Arajs Kommando

Arajs Kommando
German: Sonderkommando Arajs
Latvian: Arāja komanda
Active1941—1944
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchSicherheitsdienst
Sizefrom >100 (July 1941) to 1200 (1943)
War crimesThe Holocaust in Latvia
The Holocaust in Belarus
Commanders
CommanderViktors Arājs
Deputy commanderHerberts 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.