Police Regiment South

Police Regiment South
Polizei-Regiment Süd
Active	1941–1942
Country	Nazi Germany
Role	Rear-area security; participation in the Holocaust
Size	Regiment
Part of	Order Police units under SS command, controlled by Higher SS and Police Leader, South Russia
Commanders
Notable commanders	Hermann Franz

The Police Regiment South (Polizei-Regiment Süd) was a formation of the German Order Police, the German national uniformed police force, during the Nazi era. During Operation Barbarossa, it was subordinated to the Schutzstaffel (SS) and deployed in German-occupied territories, specifically the Army Group South Rear Area. In July 1942, its three constituent battalions were redesignated as the 10th Police Regiment.

Alongside the Einsatzgruppen detachments and the 1st SS Infantry Brigade, it perpetrated mass murder in the Holocaust and was responsible for large-scale crimes against humanity targeting the civilian population. The scope of the regiment's operations was known to British intelligence from August 1941, but for reasons of national security these materials were not released until 1993.