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Not all of the service was on the front lines, and the actions in the rear frequently brought
Latvians and Germans into conflict. The Latvians had no desire to fight against national partisans, such as Poles and Ukrainians, who were against both Germans and the Soviets. For example, the Latvian
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established secret communications with the Polish partisans and agreed not to attack each other (when the Poles mistook a
Latvian company for Germans and did attack them, they later sent an apology). A battalion on the other side of the former Latvian-Polish border prevented the German
261:"By 1943 there were one Latvian SS divisions and around 100,000 Latvians were in German uniform, either in auxiliary police units or in the SS legion. Unusually, the Nazis dispatched their Latvian collaborators way beyond their native territory, to Byelorussia, Ukraine and Warsaw."
392:). In February 1944, two more regiments were formed – 2nd Liepāja (from 22nd Daugava, 25th Abava, 313th and 316th battalions) and 3rd Cēsis (from 317th, 318th and 321st battalions). From July 1944, all three regiments where involved in battles near
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In addition to regular stationary police (patrolmen in cities and towns), 30 police battalions were formed. These mobile groups carried out guard duties of strategic objects or building fortifications, participated in
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Battalion Riga, later 16th Police
Battalion Zemgale) was formed in September 1941 and sent to the Eastern Front on October 21. The second of the Latvian police battalions to be sent outside Latvia left for
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The police battalions were poorly armed. Therefore, they sometimes even had to steal automatic weapons from German supply depots. To improve the firepower of the 26th
Battalion, corporal
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The existing 18th, 24th, and 26th
Latvian police battalions serving in the Leningrad front were used to form the brigade's 2nd SS Volunteer Regiment. They were then sent for training at
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of
December 12, 1941. Here, as in the case of small towns, the Latvian auxiliary police was directly involved, participating in the arrest of Jews and contributing one firing squad at
617:, who escaped war crime prosecutions. These include Edgars Inde, who is said to have hidden his participation in war crimes when he came to the United States in 1949 and applied for
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under Nazi auspices on July 3, 1941, headed by
Latvian captain, Pētersons. According to a German report of July 16, 1941, the auxiliary police force consisted of 240 men in six
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Latvian auxiliary police were usually tasked with the arrest of Jews as well as the digging of pits for their graves. One of the most infamous of these executions was the
325:, the 23rd in Crimea. By 1944, the occupation power, with the collaboration of the Latvian self-administration, had formed a total of 33 auxiliary police battalions.
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Polizei Front Bataillon 271 Valmiera, 15 January 1943 – October 1944, took part in a punitive operation "Winter magic" (
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Polizei Front Bataillon 277 Sigulda, 17 December 1942 – 11 August 1943, took part in a punitive operation "Winter magic"
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Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 276 Kuldīga, 17 December 1942 – 11 August 1943, took part in a punitive operation "Winter magic"
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Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 280 Bolderāja, 23 January 1943 – 9 April 1943, took part in a punitive operation "Winter magic"
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Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 278 Dobele, 17 December 1942 – 11 August 1943,took part in a punitive operation "Winter magic"
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Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 281 Abrene, 23 January 1943 – 9 April 1943, took part in a punitive operation "Winter magic"
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on March 30, 1942, but at first underwent training and built fortifications there. It was actually placed in the front line in July. The
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On August 1, 1943 four battalions (278th Sigulda, 278th Dobele, 276th Kuldīga and 312th) were incorporated in 1st Police Regiment Riga (
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battalions were incorporated into the 2nd SS Infantry Brigade, and redesignated the 2nd SS Latvian Brigade (later
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was appointed chief of the Latvian Auxiliary Police in Nazi-occupied Daugavpils. An auxiliary police force was in
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791:«Зимнее волшебство»: нацистская карательная операция в белорусско-латвийском приграничье, февраль — март 1943 г.
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on December 28, 1941 (numbered 17th by the Germans). The third (the 21st) was sent to the front at
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Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 21 Liepāja, 25 February 1942 – 30 January 1943
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Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 25 Abava, 6 March 1942 – 7 February 1944
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Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 268 Ērgļi, 18 May 1942 – 3 February 1944
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which resulted in 439 burnt down villages, 10,000 to 12,000 deaths, over 7,000 taken for
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Mangulis, V. Latvia in the Wars of the 20th Century. CHAPTER IX JULY 1941 TO MAY 8, 1945
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Six battalions (20th, 23rd, 267th, 269th, 322th and 271st) continued their fight in the
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was held not only by Germans and Finns, but also by Norwegians, Dutch, Danes, Belgians,
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Lettische Polizei Front Bataillon 311 Valmiera, 12 May 1943 – 2 July 1943
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Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 17 Vidzeme, 21 December 1941 – May 1943
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with organizing a police force to operate under the command of the
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Jews of Lithuania and Latvia: the Graudans: Discovery to Diaspora
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in June and July 1941 and which he had hidden from the Germans.
