During World War II, the force was tasked with policing the civilian population of the occupied and colonised countries. [5] In 1941, the Orpo's activities escalated to genocide after the Order …

The ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei were developed in 1936 after the nationalisation of Germany's regular police forces. Ordnungspolizei (Orpo) ranks were based on local police …

In less than a decade, the Nazis radicalized the German Order Police into a militarized and murderous institution. Order Policemen perpetrated many aspects of the Holocaust. They …

Ordnungspolizei, uniformed police agencies of the Third Reich. They became an integral part of the SS and police bureaucracy in Nazi Germany and were key participants in the conduct of …

One of many such Nazi German Order Police battalions, Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 101 (RPB 101) was formed in Hamburg and was deployed in September 1939 along with the German armed …

German Order Police Orpo, formed from Schupo (Municipal Police) and Gendarmerie (Rural Police) by the German Interior Ministry in 1936. This act integrated the regular German police …

Within 18 months of Nazi rule, Germany had transitioned into a true police state overseen by several law enforcement and investigative agencies, each of which had wide-ranging powers. …

The Order Police (Ordnungspolizei or Orpo), t he regular uniformed police organization, informally known as the Green Police from the color of its uniform. The Orpo was divided into numerous …

The Ordnungspolizei or Orpo (English: Order Police) were the uniformed regular police force in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1945. It was increasingly absorbed into the Nazi police …

Reserve Police Battalion 101 was a unit of the German Order Police [Ordnungspolizei or Orpo] that during the Nazi occupation of Poland played a central role in the implementation of the …