Aktion 1005

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Aktion 1005 was a secret Nazi operation during World War II aimed at exhuming and destroying the mass graves of Holocaust victims to conceal evidence of genocide.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aktion 1005 canonical 1
Sonderaktion 1005 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi operation ⓘ
World War II operation ⓘ
cover-up operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Enterdungsaktion ⓘ
Sonderaktion 1005 ⓘ
linked to: Aktion 1005
appliesTo mass graves near concentration camps ⓘ
mass graves near extermination camps ⓘ
mass graves of Einsatzgruppen victims ⓘ
mass graves of Holocaust victims ⓘ
appointedBy Heinrich Himmler ⓘ
linked to: HeinrichHimmler
characteristic high level of secrecy ⓘ
murder of laborers after completion of work ⓘ
systematic destruction of forensic evidence ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
hasGoal concealment of the Holocaust ⓘ
cremation of exhumed bodies ⓘ
destruction of evidence of mass murder ⓘ
exhumation of mass graves ⓘ
obliteration of mass grave sites ⓘ
headOf Paul Blobel ⓘ
legalAftermath addressed in post-war war crimes trials ⓘ
evidence in other Nuremberg trials ⓘ
evidence in the Einsatzgruppen Trial ⓘ
location German-occupied Eastern Europe ⓘ
German-occupied Poland ⓘ
German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
German-occupied Yugoslavia ⓘ
German-occupied territories ⓘ
method camouflage of former grave sites ⓘ
crushing of bones after cremation ⓘ
exhumation of corpses ⓘ
open-air cremation on pyres ⓘ
scattering of ashes and bone fragments ⓘ
use of gasoline and other fuels for burning bodies ⓘ
notableSite Babi Yar ⓘ
Bełżec extermination camp ⓘ
linked to: Belzec

Chełmno extermination camp ⓘ
Sobibór extermination camp ⓘ
linked to: Sobibor

Treblinka extermination camp ⓘ
linked to: Treblinka

sites of Einsatzgruppen massacres in the Soviet Union ⓘ
organizer Paul Blobel ⓘ
partOf Holocaust ⓘ
Nazi crimes against humanity ⓘ
perpetrator RSHA ⓘ
Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Schutzstaffel ⓘ
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
startTime 1942 ⓘ
usedLabor Jewish forced laborers ⓘ
Sonderkommando prisoners ⓘ
prisoners from concentration camps ⓘ
victim Jews ⓘ
Polish civilians ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
other victims of Nazi mass shootings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Blobel → operationLed → Aktion 1005 ⓘ
Aktion 1005 → alsoKnownAs → Sonderaktion 1005 ⓘ
linked to: Aktion 1005