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dug up weapons which he had captured as a leader of a group of
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in 1940. Within the first week of the German occupation,
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19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
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876:American Latvians: Politics of a Refugee Community
725:. Riga: Occupation Museum of Latvia. p. 165.
423:Polizei z. b. V. Bataillon 1 Meiers, October 1944
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1080:National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands
952:Collaboration with Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy
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750:. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. p. 157.
901:"U.S. Trying to Deport A War Crimes Suspect"
321:. For example, the 17th Battalion fought at
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183:. One of the earliest units formed was in
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345:battalions stationed for a while near
123:in June/July 1941. It was part of the
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2922:War crimes investigations and trials
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723:Amidst Latvians During the Holocaust
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1258:Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman
677:. Fordham Univ Press. p. 266.
77:Anti-partisan operations in Belarus
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651:Collaboration with the Axis Powers
163:which had been disbanded upon the
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2967:Roberts Seduls and Johanna Sedule
2768:Nazi occupation and organizations
1012:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
407:List of battalions and regiments
115:volunteers and conscripts by the
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225:The first police battalion (1st
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312:Salaspils concentration camp
296:Treblinka extermination camp
7:
2949:Righteous Among the Nations
2521:Related articles by country
2064:Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz
1729:Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
1022:Battaglione Azad Hindoustan
636:Lithuanian Auxiliary Police
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10:
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1211:First Indian National Army
641:Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
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2835:Latvian Auxiliary Police
2277:Ninth Fort November 1941
1879:Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
1634:Humbert Achamer-Pifrader
1130:Ukrainian Insurgent Army
1075:National Republican Army
1070:Latvian Auxiliary Police
995:Albanian Fascist Militia
772:"Where Nazis are heroes"
145:anti-partisan operations
105:Latvian Auxiliary Police
22:Latvian Auxiliary Police
3035:The Holocaust in Latvia
2754:Franz Walter Stahlecker
2664:Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
2613:Jewish people of Latvia
2500:The Holocaust in Latvia
1699:Franz Walter Stahlecker
1248:Royal Thai Armed Forces
1238:Manchukuo Imperial Army
1223:Lanka Sama Samaja Party
1171:Burma Independence Army
1103:Russian Liberation Army
1065:Kalmykian Cavalry Corps
1027:Belarusian Home Defence
991:Albanian collaborators
843:March 14, 2012, at the
721:Anders, Edward (2011).
364:2nd SS Infantry Brigade
280:Anti-partisan operation
169:Franz Walter Stahlecker
165:prior Soviet occupation
2458:Einsatzgruppen reports
2423:List of Einsatzgruppen
2272:Kaunas 29 October 1941
1769:Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
1233:Malayan Volunteer Army
1099:Russian collaborators
1047:Finnish Defence Forces
675:Latvia in World War II
329:Relations with Germans
300:Operation Winterzauber
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240:front around Leningrad
2355:Kremnička and Nemecká
1824:Waldemar Klingelhöfer
1253:Russian Fascist Party
1042:Croatian Armed Forces
899:AP (24 August 1988).
310:or imprisoned at the
304:Belarus–Latvia border
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259:
175:, tasked Lt. Colonel
2929:Einsatzgruppen trial
2719:Hans-Adolf Prützmann
2438:Einsatzgruppen trial
2300:Operation Tannenberg
1981:Antanas Impulevičius
1854:Hans-Adolf Prützmann
1218:Inner Mongolian Army
1206:Indian National Army
1090:Royal Hungarian Army
1085:Romanian Land Forces
746:Kaye, Keith (2011).
403:until capitulation.
189:Operation Barbarossa
161:militia organization
121:occupied the country
37:, December 15, 1941.
2983:Bikernieki Memorial
2785:Rollkommando Hamann
2749:Rudolf Joachim Seck
2714:Friedrich Panzinger
2694:Ernst Kaltenbrunner
2388:Kamianets-Podilskyi
2332:Gully of Petrushino
1849:Gustav Adolf Nosske
1684:Friedrich Panzinger
1614:Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1263:Takasago Volunteers
1191:Gando Special Force
1115:Security Battalions
874:Zake, Ieva (2010).
609:Post-war activities
111:force created from
73:Holocaust in Latvia
2035:Sicherheitspolizei
1991:Algirdas Klimaitis
1789:Friedrich Buchardt
1704:Bruno Streckenbach
1125:Slovene Home Guard
905:The New York Times
339:national partisans
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209:Sicherheitspolizei
155:Formation of units
147:and fought on the
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684:978-0-8232-2627-6
671:Lumans, Valdis O.
266:Police battalions
216:Liepāja massacres
193:Roberts Blūzmanis
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