Policja Granatowa

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Policja Granatowa was the colloquial name for the Polish police force that operated under German occupation in the General Government during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collaborationist police
police force
controlledBy German police commanders
country General Government
dissolved 1944
distinctFrom Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement
surface form: Polish Police in the territories annexed to the Third Reich

pre-war Polish State Police
established 1940
formedFrom pre-war Polish State Police personnel
hasApproximateStrength about 10,000–16,000 officers at its peak
hasColloquialName Blue Police
Polish Police of the General Government
surface form: Policja Granatowa
hasNameInGerman Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement
hasNameInPolish Polish Police of the General Government
surface form: Policja Granatowa
hasOrigin continuation of structures of the pre-war Polish police under German control
involvedIn actions against the Jewish population
anti-partisan operations
enforcement of German occupation regulations
escorting Jews to deportation points
guarding ghettos
round-ups of civilians
jurisdiction General Government
surface form: General Government territory
languageOfCommand Polish
operatedDuring World War II
operatedIn General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
German occupation of Poland
surface form: German-occupied Poland
operatedInCity Kraków
Lublin NERFINISHED
Warsaw
operatedInRegion occupied central Poland
overallCharacterization instrument of German occupation policy in the General Government
oversight German Governor-General Hans Frank’s administration
partOf German occupation authorities in the General Government
primaryRole assisting German authorities in policing tasks
maintaining public order under German occupation
recruitedFrom ethnic Poles
someMembersAssociatedWith Polish underground resistance (individual cases)
helping Jews (individual cases)
subjectOf historical debates on collaboration and resistance in occupied Poland
post-war investigations of collaboration
subordinateTo General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
surface form: German General Government administration

German Ordnungspolizei
usedUniformColor dark blue

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subject surface form: Blue Police