German Ordnungspolizei
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The German Ordnungspolizei was the Nazi-era uniformed police force responsible for maintaining public order and playing a key role in occupation, repression, and atrocities across German-controlled Europe during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi police organization
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uniformed police force → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Orpo
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| commandedBy |
Kurt Daluege
→
later SS leaders after Daluege → |
| country |
Nazi Germany
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| dissolved |
after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
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| formedBy |
reorganization of German police under Nazi regime
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| hasPart |
Feuerschutzpolizei
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Gemeindepolizei → Gendarmerie → Order Police battalions → Reserve Police Battalions → Schutzpolizei → Technische Nothilfe → |
| headquartersLocation |
Berlin
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| ideology |
Nazism
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antisemitism → |
| involvedIn |
Holocaust
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genocide of European Jews → genocide of Roma → massacres in Eastern Europe → occupation of the Soviet Union → pacification operations in occupied Poland → suppression of resistance movements → |
| languageOfName |
German
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| legalStatusAfterWar |
classified as criminal organization in context of Nazi police and SS
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| notableUnit |
Reserve Police Battalion 101
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| operatedInPeriod |
World War II
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| organizedAs |
centralized national police force
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| partOf |
German police system
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SS and police apparatus → |
| recruitmentFrom |
career police officers
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conscripted reservists → |
| responsibleFor |
anti-partisan warfare
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crimes against humanity → deportations to extermination camps → guarding concentration camps → guarding ghettos → internal security in Nazi Germany → maintaining public order → mass shootings of civilians → policing occupied territories → roundups of Jews → security duties in rear areas of the Wehrmacht → war crimes → |
| subordinateTo |
Heinrich Himmler
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Reich Ministry of the Interior → Reichsführer-SS → |
| uniform |
green police uniforms
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