The Commissar Order (German: Kommissarbefehl) was an order issued by the German High Command (OKW) on 6 June 1941 before Operation Barbarossa. Its official...

transliteration commissar often refers specifically to the political commissars of Soviet and Eastern-bloc armies or to the people's commissars (effectively...

Wehrmacht during World War II. He is known for having drafted the criminal Commissar order in preparation for Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet...

In the military, a political commissar or political officer (or politruk, a portmanteau word from Russian: политический руководитель, romanized: politicheskiy...

implementation of the Commissar Order by the Wehrmacht, publishing his findings in 2008. It was the first complete account of the application of the order by the Wehrmacht's...

carry out Fall Weiss at any time after 1 September 1939. The notorious Commissar Order (Kommissarbefehl), dated 6 June 1941, followed directly on the Barbarossa...

historian Klaus P. Fischer. On 8 September 1941, under the auspices of the Commissar Order (Kommissarbefehl), the OKW issued a decree concerning the ruthless...

directives Barbarossa decree Commando Order Commissar Order Criminal orders (Nazi Germany) German war crimes Texts of the order: Original version English version...

associated with the Nazis. Guderian's troops carried out the criminal Commissar Order during Barbarossa, and he was implicated in the commission of reprisals...

radicalisation of warfare on the Eastern Front. He had his staff draft both the Commissar Order (issued on 6 June 1941) and the Barbarossa Decree (signed on 13 May...

it provided for the immediate liquidation of political commissars in the Red Army. The order was formulated in 1941 with the participation of the Army...

Command Trial, mainly regarding his implementation of the criminal Commissar Order and the mistreatment of POWs as well as civilians. He was sentenced...

The Ordnungspolizei (Orpo, German: [ˈɔʁdnʊŋspoliˌtsaɪ], meaning "Order Police") were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The...

war and enemy belligerents. Crimes against humanity by participating or ordering the murder, torture, deportation, hostage-taking, etc. of civilians . Participating...

settlers. As part of this strategy, the Commissar Order was issued, which stated that all Red Army commissars were to be executed when captured. Rundstedt...

Ilgenfritz received fifteen years in prison. Adolf Hitler's directives Commissar Order George Lane (British Army officer) German commando operations Gleiwitz...

work of a military nature; ordering the execution of Soviet political commissars in compliance with Hitler's Commissar Order; and issuing scorched earth...

Retrieved 30 January 2012. "Commissar Order". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2015. The Commissar Order read: "The originators...

He has conducted pioneering research into the implementation of the Commissar Order by combat formations of the Wehrmacht and the attitudes of German soldiers...

Einsatzgruppen and he implemented the Commissar Order that directed Wehrmacht troops to summarily execute Red Army political commissars immediately upon capture....

tolerant. Commissar Order Generalplan Ost German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war Myth of the clean Wehrmacht Severity Order War crimes...

resistance activities with renewed urgency. He was appalled by the Commissar Order, of which he said: Remember this moment. If we don't convince the field...

and defenseless men, women, and children." Commissar Order, an order stating that Soviet political commissars were to be shot on the battlefield. List of...

of Nazi mass killing after European Jews. Jewish prisoners of war and commissars were systematically executed. About a million civilians were killed by...

from Kaltenbrunner included statements that he knew nothing of the Commissar Order and that he never visited Mauthausen concentration camp, despite documentation...

head of the department. From 1929 to 1930, he was the Deputy People's Commissar for Agriculture. In November 1930, he was appointed to the Head of several...

Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia, issued 19 May 1941 Commissar Order, issued 6 June 1941 Orders Concerning the Deployment of the Security...

defiance of international law. The “Commissar Order” (Einsatzbefehle) nos. 8 and 9—the so-called Commissar Order—issued by Reinhard Heydrich on 17 and...

the XLVII Motorized Corps under his command executed the criminal Commissar Order, prompting Lemelsen to complain: "Soon the Russians will get to hear...

armies on the Eastern Front, Strauß's 9th Army implemented the criminal Commissar Order. Adolf Strauß is mentioned by author Sven Hassel in his work of fiction...