Criminal orders of the Wehrmacht

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The Criminal orders of the Wehrmacht were a series of directives issued to German armed forces during World War II that sanctioned and encouraged war crimes, including the systematic murder and brutal treatment of civilians and prisoners, particularly on the Eastern Front.

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Criminal orders of the Wehrmacht canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf set of military directives ⓘ
war crimes policy framework ⓘ
appliesTo German Army ⓘ
German armed forces on the Eastern Front ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
characterizedBy authorization of summary executions ⓘ
collective punishment ⓘ
denial of prisoner-of-war status to Soviet soldiers ⓘ
impunity for crimes committed by German soldiers ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence mass murder of civilians ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
starvation of prisoners of war ⓘ
systematic war crimes on the Eastern Front ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalAssessment evidence of institutional complicity of the Wehrmacht in Nazi crimes ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
anti-Bolshevism ⓘ
racist ideology against Slavs and Jews ⓘ
implementedBy German Army units on the Eastern Front ⓘ
Wehrmacht field commanders ⓘ
includes Barbarossa Decree ⓘ
Commissar Order ⓘ
Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia ⓘ
Hostage-taking and reprisal orders ⓘ
Jurisdiction Order Barbarossa ⓘ
Severity Order ⓘ
issuedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
High Command of the Wehrmacht ⓘ
OKW ⓘ
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
legalEffect suspended protections of international law for Soviet civilians ⓘ
suspended protections of international law for Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
purpose encourage brutal treatment of civilians ⓘ
facilitate ideological war against the Soviet Union ⓘ
sanction war crimes ⓘ
recognizedAs crimes against humanity ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
relatedTo Holocaust in the Soviet Union ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
targetedGroup Soviet Jews ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Jewry

Soviet civilians ⓘ
Soviet political commissars ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
timePeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
violates Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Hague Conventions ⓘ

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Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia → relatedTo → Criminal orders of the Wehrmacht ⓘ