Blue Police
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Blue Police was the colloquial name for the auxiliary police force composed largely of ethnic Poles that operated under German control in the General Government of occupied Poland during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Police canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
auxiliary police force
ⓘ
collaborationist police ⓘ |
| activeDuringConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| activeDuringPeriod | German occupation of Poland ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Policja Granatowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Granatowa Policja
Polish Police of the General Government ⓘ |
| controlledBy | German authorities ⓘ |
| country | General Government ⓘ |
| disbandedInYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| dissolvedAsResultOf | retreat of German forces from Poland ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
ⓘ
surface form:
German General Government administration
|
| estimatedStrength | tens of thousands of officers ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | largely ethnic Poles ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Kraków ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
anti-partisan operations
ⓘ
combating smuggling ⓘ guarding ghettos ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ roundups of Jews ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | territory of the General Government ⓘ |
| legalStatus | auxiliary formation of German police ⓘ |
| mainRole |
assisting German authorities in policing
ⓘ
enforcing German regulations in the General Government ⓘ maintaining public order under German occupation ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Policja Granatowa ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambivalent role including both collaboration and some covert aid to resistance
ⓘ
collaboration with German occupation authorities ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
ⓘ
surface form:
General Government of occupied Poland
|
| operatedUnderOccupationBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| operationalScope |
rural areas of the General Government
ⓘ
urban areas of the General Government ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish resistance movement
|
| partOf | occupation security apparatus in Poland ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
ethnic Polish population of the General Government
ⓘ
prewar Polish State Police officers ⓘ |
| region | occupied central and southern Poland ⓘ |
| someMembersAssociatedWith |
Home Army
ⓘ
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Polish underground resistance
|
| subjectOf | historical debates about collaboration and resistance ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | German Ordnungspolizei ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Kripo
ⓘ
surface form:
German criminal police (Kripo)
Sicherheitspolizei ⓘ
surface form:
German security police (Sipo)
|
| symbolizes | complexity of Polish collaboration under Nazi occupation ⓘ |
| uniformColor | blue ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.