Schutzmannschaft
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Auxiliary police
Auxiliary police or special constables in England) are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated...
battalion
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
s of native policemen in occupied countries in East, which were created to fight the resistance during World War II
Resistance during World War II
Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns...
mostly in the Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
an countries occupied by Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
. Hilfspolizei refers also to German auxiliary police units. There was also a HIPO Corps
HIPO Corps
The HIPO Corps was a Danish auxiliary police corps, established in 1944 by the German Gestapo when the Danish police was disbanded and most of the regular policemen on September 19, 1944 were arrested and sent to concentration camps in Germany. Most members were recruited among Danish collaborators...
in occupied Denmark
Occupation of Denmark
Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark began with Operation Weserübung on 9 April 1940, and lasted until German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to the Allies on 5 May 1945. Contrary to the situation in other countries under German occupation, most Danish...
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The term is mostly historical; it has been also applied to some units created in 1933 by the early Nazi government (mostly from members of SA and SS) and disbanded the same year due to international protests.
Within the territories seized from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, the Germans utilised local police auxiliaries much more freely. These volunteers were called Hilfswillige (Auxiliaries) by the Germans, often abbreviated to "Hiwis". Those augmenting the Orpo/Ordnungspolizei
Ordnungspolizei
The Ordnungspolizei or Orpo were the uniformed regular police force in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1945. It was increasingly absorbed into the Nazi police system. Owing to their green uniforms, they were also referred to as Grüne Polizei...
(Order Police) were designated Schutzmannschaft (Protective Detachment) and eventually numbered some hundreds of thousands.
The Schutzmannschaft battalions, organized by nationality, Poles, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvians and Tatars. Each battalion had an authorized strength of about 500. Everywhere, local police far outnumbered the equivalent German personnel. For example, in the Brześć Litewski area
Polesie Voivodeship
Polesie Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland .-Population:...
, there were 26 German gendarmerie as opposed to 308 Belorussians. In the district of Baranowicze
Baranovichi
Baranovichi , is a city in the Brest Province of western Belarus with a population of 173,000. It is a significant railway junction and home to a state university.-Overview:...
, there were 73 German gendarmerie and 816 native auxiliaries. By 1 July 1942, 18½ Ukrainian Schutzmannschaft battalions had been formed, with a further three battalions set up in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
mainly staffed by Ukrainians.
Local police units were moved freely around the occupied countries to engage with partisans or to kill Jews. Subsequently, as German casualties on the eastern front mounted and most Jews had been murdered, the SS raised military divisions in Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and elsewhere from among these volunteers.
Participation in the Holocaust
The Schutzmannschaft became an indispensable component in the destruction of the Jews. In places such as Zhitomir, KorostenKorosten
Korosten is a historic city and a large railway node in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Korosten Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the Uzh River.The city was founded over a...
, Kherson
Kherson
Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry...
, Kakhovka
Kakhovka
Kakhovka is a port city on the Dnieper River in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kakhovsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .It is home to the KZEZO as well as the Tavria...
, Uman
Uman
Uman is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. The city rests on the banks of the Umanka River at around , and serves as the self-governing administrative center of the Umanskyi Raion ....
and many others throughout Ukraine, local militia formed part of the killing squads. The militia were paid by the German authorities, often with funds confiscated from the Jews. Ukrainians were frequently used in the shooting of the families of Jewish men, so that in Radomyshl
Radomyshl
Radomyshl is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Radomyshl Raion , and is located on the left bank of Teteriv River, a right tributary of Dnieper River....
for example, Einsatzkommando IVa could restrict itself to the killing of adult men and women.
The Einsatzgruppen
Einsatzgruppen
Einsatzgruppen were SS paramilitary death squads that were responsible for mass killings, typically by shooting, of Jews in particular, but also significant numbers of other population groups and political categories...
Operational Report USSR No.88 records that on 6 September 1941, 1,107 Jewish adults were shot in Radomyśl while the Ukrainian militia unit assisted by liquidating 561 Jewish children and youths. SS-Gruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski established a special department in charge of foreign Schutzmannschaften that dealt with recruitment and deployment of units for security
Security
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime. Security as a form of protection are structures and processes that provide or improve security as a condition. The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies in the OSSTMM 3 defines security as "a form of protection...
tasks, guard
Security guard
A security guard is a person who is paid to protect property, assets, or people. Security guards are usually privately and formally employed personnel...
duties, and labour
Unfree labour
Unfree labour includes all forms of slavery as well as all other related institutions .-Payment for unfree labour:If payment occurs, it may be in one or more of the following forms:...
commando units. Although numerically fewer, Belarusian Auxiliary Police
Belarusian Auxiliary Police
Belarusian Auxiliary Police, later renamed Ordnungsdienst , was established in July 1941. It was staffed by local inhabitants and had similar functions to those of the Ordnungspolizei - OrPo - German Police. The OD activities were supervised by defense police departments, local commandant's...
were used just as intensively as were the Ukrainians, even if, as Einsatzgruppe B noted, the general Belarusian population was incapable of acting on its own against the Jews.
