Vinnitsa Massacre: SS Killings in 1941

Matthäus identified SS officer Jakobus Oehnen in 1941 photo.
Photo 'The Last Jew in Vinnitsa' taken July 28, 1941 in Berdychiv.
SS killed over a million in occupied Soviet Union via Einsatzgruppe C.
Corroborating evidence from Wehrmacht diary and US Holocaust Museum archives.
Matthäus used AI to identify Oehnen.
Findings published in Zeitschrift für geschichtswissenschaft after media attention.
Collaborated with Ukrainian colleague Andrii Mahaletskyi using Soviet records.
Matthäus noted digital tools and AI in WWII killings.

History | WWII | Identification

Ukraine | Soviet Union

Jürgen Matthäus | Andrii Mahaletskyi

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