>Но поинтересуюсь. Не такой уж я и знаток - моя профессия иная. Если соглашусь насчет знатока по польской или польско-русской истории - то только по Катыни и по Варшавскому восстанию. Из спортивного интереса. Во всем остальном по истории я на очень среднем уровне.
Organization
In October 1939, General Governor Hans Frank, ordered the mobilization of the pre-war Polish police into the service of the Germans. The policemen were to report for duty or face arrest.[3]
According to the German plan the police force was to consist of approximately twelve thousand officers, but the actual number of its cadre was much lower. [4] [5] However, some sources put the numbers as high as 14,300. [6] The Blue Police consisted primarily of Poles and Ukrainians from the eastern parts of the General Government.[7]
The Blue Police had no autonomy, and all of its high ranking officers came from the ranks of the German police (Kriminalpolizei). It served in the capacity of an auxiliary force, along with the police forces guarding seats of administration (Schutzpolizei), Railway Police (Bahnschutz), Forest Police (Forstschutz) and Border Police (Grenzschutz). [8] However, as the force was primarily a continuation of the pre-war Polish police force, it also relied largely on pre-war regulations and laws, a situation that was accepted both by the Nazis and by the legitimate Polish authorities. [7] The latter saw the existence of the Blue Police as a necessity.
[edit] Controversy
The role of the Blue Police in its collaboration with the Nazis is difficult to assess as a whole, and is often a matter of dispute. [9]
A significant part of the police personnel belonged to Polish underground resistance organization Armia Krajowa [10], mostly in the counter-intelligence of the Home Army and the Państwowy Korpus Bezpieczeństwa[11]. Some authors underline that the Blue Police followed German orders reluctantly [12] [9] and that the officers had little choice but to obey their orders or face death [7]. The Blue Police often disobeyed German orders or even acted against them [9], and some of its officers were awarded with the Righteous Among the Nations award [13] [1].
On the other hand the police did take part in street roundups and in the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto [6], as well as in numerous executions, of both Polish and Jewish citizens. [9]
Кратко
В 1939 генерал-губернатор обьявил мобилизацию довоенной полиции на службу немцам, под страхом ареста. Высшее руководство имело звания Германской Полиции(Kriminalpolizei). В работе руководствовались немецкими и в значительной части довоенными польскими законами. Такая ситуация устраивала как немцев так и польское правительство в изгнании.
С одной стороны значительная часть полиции являлась членами подпольной организации Армии Крайовой, в основном принадлежа к ее контразведке.
С другой стороны полиция участвовала в уличных облавах и подавлении восстания в Варшавском гетто.
Если что перевел не так, то пусть кто нибудь поправит.
