Hiwis from Trawniki
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Hiwis from Trawniki were auxiliary guards, largely recruited from Soviet POWs and local collaborators, who assisted Nazi forces in operating extermination and concentration camps during the Holocaust.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiwis from Trawniki canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust perpetrator group
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Nazi auxiliary unit ⓘ auxiliary police force ⓘ collaborationist formation ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hiwis
NERFINISHED
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Trawniki guards NERFINISHED ⓘ Trawniki men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Operation Reinhard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Trawniki, Lublin District, General Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedBy | SS officers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| deployedTo |
Belzec extermination camp
NERFINISHED
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Majdanek concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Sobibor extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Treblinka extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ various forced-labor camps in occupied Poland ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment | considered key collaborators in the Holocaust in occupied Poland ⓘ |
| ideology | aligned with Nazi racial policies ⓘ |
| language | primarily spoke Russian and Ukrainian ⓘ |
| motive |
material incentives
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opportunism ⓘ survival from POW camps ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
General Government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
occupied Poland ⓘ |
| partOf | Trawniki training camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrated |
crimes against humanity
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mass murder of Jews ⓘ |
| postwarFate |
some denaturalized and deported from Western countries
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some prosecuted in Soviet courts ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
Soviet prisoners of war
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ethnic Latvians ⓘ ethnic Lithuanians ⓘ ethnic Russians ⓘ ethnic Ukrainians ⓘ ethnic Volksdeutsche ⓘ local collaborators ⓘ |
| role |
camp guards
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escort for deportation transports ⓘ guards at concentration camps ⓘ guards at extermination camps ⓘ participants in mass shootings ⓘ security cordons during ghetto liquidations ⓘ |
| status | auxiliary to German SS personnel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| trainedAt | SS training camp at Trawniki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Operation Reinhard authorities
ⓘ
SS-Totenkopfverbände NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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