Arajs Kommando

Arajs Kommando
German: Sonderkommando Arajs Latvian: Arāja komanda
Active	1941—1944
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Sicherheitsdienst
Size	from >100 (July 1941) to 1200 (1943)
War crimes	The Holocaust in Latvia The Holocaust in Belarus
Commanders
Commander	Viktors Arājs
Deputy commander	Herberts Cukurs

The Arajs Kommando (also: Sonderkommando Arajs; Latvian: Arāja komanda), led by SS commander and Nazi collaborator Viktors Arājs, was a unit of Latvian Auxiliary Police (German: Lettische Hilfspolizei) subordinated to the German Sicherheitsdienst (SD). It was a notorious killing unit during the Holocaust.