Belarusian Auxiliary Police

Belarusian Auxiliary Police
Inspection of Belarusian Auxiliary Police by Radasłaŭ Astroŭski
ActiveJuly 1941-1944
Allegiance Germany
TypeAuxiliary police
RoleNazi security warfare
The Holocaust in Belarus
Size30,000 (1943)[1]

The Belarusian Auxiliary Police (Belarusian: Беларуская дапаможная паліцыя, romanizedBiełaruskaja dapamožnaja palicyja) was a German force established in July 1941 in occupied Belarus, staffed by local inhabitants, considered collaborationist[citation needed]. In western Belarus, auxiliary police were formed in the form of Schutzmannschaften units, while in the east they were formed in the form of Ordnungsdienst.

It was intended that the auxiliary police would consist of one policeman for every 100 villagers and one policeman for every 300 city residents.[2]

  1. ^ Rein 2017, p. 182.
  2. ^ Grzybowski 2021, p. 167.

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