- Belarusian SchutzmannschaftBelarusian Auxiliary PoliceBelarusian Auxiliary Police, later renamed Ordnungsdienst , was established in July 1941. It was staffed by local inhabitants and had similar functions to those of the Ordnungspolizei - OrPo - German Police. The OD activities were supervised by defense police departments, local commandant's...
- Danish HilfspolizeiHIPO CorpsThe HIPO Corps was a Danish auxiliary police corps, established in 1944 by the German Gestapo when the Danish police was disbanded and most of the regular policemen on September 19, 1944 were arrested and sent to concentration camps in Germany. Most members were recruited among Danish collaborators...
- Estonian SchutzmannschaftEstonian Auxiliary PoliceEstonian Auxiliary Police were Estonian units that fought in World War II under command of Germany. Estonian regular units allied with Nazi Germany began to be established on 25 August 1941, when under the order of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, commander of the Army Group North,...
- Latvian SchutzmannschaftLatvian Auxiliary PoliceLatvian Auxiliary Police was a paramilitary force created from Latvian volunteers by the Nazi German authorities who occupied the country in June 1941. Composed of local fascists, rightist members of the former military and police, and nationalist students, the organization participated in the...
(including Arajs Kommando) - Lithuanian SchutzmannschaftTautinio Darbo Apsaugos BatalionasTautinio Darbo Apsaugos Batalionas was organized by the Provisional Government of Lithuania in 1941 as basis for future independent Lithuanian Army, but Nazi authorities soon reorganized the battalion into auxiliary police...
- Polish SchutzmannschaftPolnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 202Polnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 202 was a collaborationist police battalion, one of a number of Schutzmannschaften auxiliary battalions composed of Ukrainians and Poles drafted by Germans from inhabitants of General Government, as a support for the Nazi Sicherheitspolizei .Created in...
- Russian SchutzmannschaftSchutzmannschaft-Brigade SieglingSchutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling - was a Nazi German auxiliary police brigade formed by 31 July 1944 at East Prussia from the retreated from Belarus dozen remnants of the SiPo, SD, Ordnungsdienst units, Kommandanturas personnel and BKA units composed from the Ukrainians, Belarusians,...
(later 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)The 30th SS Grenadier Division was a German Waffen SS infantry division formed largely from Belarussian, Russian and Ukrainian personnel of the Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling in August 1944 at Warsaw, Poland. The division was moved by rail to southeastern France by mid-August 1944 to combat the...
) - Ukrainian SchutzmannschaftUkrainian Auxiliary PoliceThe Ukrainische Hilfspolizei was a German mobile police force that operated in the General Government beginning on July 27, 1941. The total number enlisted numbered slightly more than 35,000. 6,000 of them - including 120 low-level officers - served in the District of Galicia...
Battalions
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 51
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 55
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 57
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 61
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 63
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 101
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 111
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 113
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 126
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 129
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 131
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 134
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 140
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 143
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 146
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 157
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 169
Organization
Each battalion had a command and four companies of 124 men each one with a group of machine gunMachine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
and three groups of infantry
Infantry
Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...
