Belarusian Auxiliary Police | |
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Active | July 1941-1944 |
Country | Occupied Belarus |
Allegiance | Germany |
Type | Auxiliary police |
Role | Nazi security warfare The Holocaust in Belarus |
Size | 30,000 (1943)[1] |
The Belarusian Auxiliary Police (Belarusian: Беларуская дапаможная паліцыя, romanized: Biełaruskaja dapamožnaja palicyja) was a German force established in July 1941 in occupied Belarus, staffed by local collaborators. 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]