How successful were Einsatzkommando Tunis and how much was Rommel complicit?

Question

This Einsatzkommando was headed by SS officer Walter Rauff and according to his wikipedia article it had great effect on the local Jewish population. An example is given, a quote from a German TV documentary:

"More than 2,500 Tunisian Jews died in a network of SS slave labour camps before the Germans withdrew. Rauff's men also stole jewels, silver, gold and religious artifacts from the Tunisian Jews. Forty-three kilogrammes of gold were taken from the Jewish community on the island of Djerba alone"

Is there further evidence of their actions in North Africa, or the extent of other anti-jewish efforts carried out in North Africa?

Rommel had apparently promised his cooperation with Einsatzgruppe Egypt. This was a small force that, presumably with the cooperation of Africa Corp troops given the Einsatzgruppe's small size, would have massacred around Palestine had the war gone better for Germany. source, wiki. Is there any evidence of this type of cooperation in Tunis (between army units, army command and the Einsatzkommando)?

Answer 1

Concerning your first question - the extent of Einsatzkommando Tunis' actions and evidence for it:

The rules governing their actions were effectively identical to the rules for the Einsatzgruppen in the Soviet Union p. 138, Mallman and Cüppers.

There was a meeting between Rauff and the Wehrmacht where they agreed to use Jewish forced laborers to fortify the frontlines p. 204, Mallman and Cüppers. The source quoted for this is the war diary of Pz. AOK 5, which wasn't Rommels general staff.

Einsatzkommando Tunis stayed in Northern Africa for about 5 months. During that time "they were mainly busy registering Jews, exploiting them, terrorize them, and force them to comprehensive forced labor for the Axis powers. Even if mass murder did not happen, Rauff and the rest of the German occupation hierarchy set up a true reign of terror" p. 207, Mallman and Cüppers.

I found no mention of “more than 2500 deaths in slave labor camps“.

With regards to your other question - Rommels alleged promise to cooperate:

That accusation is probably false. Rommel and Rauff most likely didn't meet personally, since during Rauffs visit to Tobruk in July 1942 Rommel was leading his troops in the decisive phase of the First Battle of El Alamein, 500 kilometers to the east of Tobruk. Rauff probably put himself under the command of one of the staff officers of Panzerarmee Afrika (PzAA). There is no conversation note however, reason could be a priority in reports about the combat at El Alamein. Possibly important staff intelligence and quartermaster documents of PzAA from those days are missing. p. 138, Mallman and Cüppers