Commissar Order
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The Commissar Order was a notorious directive issued by Nazi Germany in 1941 that mandated the summary execution of Soviet political commissars captured during Operation Barbarossa.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi military order
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criminal order → war crime directive → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kommissarbefehl
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| appliesToConflict |
German-Soviet War
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| appliesToTheater |
Eastern Front
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| archivedIn |
German military archives
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| authorizedBy |
Adolf Hitler
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| conflictContext |
Operation Barbarossa
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| contributedTo |
criminalization of the Wehrmacht
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| countryOfOrigin |
Nazi Germany
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| dateIssued |
1941-06-06
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| effectiveFrom |
1941-06-06
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| evidenceIn |
High Command Trial
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| historicalAssessment |
example of state-organized war crime
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| historicalPeriod |
World War II
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| ideologicalBasis |
Nazi anti-Bolshevism
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Nazi racial ideology → |
| implementationCharacter |
criminal implementation of warfare
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| implementedBy |
German Army units on the Eastern Front
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German security forces → Wehrmacht → |
| issuedBy |
High Command of the German Armed Forces
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Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → |
| justificationUsedByIssuers |
fight against Bolshevism
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| language |
German
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| legalStatus |
violation of international law
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violation of the laws and customs of war → |
| mandatedAction |
denial of prisoner-of-war status
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summary execution → |
| opposedBy |
some Wehrmacht commanders
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| primaryVictimState |
Soviet Union
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| relatedTo |
Barbarossa Decree
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Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia → Nazi crimes against Soviet POWs → |
| resultedIn |
escalation of brutality on the Eastern Front
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mass executions of Soviet POWs → |
| scope |
all German forces engaged against the Soviet Union
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| studiedInField |
Holocaust and genocide studies
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international criminal law → military history → |
| subjectOf |
Nuremberg Trials
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| targetedGroup |
Red Army political officers
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Soviet political commissars → |
| typeOfCrime |
crime against prisoners of war
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war crime → |
| violatedInstrument |
Hague Conventions
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customary laws of war → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Commissar Order
("Kommissarbefehl")
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alsoKnownAs |
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CommissarOrderImplementation
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basedOn |
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HungerPlan
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relatedTo |