Blue Police (Polish police under German command)

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The Blue Police was a collaborationist Polish police force in Nazi-occupied Poland that operated under German command, assisting in maintaining order and enforcing German policies, including repressive measures against the local population.

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instanceOf collaborationist police force
law enforcement agency
alsoKnownAs Policja Granatowa
Polish Police of the General Government
Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement
areaServed cities and towns of the General Government
assistedWith anti-partisan operations
combating common crime
escorting prisoners
guarding ghettos
maintenance of public order
roundups of civilians
seizure of property
complicitIn Holocaust
surface form: Holocaust in occupied Poland

persecution of Jews
repressive measures against the Polish population
controlledBy German civil administration in the East
surface form: German civil administration of the General Government
country General Government
dissolved 1944
distinctFrom Polish Underground State
pre-war Polish State Police
enforced German occupation policies
curfews
labor conscription measures
registration requirements
formedFrom pre-war Polish State Police personnel
hasRole auxiliary force for German police
instrument of occupation control
headquartersLocation Kraków
jurisdiction General Government
surface form: General Government territory
legalStatus subordinate organ of German occupation authorities
namedAfter blue police uniforms
notableFor collaboration with Nazi German policies in occupied Poland
operatedIn German occupation of Poland
surface form: Nazi-occupied Poland
operatedUnderCommandOf German authorities
Nazi Germany
opposedBy Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
surface form: Polish resistance movement
partOf security apparatus of the General Government
recruitedFrom ethnic Poles
startTime 1940
subjectOf historical research on occupation-era policing
post-war investigations of collaboration
subordinateTo German Governor-General administration
German Ordnungspolizei
timePeriod World War II
usedLanguage German
Polish

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General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) collaborationistInstitution Blue Police (Polish police under German command)