Arajs Kommando
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Arajs Kommando was a Latvian Nazi collaborationist unit led by Viktors Arājs that participated in mass killings of Jews and other civilians during the Holocaust.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arajs Kommando canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Einsatzgruppe auxiliary unit
ⓘ
Nazi collaborationist unit ⓘ paramilitary unit ⓘ |
| alliance | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Einsatzgruppen
ⓘ
surface form:
German Einsatzgruppen
German Ordnungspolizei ⓘ local auxiliary police units ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under direct command of Viktors Arājs ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Latvia ⓘ |
| dateFormed | 1941 ⓘ |
| disbanded | towards the end of World War II ⓘ |
| estimatedVictims | thousands of people ⓘ |
| formedAfter |
Operation Barbarossa
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of the Soviet Union
|
| historicalAssessment | considered a key Latvian collaborationist formation in the Holocaust ⓘ |
| ideology |
Nazism
ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ |
| languageOfMembers | Latvian ⓘ |
| leader | Viktors Arājs ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Viktors Arājs ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mass killings of civilians
ⓘ
mass shootings of Jews ⓘ participation in the Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ |
| operatingArea |
Latvia
ⓘ
Riga ⓘ occupied Soviet territories ⓘ |
| partOf | Nazi security apparatus in occupied Latvia ⓘ |
| perpetrated |
mass shootings in forests and rural killing sites
ⓘ
massacres of Jews deported to Latvia ⓘ massacres of Latvian Jews ⓘ pogroms in Riga ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
Latvian fascist circles
ⓘ
Latvian students ⓘ Latvian volunteers ⓘ former members of the prewar Latvian fascist organization Pērkonkrusts ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
implementation of the Final Solution in Latvia
ⓘ
liquidation of Jewish communities in Latvia ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
German SS and police leadership in Latvia
ⓘ
Sicherheitsdienst ⓘ
surface form:
German Sicherheitsdienst
|
| typeOfCrime |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
genocide participation ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
Roma ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ other civilians ⓘ political opponents ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.