Latvian Auxiliary Police

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Latvian Schuma
Latvian Schutzmannschaft
gptkbp:country gptkb:Latvia
gptkbp:disbanded 1944
gptkbp:formed 1941
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Riga
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Latvian Auxiliary Police
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:German
gptkb:Latvian
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Riga_Ghetto_liquidation
massacres at Liepāja
massacres at Rumbula
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Viktors_Arājs
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees about 30,000
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:parentOrganization German Ordnungspolizei
gptkbp:role security duties
participation in the Holocaust
anti-partisan operations
collaboration with Nazi occupation authorities
gptkbp:subunit Arājs Kommando
local police units
Schutzmannschaft battalions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Skede_massacre
gptkb:the_Holocaust_in_Latvia
gptkb:Nazi_occupation_of_Latvia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7