History Ukrainian Auxiliary Police



map of german distrikt galizien of 1 september 1941


the local municipal police force (up) in occupied ukrainian ssr came existence right after commencement of operation barbarossa. result of order issued on 27 july 1941 german commander in chief of order police in occupied kraków. ukrainian auxiliary police in new district of galicia fell under command of german office general government.


an actual ethnic ukrainian command centre did not exist. top ukrainian police officer, vladimir pitulay, rose rank of major , became district commandant (major der ukrainische polizei und kommandeur) in lemberg (now lviv). police school established in lviv district ss-and-police leader in order meet plans growth. school director ivan kozak. total number of enlisted men in new politically independent distrikt galizien amounted 5,000 people (out of planned 6000 police preceeved negatively in galicia due german actions in ukraine) including 120 low-level officers served there. units used keep order , carry out constabulary duties. actions restricted other police groups such sonderdienst, made of volksdeutsche; kripo (criminal police); bahnschutz (railroad , transport police); , werkschutz, kept order , guarded industrial plants. supported ukrainian protection police , ukrainian order police.



map of reichskommissariat ukraine superimposed outline of modern-day ukraine


in newly formed reichskommissariat ukraine auxiliary police forces named schutzmannschaft, , amounted more 35,000 men throughout of occupied territories, 5000 in galicia. names of battalions reflected geographic jurisdiction. make-up of officer corps representative of germany s foreign policy. professor wendy lower towson university wrote although ukrainians outnumbered other non-germans in auxiliary police, ethnically german volksdeutsche ukraine given leadership roles. many of joined ranks of police had served militiamen under soviet rule since invasion of poland in 1939. professor tadeusz piotrowski wrote majority of ukrainische hilfspolizei in galicia came oun-b, confirmed professor john-paul himka important transitional stage of oun involvement in holocaust. according andrew gregorovich, ethnic composition of auxiliary police reflected demographics of land , included not ukrainians russians among soviet pows, poles drafted local population, , german volksdeutsche of nationalities. however, browning (ordinary men) , lower both insist that, german administration, nobody ukrainians , local ethnic germans relied upon assist killing . also, according aleksandr prusin members ethnically ukrainian, hence name or force. auxiliary police directly under command of germanic-ss, einsatzgruppen, , military administration.








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