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4 unusual facts about Ordnungspolizei


Fort Douaumont

Kunze, now a police officer, received a promotion and Lieutenant Radtke got an autographed portrait of the now-deposed Crown Prince.

Hanns Albin Rauter

Kampfgruppe Rauter consisted of the Landstorm Nederland, Wachbataillon Nordwest and a regiment of the Ordnungspolizei.

Ordnungspolizei

The primary military arm of the Ordnungspolizei was the SS Polizei Division, 4th Panzergrenadier Division of the Waffen-SS.

They were not subordinated to Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei, only the Deutsche Reichsbahn.


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Bronislav Kaminski

SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Reinfarth was placed in charge of Kampfgruppe Reinfarth, a pacification unit which consisted of the Kaminski along with the Dirlewanger and several other Ordnungspolizei and SS rear area units.


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