Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz

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Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz was a Nazi-organized paramilitary formation of ethnic Germans in occupied Poland that participated in mass executions, terror, and persecution of the Polish population during World War II.

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Generate an image of Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz (Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz was a Nazi-organized paramilitary formation of ethnic Germans in occupied Poland that participated in mass executions, terror, and persecution of the Polish population during World War II.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization ⓘ
ethnic German militia ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activity arrests of Polish activists ⓘ
guarding prisons and detention sites ⓘ
participation in executions in forests and remote sites ⓘ
characterizedAs collaborationist formation ⓘ
terror organization ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
cooperatedWith German police ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved 1940 ⓘ
ethnicComposition ethnic Germans ⓘ
historicalAssessment instrument of Nazi genocidal policy in Poland ⓘ
ideology German nationalism ⓘ
Nazism ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
legalStatusPostwar members prosecuted for war crimes in some cases ⓘ
notableFor local knowledge used to identify Polish elites ⓘ
participation in early Nazi terror in Poland ⓘ
operatedIn occupied Poland ⓘ
partOf Nazi security apparatus in occupied Poland ⓘ
perpetrated crimes against humanity ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
persecution of civilians ⓘ
terror ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
recruitedFrom Volksdeutsche in Poland ⓘ
roleIn Germanization policies in occupied Poland ⓘ
Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
Nazi occupation of Poland ⓘ
successorOrganization German police units in occupied Poland ⓘ
supportedBy Gestapo ⓘ
SS ⓘ
targetedGroup Jews ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Polish clergy ⓘ
Polish intelligentsia ⓘ
Polish political elites ⓘ
timePeriod 1939–1940 ⓘ
translationOfName ethnic German self-defense ⓘ
victims Jewish civilians ⓘ
Polish civilians ⓘ

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Intelligenzaktion → supportedBy → Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz ⓘ