance.

The same speed was used in all the towns that were encountered. Jews were dragged out without knowing what awaited them. Or do you think the non Jewish people were taken aside to let them in on what the German’s were doing? And that these non Jews turned their neighbors in without the Jews getting a clue?