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| |unit_name= Latvian Auxiliary Police | |||
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| |caption= Members of the 21st Latvian Police Battalion assemble a group of Jewish women for execution on a beach near ], December 15, 1941. | |||
| |dates= from July 1941 | |||
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| '''Latvian Auxiliary Police''' was a ] force created from ] volunteers by the ] authorities who ] in June 1941. Composed of local ], ] members of the former military and police, and ] students, the organization participated in the ], looting and killing the local Jewish population. One of its units, the ], was notorious for killing 26,000 civilians during the war, mostly Jews, but also ] and ].<ref>], ''The dark side of democracy: explaining ethnic cleansing''. ], 2005. ISBN 0-521-53854-8. p. 283</ref> | |||
| == Formation of units == | |||
| The auxiliary police force consisted primarily individuals of police, army, and militia organizations which had been disbanded upon the ]. Within the first week of the German occupation, the leader of ] ] tasked Lt. Colonel ] with organising a police force to operate under the command of the ].<ref name="Lumens01">]. p266.</ref> | |||
| The first Latvian '']'' (Police) Battalions were formed, most to serve as combat units, some to carry out raids against ] and to discharge ] guard duties.<ref></ref> One of the earliest units formed was in ], which German forces reached on June 28, 1941, six days after launching ]. ] was appointed chief of the Latvian Auxiliary Police in Nazi-occupied Daugavpils.<ref>], Daugavpils (Dvinsk) Ghetto List – 05-December-1941</ref> An auxiliary police force was in ] under Nazi ausipces on July 3, 1941, headed by Latvian captain, Pētersons. | |||
| ], March 1943.]] | |||
| == Organization == | |||
| Owing to the initiative of the EK (]), the auxiliary police force consisted of 240 men and had been strictly organized. New men were currently being enlisted. They helped the EK as auxiliary police and were on duty in the 6 ]s established so far. Some members had been assigned to ] and ] work. By July 7 the Latvians arrested 1125 Jews, 32 political prisoners, 85 Russian workers, and 2 women criminals, the greater part during the last days. This is due to the EK backing the Latvians. Actions against the ]s were going on in an ever-increasing number. Conforming to a suggestion of the EK, the Jews were being evacuated by the auxiliary police force from all houses still standing. The apartments were being allocated to non-Jewish ]s. The ] was inadequate as nearly all ]s were destroyed by fire. The arrested Jewish men were shot without ceremony and interred in previously prepared ]s. 400 Jews were killed during ]s in Riga, since the arrival of EK 2; 300 by the Latvian auxiliary police. By 1944, the occupation power, with the collaboration of the Self-Administration, had formed a total of 33 auxiliary police battalions.{{Fact|date=July 2012}} | |||
| ] of the ] of Latvian Auxiliary Police, wartime photo.]] | |||
| The ] (also: ''Sonderkommando Arajs''), led by ]-] ], was a unit of Latvian Auxiliary Police ({{lang-de|Lettische Hilfspolizei}}) subordinated to the ]. It is one of the more well-known and notorious killing units during ]. The central part of ]' work details the activities of the Arajs Kommando, the Latvian unit that ] ] organized for the killing of the ]. Numerous Latvian auxiliary police units played a major role in the murdering the Jews.<ref></ref> | |||
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| *{{Cite book|last1=Lumans |first1=Valdis O.|authorlink1=Valdis O. Lumans |title=Latvia in World War II |year=2006 |publisher=Fordham Univ Press |isbn=978-0-8232-2627-6 |ref=Lumens2006}} | |||
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