Ordnungspolizei

The Ordnungspolizei (Orpo, , meaning 'Order Police') were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo was absorbed into the Nazi monopoly of power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favour of the central Nazi government ("Reich-ification", Verreichlichung, of the police). In 1936, Heinrich Himmler, the commander (Reichsführer-SS) of the Schutzstaffel (SS), was appointed Chief of the German Police in the Interior Ministry. The top and upper leadership positions of the Orpo were filled by police officers who belonged to or had joined the SS. Owing to the

SS unit formed by Ordnungspolizei members

German shot putter (1911-1943)

1944 systematic mass-murder in Wola, Warsaw District in Masovian, Poland

SS General (1891-1963)

German writer (1912-1994)

execution against Poles by German Nazis (1939)

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1944 Nazi massacre in Warsaw, Poland

German general