Jewish Ghetto Police

"Jewish Police" redirects here. Not to be confused with Israel Police. For the 2007 novel, see The Yiddish Policemen's Union.

Jewish policemen in the Łódź Ghetto 1940
Jewish policemen in Węgrów Ghetto, Poland
Jewish Ghetto Police in the Warsaw Ghetto, May 1941
Armband worn by the Jewish Ghetto Police in the Warsaw Ghetto.

The Jewish Police Service (German: Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst), commonly known as Jewish Ghetto Police (German: Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei), also called the Jewish Police by Jews, were auxiliary police units organized within the Nazi ghettos by local Judenrat (Jewish councils).[1][2]

  1. ^ Jarkowska-Natkaniec, Alicja (2013-08-28). "Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst in Occupied Kraków during the Years 1940-1945". Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia (in Polish). 11: 147–160. doi:10.4467/20843925SJ.13.013.1309. ISSN 2084-3925.
  2. ^ "Jewish Historical Institute, Polski Słownik Judaistyczny". www.jhi.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-05.