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Ranks
- 1. Schutzmann (Schütze)
- 2. Unterkorporal (Gefreiter)
- 3. Vizekorporal (Obergefreiter)
- 4. Korporal (Unteroffizier)
- 5. Vizefeldwebel (Unterfeldwebel)
- 6. Kompaniefeldwebel (Feldwebel)
Generalbezirk Estland
- 29. Kaitse Rindepataljon – Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 29
- 29. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 29
- 29. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 29
- 30. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 30
- 30. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 30
- 31. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 31
- 31. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 31
- 32. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 32
- 32. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 32
- 33. Kaitse Rindepataljon – Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 33
- 33. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 33
- 33. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 33
- 34. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 34
- 34. Kaitse Rindepataljon – Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon nr. 34
- 34. Eesti Politsei Rindepataljon – Estnische Polizei Front Bataillon 34
- 35. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 35
- 35. Kaitse Tagavarapataljon – Schutzmannschaft Erzats Bataillon nr. 35
- 35. Politsei Tagavarapataljon - Polizei Erzats Bataillon 35
- 36. Kaitse Rindepataljon – Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon nr. 36
- 37. Kaitse Vahipataljon Dorpat – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 37
- 37. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Bataillon 37
- 38. Kaitse Vahipataljon Fellin – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 38
- 38. Eesti Politseipataljon - Estnische Polizei Bataillon 38
- 39. Kaitse Vahipataljon Oberpahlen – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 39
- 40. Kaitse Vahipataljon Pleskau – Estnische Schutzmannschaft Bataillon nr. 40
- 40. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Bataillon 40
- 41. Kaitse Tagavarapataljon
- 42. Kaitse Pioneeripataljon – Schutzmannschaft Pionier Bataillon 42
- 286. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 286
- 286. Politsei Jalaväepataljon – Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 286
- 287. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 287
- 287. Politsei Vahipataljon – Polizei Wacht Bataillon 287
- 288. Kaitse Rindepataljon – Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 288
- 288. Politsei Jalaväepataljon – Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 288
- 289. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 289
- 289. Politsei Jalaväepataljon – Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 289
- 290. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 290
- 290. Politsei Pioneeripataljon – Polizei Blau Pionier Bataillon 290
- 291. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 291
- 291. Politsei Jalaväepataljon – Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 291
- 292. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 292
- 292. Politsei Jalaväepataljon – Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 292
- 293. Kaitse Vahipataljon – Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon 293
- 293. Politsei Jalaväepataljon – Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 293
- 521. Eesti Politseipataljon – Estnische Polizei Füsilier Bataillon 521
- Politsei SS-pataljon Ostland - Polizei Front-Bataillon Ostland
Generalbezirk Lettland
- Polizei z. b. V. Bataillon 1 Meiers, October 1944
- Polizei z. b. V. Bataillon 2, October 1944
- Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 16 Zemgale, 22 October 1942-8 February 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 16, 21 March-18 May 1942
- Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 17 Vidzeme, 21 December 1941-May 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 17 Rezekne, 18 March-18 May 1942
- Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 18 Kurzeme, 13 January 1942-May 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 18 Ergli, 18 March-18 May 1942
- Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 19 Latgale, 16 December 1941-30 January 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 19, 18 March-18 May 1942
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Wacht Bataillon 20 Riga, April 1942-January 1944
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 20 Abrene, 9–18 May 1942
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 21 Liepaja, 25 February 1942-30 January 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 22 Daugava, 25 February 1942-7 February 1944
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 23 Gauja, 25 February 1942-8 May 1945
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 24 Talsi, 1 March 1942-18 April 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 24 Venta, June 1942-1942
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 25 Abava, 6 March 1942-7 February 1944
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 25, June–July 1942
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 26 Tukums, 6 March 1942-23 April 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 27 Burtnieki, 14 March 1942-April 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 28 Barta, 9 March 1942-13 July 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 266, 18 May 1942-November 1944
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 267 Rezekne, 18 May 1942-1 June 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 268 Ergli, 18 May 1942-3 February 1944
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Wacht Bataillon 269, 18 May 1942-June 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 270, 18 May 1942-18 February 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 271 Valmiera, 15 January 1943-October 1944
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 272 Daugavgriva, 1 July 1942-April 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 273 Ludza, 1 July 1942-15 July 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 274, 1 October 1942-30 September 1944
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 275, 16 October 1942-June 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 276 Kuldiga, 17 December 1942-11 August 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 277 Sigulda, 17 December 1942-11 August 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 278 Dobele, 17 December 1942-11 August 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 279 Cesu, 4 January-15 July 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 280 Bolderaja, 23 January-9 April 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 281 Abrene, 23 January-9 April 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 282 Venta, 1942-15 July 1943
- Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 283, July 1942-May 1944
- Lettische Polizei Bataillon 283, May–December 1944
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 311 Valmiera, 12 May-2 July 1943
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 312, 15 May-11 August 1943
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 313, 2 August 1943-7 February 1944
- Lettische Polizei Bataillon 314, May–July 1944
- Lettische Polizei Bataillon 315, January 1944-April 1945
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 316, 2 August 1943-7 February 1944
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 317, 18 October 1943-14 February 1944
