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.
Statements (43)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Blue Police