German SS and police leadership in Latvia

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The German SS and police leadership in Latvia was the Nazi occupation authority that directed and coordinated SS, police, and auxiliary units in Latvia, overseeing mass repression and the murder of Jews and other targeted groups during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi security apparatus
SS and Police Leader command
occupation authority
appliesToJurisdiction Latvia
committedAgainst Latvian Jews
Latvian civilians suspected of resistance
Roma population in Latvia
Soviet prisoners of war
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1944
hasRole coordination of German police units
coordination of SS units
coordination of auxiliary police units
implementation of Nazi racial policy
organization of mass shootings
security and intelligence operations
suppression of resistance
ideology Nazism
anti-communism
antisemitism
location Riga
operatedIn Daugavpils
Latvian countryside
Liepāja
linked to: Liepāja, Latvia

Riga
oversaw Einsatzgruppen detachments in Latvia
linked to: Einsatzgruppen

Latvian Arajs Kommando
linked to: Arajs Kommando

Latvian auxiliary police units
Order Police battalions in Latvia
deportations of Jews to killing sites
ghettoization of Jews in Riga
ghettoization of Jews in other Latvian towns
security of concentration and labor camps in Latvia
partOf German occupation administration in Latvia
Nazi occupation of the Baltic states
SS and police leadership in the occupied Soviet territories
perpetratorOf Holocaust in Latvia
mass murder of Latvian Jews
mass murder of Roma
mass murder of mentally ill and other targeted groups
mass shootings in Liepāja
mass shootings in the Bikernieki forest
mass shootings in the Rumbula forest
pogroms and mass shootings in Riga
startTime 1941
subordinateTo Heinrich Himmler
linked to: HeinrichHimmler

Higher SS and Police Leader Ostland
Reichsführer-SS
Reichskommissariat Ostland

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Arajs Kommando subordinateTo German SS and police leadership in Latvia
Kaiserwald concentration camp operations perpetrator German occupation authorities in Latvia
linked to: German SS and police leadership in Latvia
Bikernieki forest perpetrator German occupation authorities in Latvia
linked to: German SS and police leadership in Latvia
German SS and police leadership in Latvia partOf German occupation administration in Latvia
linked to: German SS and police leadership in Latvia
SS and Police Leader in Latvia partOf Nazi occupation administration in Latvia
linked to: German SS and police leadership in Latvia