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 318, 25 October 1943-14 February 1944
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 319, 25 October 1943-8 May 1945
- Lettische Polizei Wacht Bataillon 320, 21 December 1943-20 September 1944
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 321, 22 December 1943-14 February 1944
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 322, 23 July 1944-8 May 1945
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 325, March–December 1944
- Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 326, March–May 1944
- Lettische Polizei Bataillon 327, March–April 1944
- Lettische Polizei Bataillon 328, March–July 1944
- Lettisches Freiwilligen Polizei Regiment 1 Riga, 1 August 1943-19 November 1944
- Lettisches Freiwilligen Polizei Regiment 2 Liepaja, February-26 October 1944
- Lettisches Freiwilligen Polizei Regiment 3 Cesis , February–August 1944
- Lettisches Grenzschutz Regiment 1 Riga, February–March 1944
- Lettisches Grenzschutz Regiment 2 Riga, February–October 1944
- Lettisches Grenzschutz Regiment 3 Riga, February–July 1944
- Lettisches Grenzschutz Regiment 4 Tukums, February–August 1944
- Lettisches Grenzschutz Regiment 5 Aizpute, February–October 1944
- Lettisches Grenzschutz Regiment 6 Kuldiga, February–August 1944
Generalbezirk Litauen
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 1
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 15
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 22
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 114
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 116
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 117
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 122
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 123
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 130
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 250
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 251
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 257
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 263
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 265
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 268
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 301
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 310
Generalbezirk Weißruthenien
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 57
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 61 Bogun
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 62 Taras Schewtschenko
General Government (occupied Poland)
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 107Polnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 107Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 107 was a paramilitary unit of Nazi German police forces.Created in 1943 in Volodymyr-Volynskyi, the battalion consisted of 450 Poles from Volhynia under German command. Under-equipped, the unit did not take part in combat....
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 201
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 202Polnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 202Polnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 202 was a collaborationist police battalion, one of a number of Schutzmannschaften auxiliary battalions composed of Ukrainians and Poles drafted by Germans from inhabitants of General Government, as a support for the Nazi Sicherheitspolizei .Created in...
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 203
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 213
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 51
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 55
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 57
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 61
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 63
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 101
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 111
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 113
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 126
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 129
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 131
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 134
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 140
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 143
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 146
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 157
- Schutzmannschaft Wacht Bataillon nr. 169
See also
- CollaborationismCollaborationismCollaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
- Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II
- Holocaust in BelarusHolocaust in BelarusThe Holocaust in Belarus refers to the Nazi crimes during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany on the territory of contemporary Belarus, and against the ethnic Belarusians outside it. Belarus lost a quarter of its pre-war population, including most of its intellectual elite and 90% of the...
- Holocaust in EstoniaHolocaust in EstoniaThe Holocaust in Estonia refers to the Nazi crimes during the occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany. There were, prior to the war, approximately 4,300 Estonian Jews. After the Soviet 1940 occupation about 10% of Jewish population were deported to Siberia along with other Estonians...
- Holocaust in LatviaHolocaust in LatviaThe Holocaust in Latvia refers to the Nazi crimes during the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany.- German occupation :The German army crossed the Soviet frontier early in the morning on Sunday, June 22, 1941, on a broad front from the Baltic Sea to Hungary. The German army advanced quickly...
- Holocaust in Lithuania
- Holocaust in NorwayHolocaust in NorwayIn the middle of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, there were at least 2,173 Jews in Norway. At least 775 of these were arrested, detained, and/or deported. 742 were murdered in the camps, 23 died as a result of extrajudicial execution, murder, and suicide during the war; bringing the total...
- Holocaust in Odessa
- Holocaust in PolandHolocaust in PolandThe Holocaust, also known as haShoah , was a genocide officially sanctioned and executed by the Third Reich during World War II. It took the lives of three million Polish Jews, destroying an entire civilization. Only a small percentage survived or managed to escape beyond the reach of the Nazis...
- Holocaust in RussiaHolocaust in RussiaHolocaust in Russia refers to the Nazi crimes during the occupation of Russia by Nazi Germany.- On the eve of the Holocaust :Beyond longstanding controversies, ranging from the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to anti-Zionism, the Soviet Union did grant official "equality of all citizens regardless of...
- Holocaust in UkraineHolocaust in UkraineThe Holocaust in Ukraine refers to the Nazi crimes during the Occupation of Ukraine by Nazi Germany. Between 1941 and 1945 the Holocaust in Ukraine killed approximately 3,000,000 Ukrainian victims as part of Nazi extermination policies, along with between 850,000 - 900,000 Jews who lived in the...
- List of murders of children by Nazis
- Auxiliary policeAuxiliary policeAuxiliary police or special constables in England) are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated...
- Blue PoliceBlue PoliceThe Blue Police, more correctly translated as The Navy-Blue Police was the popular name of the collaborationist police in the German occupied area of the Second Polish Republic, known as General Government during the Second World War...