Order Police

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The Order Police were Nazi Germany’s uniformed police force that played a central role in occupation, repression, and mass murder, particularly in Eastern Europe during World War II.

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Order Police canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi paramilitary organization ⓘ
uniformed police force ⓘ
abbreviation Orpo ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ordnungspolizei ⓘ
areaOfOperations Greater German Reich ⓘ
occupied Eastern Europe ⓘ
occupied Poland ⓘ
occupied Soviet territories ⓘ
collaboratedWith Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commandedBy Kurt Daluege ⓘ
component Feuerschutzpolizei ⓘ
Gemeindepolizei ⓘ
Gendarmerie ⓘ
Schutzpolizei ⓘ
Technische Nothilfe ⓘ
police battalions ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateEstablished 1936 ⓘ
disbandedAfter defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 ⓘ
establishedBy Heinrich Himmler ⓘ
linked to: HeinrichHimmler

Nazi regime ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany
ideology Nazism ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
involvedIn Holocaust in Eastern Europe ⓘ
crimes against humanity ⓘ
ethnic cleansing operations ⓘ
mass shootings of Jews ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
legalBasis centralization of German police under SS control ⓘ
operatedInPeriod Nazi era ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
organizedAs battalions ⓘ
regiments ⓘ
partOf Nazi security apparatus ⓘ
positionOfCommander Chief of the Order Police ⓘ
role anti-partisan warfare ⓘ
deportation of Jews ⓘ
ghetto guarding and liquidation ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
occupation force ⓘ
participation in mass murder ⓘ
repression of civilian populations ⓘ
support of the Holocaust ⓘ
subjectOf historical research on perpetrators of the Holocaust ⓘ
subordinateTo Heinrich Himmler ⓘ
linked to: HeinrichHimmler

Reich Ministry of the Interior ⓘ
Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS ⓘ
successorInGermany post-war German police forces ⓘ

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