Polizei-Regiment Krakau
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- Published: 10 January 2012 10 January 2012
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
Commanders
Generalleutnant der Polizei Emil Höring (? Nov 1939 - ? Jan 1939)Oberst der Schutzpolizei Hermann Keuper (? Jan 1940 - ? Dec 1941)
Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei Gassler (? Dec 1941 - ? July 1942)
Order of battle (1941)
Polizei-Bataillon Krakau IPolizei-Bataillon Krakau II
Polizei-Bataillon Jaslo
Polizei-Bataillon Reichshof
A company with armored cars was probably attached to the regiment.
A raid in Kraków by German and Polish police in 1941
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A police guard at the Wawel castle in 1939
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Changing of the guard at the Wawel castle in 1939
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Changing of the guard at the Wawel castle in 1939
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Sources used
Phil Nix & George Jerome - The Uniformed Police Forces of the Third Reich 1933-1945Werner Regenberg - Armored Vehicles and Units of the German Order Police
Georg Tessin, Hans-Adolf Neufeldt & Jürgen Huck - Zur Geschichte der Ordnungspolizei 1936-1945