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Arajs Kommando
Latvian Nazi collaborating unit that perpetrated the Holocaust / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arajs Kommando (also: Sonderkommando Arajs; Latvian: Arāja komanda), led by SS commander and Nazi collaborator Viktors Arājs, was a unit of Latvian Auxiliary Police (German: Lettische Hilfspolizei) subordinated to the German Sicherheitsdienst (SD). It was a notorious killing unit during the Holocaust.
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Arajs Kommando | |
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German: Sonderkommando Arajs Latvian: Arāja komanda | |
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Active | 1941—1944 |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Sicherheitsdienst |
Size | from >100 (July 1941) to 1200 (1943) |
War crimes | The Holocaust in Latvia The Holocaust in Belarus |
Commanders | |
Commander | Viktors Arājs |
Deputy commander | Herberts Cukurs |
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