On June 22, 1941, the German military invaded the Soviet Union in the largest military assault in history code-named Operation Barbarossa, with four elite SS mobile killing units called Einsatzgruppen. Come discover the critical role that these units played in the evolution of the Nazi-directed genocide and why this "Holocaust by Bullets" led directly to the opening of extermination camps.

About Robinson Yost, PhD

Since earning a PhD in History from Iowa State University in 1997, Robinson Yost has taught a variety of history courses at Kirkwood Community College after being hired full-time in 2000. He has taught the Holocaust and Genocide course there for almost 20 years. Also, Dr. Yost has visited several sites in Germany, Poland, Italy, and the Czech Republic, including the first concentration camp (Dachau), the site of the annual Nazi Party Rallies (Nuremberg), the largest transit camp (Terezin), and the largest and deadliest extermination camp (Auschwitz-Birkenau).

1:30 refreshments and 2:00 program

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