Hitler's Green Army:The German Order Police and their European Auxiliaries,

1933-1945

Volume II

Eastern Europe and the BalkansBy Antonio J. Munoz

Color Plates by Darko Pavlovic

Above: the Band and Standard of the German Police in 1938.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5Foreword 7Introduction to the Balkans Section 9

Chapter 1 - 19Poland 19The Growth of the German Police 19The SS and the Order Police Invade Poland 20Notes on the Einsatzgruppen Officers 23Additional SS and Police Units 30The Mission Assigned to the SS and Police Forces in Poland 30

Chapter 2 - 43Garrisoning Poland 43German Order Police Battalions in Poland, 1939-1945 53The German Kolonialpolizei 60Auxiliary Police Forces in Poland 65The Polish Blue Police 65The Ethnic-German Selbstschutz and Sonderdienst in Poland 67The Ukrainian Schutzmannschaft and Galician Police 67The Jewish Order Police 69Polish Guerrilla Forces and Regions 71Collaboration of the Police in the Extermination of the Polish Jews 74Garrisoning Poland: The 72nd Police Battalion - a Typical Occupation Unit 80Garrisoning Poland: The Realities of the German Occupation 81

Chapter 3 - 87Complicity in the Atrocities by the German Order Police Forces in Poland 87The Partisan War Escalates in Poland 97The Polish Partisan Army 101Jewish Bolshevism? 102The Ukrainian Nationalist Guerrillas 103The War Against the Polish Partisans in 1943 104The War Against the Jews in 1943: The Warsaw Ghetto No Longer Exists! 109Revolt in the Bialystok Ghetto I l lRevolt in the Sobibor Death Camp 112TheLuftschutspolizei andFliegergruppez.b.V. 7 113

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Major Station Posts of the Security Police and SD in the Generalgouvernement, 1943 122

Chapter 4 - 123The Guerrilla War in Poland in 1944 123Background to the Forces Used in Stormwind I and / / 124The Kalmuck Cavalry Corps 126The Warsaw Uprising: August 1st 1944 131

Chapter 5 - 149The Polish High Water Mark 149The Uprising: August 5th-12th 1944 152The Uprising: August 12th-September 2nd 1944 155German Reinforcements Arrive 155The Uprising: September 3rd-18th 1944 158The Uprising: September 19th-October 2nd 1944 159The Bad Rabka Polizei Schule 162

Chapter 6 - 165Serbia 165The KdS Command and the Jews of Serbia 168The Nedic Puppet Government is Formed 169The Serbian State Guard 170The German Police in Serbia 176Employment of SS Polizei Gebirgsjdger Regiment 18 in Serbia 180

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Chapter 8 - 219Croatia 219The War against the Jews in Croatia 231

Chapter 9 - 241Slovenia 241The ethnic-German Wehrmannschaft 241The Slovenian Littoral Guard 245The Slovenian Domobranci (Home Guard) in German Service 248

Chapter 1 0 - 269Upper Carnolia (Slovenia) 269Introduction 269Historical Background 270Formation of the Home Guard in Ljubljana province and the Slovene Littoral 277German Reinforcements to Slovenia 278Collaboration between Home Guard Forces 280Establishment of the Posts in Upper Carnolia 281The Upper Carnolian Home Defense Posts 285

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Chapter 1 1 - 291Location of the Gorenjsko Domobranstvo Posts 291Arming and Protecting the Posts 291The Headquarters of the Gorenjsko Domobranstvo 297Partisan Attacks on the Home Defense Posts 301Retreat and the End of the War 303Conclusions 306

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Greece 311September 1943 and Italy's Surrender 311Background to the Greek Forces during the Occupation 313Creation of the Greek Security Battalions 314The Fight against the Greek Guerrillas 319The Death of Greece's Jewish Population 325

Chapter 1 3 - 331IMRO and the Volunteer Battalions of Macedonia 331The End ofthelMRO Volunteer Battalions 334EASAD and the Village Militia Companies of Thessaly 335Colonel George Poulos and the Poulos Polizei Verband of Macedonia 337Formation of the Higher SS & Police Command "Greece" 340

Chapter 1 4 - 353

Chapter 1 5 - 373Greek Security Battalions in Southern Greece 373

Chapter 1 6 - 391Albanian Collaborationist Militia in World War II, 1943-1944 391Introduction 3911943 3921944 396

Chapter 1 7 - 401The Moslem Militia and Legion of the Sandjak 1943-1945 401

Chapter 1 8 - 415Hungary 415The War against the Jews in Hungary 419Slovakia 419

Bibliography 421Errata to Volume 1 of "Hitler's Green Army " 426Appendix 1 -Additional Data to Volume 1 427

Norway 428

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The Netherlands .' 428Bohemia/Moravia 439Belgium 450Italy 457France 459Czech Territories 462

Appendix 2 - Color Uniform Plates 463Appendix 3 -Documents, Letters, & Awards 485Alphabetical Name Index 505

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Left: illustrative representation of SS and Police GeneralGeorg Jedicke, circa 1942.Above: Officer's cap and close-up of the metallic nationalemblem.Below: detail of the metallic national eagle and nationalcockade.