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'''Blue Police''', more correctly translated as '''Navy-Blue Police''' ({{lang-pl|Granatowa policja}}, name originating from the colour of their uniforms) was the popular name of [[collaborationism|collaborationist]] Polish [[police]] in [[General Government]] during [[Second World War]]. It was created by the Germans as an [[auxiliary]] [[paramilitary]] unit with the goal of executing law and order in the [[occupied]] [[Poland]]. |
'''Blue Police''', more correctly translated as '''Navy-Blue Police''' ({{lang-pl|Granatowa policja}}, name originating from the colour of their uniforms) was the popular name of [[collaborationism|collaborationist]] Polish [[police]] in [[General Government]] during [[Second World War]]. It was created by the Germans as an [[auxiliary]] [[paramilitary]] unit with the goal of executing law and order in the [[occupied]] [[Poland]]. |
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In [[1939]] [[General]] [[Governor]] [[Hans Frank]] ordered [[mobilization]] of the pre-war [[Polish police]] to the German service. The Blue Police consisted primarily of [[Poles]] |
In [[1939]], [[General]] [[Governor]] [[Hans Frank]] ordered [[mobilization]] of the pre-war [[Polish police]] to the German service. The Blue Police consisted primarily of [[Poles]], with some [[Ukrainians]], mostly in the eastern parts of General Government. It was initially used to deal with criminal activities, but later also against [[smuggling]] and against the [[Polish Jew]]ish [[population]]. The Blue Police had no [[autonomy]], and all of its high ranking [[police officer|officer]]s came from the ranks of [[German police]] (''[[Kriminalpolizei]]''). |
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About thirty percent of the police personnel belonged to Polish [[underground resistance]] organization [[Armia Krajowa]].{{fact}} Similar police organizations existed in the all of the occupied countries. |
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Revision as of 04:41, 25 January 2007
Blue Police, more correctly translated as Navy-Blue Police (Template:Lang-pl, name originating from the colour of their uniforms) was the popular name of collaborationist Polish police in General Government during Second World War. It was created by the Germans as an auxiliary paramilitary unit with the goal of executing law and order in the occupied Poland.
In 1939, General Governor Hans Frank ordered mobilization of the pre-war Polish police to the German service. The Blue Police consisted primarily of Poles, with some Ukrainians, mostly in the eastern parts of General Government. It was initially used to deal with criminal activities, but later also against smuggling and against the Polish Jewish population. The Blue Police had no autonomy, and all of its high ranking officers came from the ranks of German police (Kriminalpolizei).
About thirty percent of the police personnel belonged to Polish underground resistance organization Armia Krajowa.[citation needed] Similar police organizations existed in the all of the occupied countries.
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