Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz
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Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz was a Nazi-organized paramilitary formation of ethnic Germans in occupied Poland that participated in mass executions, terror, and persecution of the Polish population during World War II.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi organization
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ethnic German militia → paramilitary organization → |
| activity |
arrests of Polish activists
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guarding prisons and detention sites → participation in executions in forests and remote sites → |
| characterizedAs |
collaborationist formation
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terror organization → |
| conflict |
World War II
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| cooperatedWith |
German police
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Wehrmacht → |
| country |
Nazi Germany
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| dissolved |
1940
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| ethnicComposition |
ethnic Germans
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| historicalAssessment |
instrument of Nazi genocidal policy in Poland
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| ideology |
German nationalism
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Nazism → |
| languageOfName |
German
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| legalStatusPostwar |
members prosecuted for war crimes in some cases
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| notableFor |
local knowledge used to identify Polish elites
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participation in early Nazi terror in Poland → |
| operatedIn |
occupied Poland
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| partOf |
Nazi security apparatus in occupied Poland
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| perpetrated |
crimes against humanity
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ethnic cleansing → mass executions → persecution of civilians → terror → war crimes → |
| recruitedFrom |
Volksdeutsche in Poland
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| roleIn |
Germanization policies in occupied Poland
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Intelligenzaktion → Nazi occupation of Poland → |
| successorOrganization |
German police units in occupied Poland
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| supportedBy |
Gestapo
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SS → |
| targetedGroup |
Jews
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Poles → Polish clergy → Polish intelligentsia → Polish political elites → |
| timePeriod |
1939–1940
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| translationOfName |
ethnic German self-defense
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| victims |
Jewish civilians
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Polish civilians → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Intelligenzaktion
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supportedBy |