Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement

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The Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement, known as the Blue Police, was a collaborationist police force established by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II, composed largely of Polish officers operating under German control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collaborationist police force
law enforcement agency
organization active during World War II
activeDuring 1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
alsoKnownAs Blue Police
Policja Granatowa
Polish Police of the General Government
surface form: Polish Police in the General Government
composedPrimarilyOf ethnic Polish policemen
conflict World War II
controlledBy Nazi Germany
country General Government
dissolvedIn 1944
1945
establishedBy Reich Commissariats in occupied territories
surface form: German occupation authorities

Governor General Hans Frank’s administration
formedFrom pre‑war Polish State Police personnel
headquartersLocation Kraków
surface form: Kraków (seat of the General Government)
historicalAssessment widely regarded as a collaborationist formation
ideology collaboration with Nazi occupation authorities
jurisdiction civil population of the General Government
operatedIn General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
surface form: General Government (Nazi‑occupied Poland)

occupied Poland
operatedUnder German criminal law and occupation decrees
opposedBy Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: Armia Krajowa

Polish Underground State
surface form: Polish underground state
partOf German occupation administration in Poland
primaryLanguage Polish
region Central and southern occupied Poland
relatedTo German Ordnungspolizei
Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst
German Ordnungspolizei
surface form: Schutzpolizei
responsibleFor assisting in deportations of Jews
combating common crime under occupation
enforcing German decrees in the General Government
guarding ghettos in occupied Poland
maintaining public order under German occupation
participation in anti‑Jewish actions
round‑ups of civilians
subordinateTo German Ordnungspolizei
Reich Main Security Office
surface form: German security authorities in the General Government
tookOrdersFrom Protectorate gendarmerie
surface form: German gendarmerie

German police commanders
usedUniformColor blue

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Blue Police (Polish police under German command) alsoKnownAs Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement
subject surface form: Blue Police
Policja Granatowa hasNameInGerman Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement
Policja Granatowa distinctFrom Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement
this entity surface form: Polish Police in the territories annexed to the Third Reich
Polish Police of the General Government alsoKnownAs Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement